In this week 34 match on May 15th, AZ Alkmaar will play host to RKC Waalwijk in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 5th placed AZ Alkmaar is fresh off their 2-2 draw against FC Utrecht. Vangelis Pavlidis scored the first goal for AZ Alkmaar in the 12th minute, then Vangelis Pavlidis added another in the 15th minute. With 18 points in their last 10 matches AZ Alkmaar should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 13th placed RKC Waalwijk, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Heracles. Michiel Kramer struck first for RKC Waalwijk in the 20th minute, then Richard van der Venne added another in the 59th minute In the end, Heracles was frustrated by RKC Waalwijk’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. RKC Waalwijk ended the match with the shutout victory. RKC Waalwijk is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Mandemakers Stadion, AZ Alkmaar was victorious by a score of 4 to 0. Dani De Wit struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 8th minute on a feed from Vangelis Pavlidis, then Vangelis Pavlidis added another in the 23rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed RKC Waalwijk couldn’t manage to score, and AZ Alkmaar took the shutout win.
Both Finn Stokkers and Richard van der Venne have been the hottest scorers for RKC Waalwijk in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. AZ Alkmaar is fortunate enough to have Vangelis Pavlidis in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals
AZ Alkmaar will be without Jordy Clasie and Mohamed Taabouni, while Joseph Oosting’s squad will be without Augustijns, Min and Shawn Adewoye.