Week 30 brings us a match on Apr 23rd where AZ Alkmaar will host SC Heerenveen 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 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. AZ Alkmaar is fresh off their 1-2 loss against PEC Zwolle. Gervane Kastaneer struck first for PEC Zwolle in the 51st minute on a feed from Djavan Anderson, then Vangelis Pavlidis tied it up for AZ Alkmaar in the 81st minute on a feed from Owen Wijndal. With 20 points in their last 10 matches AZ Alkmaar should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 11th placed SC Heerenveen is fresh off their 3-1 win against FC Groningen. Sydney van Hooijdonk struck first for SC Heerenveen in the 7th minute, then Neraysho Kasanwirjo tied it up for FC Groningen in the 29th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, AZ Alkmaar took the match by a score of 3 to 1. Henk Veerman struck first for SC Heerenveen in the 11th minute, then Vangelis Pavlidis tied it up for AZ Alkmaar in the 14th minute But luckily in the 50th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Aslak Fonn Witry.
Both A. Sarr and Sydney van Hooijdonk have been the hottest scorers for SC Heerenveen in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. AZ Alkmaar’s most prolific scorer has been Jesper Karlsson. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches.