Week 20 brings us a match on Jan 22nd where AZ Alkmaar will host SC Cambuur at Afas Stadion in a meeting of these two closely matched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 5th placed AZ Alkmaar is fresh off their 2-1 win against Fortuna Sittard. Sam Beukema scored the first goal for AZ Alkmaar in the 14th minute, then Yukinari Sugawara added another in the 61st minute on a feed from Dani De Wit. AZ Alkmaar looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed SC Cambuur, recorded a 1-1 draw against Sparta Rotterdam. Tim Coremans scored the first goal for SC Cambuur on an own goal in the 33rd minute, but Adrián Dalmau got the equalizer for Sparta Rotterdam in the 77th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Sparta Rotterdam. With 17 points in their last 10 matches SC Cambuur should be reasonably happy with their performance.
AZ Alkmaar and SC Cambuur last played eachother at the Cambuurstadion on the 3rd of October. AZ Alkmaar won by a score of 3 to 1. Dani De Wit struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 17th minute, then Owen Wijndal added another in the 33rd minute.
SC Cambuur’s top weapon lately has been Roberts Uldriķis, who has two goals in the last five matches. Jesper Karlsson has been the most effective weapon for AZ Alkmaar lately. The Swedish attacker has netted three goals in his last five matches
Fredrik Midtsjø and Bruno Martins Indi are unavailable to play for Pascal Jansen’s team, while Henk de Jong’s SC Cambuur squad will be without Schmidt, Jasper ter Heide, Hoedemakers and Sambissa.