On May 22nd, AZ Alkmaar will host SC Heerenveen 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 17 degrees, which is great football weather. 5th placed AZ Alkmaar is fresh off their 1-3 loss against RKC Waalwijk. Finn Stokkers scored the first goal for RKC Waalwijk in the 18th minute, then Dani De Wit tied it up for AZ Alkmaar in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Jesper Karlsson. AZ Alkmaar is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed SC Heerenveen is fresh off their 3-1 win against Go Ahead Eagles. Sydney van Hooijdonk struck first for SC Heerenveen in the 30th minute on a feed from A. Sarr, then Sydney van Hooijdonk added another in the 62nd minute on a feed from Thom Haye. SC Heerenveen is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Afas Stadion, AZ Alkmaar was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. A. Sarr scored the first goal for SC Heerenveen in the 7th minute, then in the 44th minute, Fredrik Midtsjø sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jesper Karlsson Finally they completed the comback in the 87th minute on a goal by Tijani Reijnders to cap off a wild match.
Both A. Sarr and Sydney van Hooijdonk have been the hottest scorers for SC Heerenveen in the last five each having scored 3 goals. AZ Alkmaar is glad to have Vangelis Pavlidis in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals
Pascal Jansen’s AZ Alkmaar squad will be without Jordy Clasie, while Ole Tobiasen’s SC Heerenveen squad will be without Nick Bakker, Joost van Aken and Paweł Bochniewicz.