In this week 3 match on the 1st of September, AZ Alkmaar will host NEC at Afas Stadion in a meeting of these two closely matched Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 4th placed AZ Alkmaar, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against SC Cambuur. Jordy Clasie scored the first goal for AZ Alkmaar in the 90th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed SC Cambuur couldn’t manage to score, and AZ Alkmaar took the shutout win. AZ Alkmaar is looking for direction having 3 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while nEC sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against FC Groningen. Laros Duarte struck first for FC Groningen in the 75th minute, then Cissoko tied it up for NEC in the 88th minute on a feed from Oussama Tannane earning NEC at least a draw. NEC is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season AZ Alkmaar won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Jordy Bruijn and Mikkel Duelund are the top scorers for NEC in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. AZ Alkmaar’s most prolific scorer has been Vangelis Pavlidis. The Greek attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches
Pascal Jansen’s AZ Alkmaar squad will be without Yukinari Sugawara, Zinho Vanheusden and Jesper Karlsson, while Mathias De Wolf is unavailable to play for Rogier Meijer’s team.