In a weekend match on Sat Feb 18th, in week 22, AZ Alkmaar will travel to Rotterdam to battle Feyenoord in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Feyenoord recorded a 2-1 win against SC Heerenveen. Lutsharel Geertruida struck first for Feyenoord in the 22nd minute, then Santiago Giménez added another in the 34th minute on a feed from Mats Wieffer. Feyenoord is on a hot streak lately, with 6 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 2nd placed AZ Alkmaar, recorded a 5-0 blowout win against Excelsior. Sven Mijnans struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 20th minute, then Jesper Karlsson added another in the 27th minute In the end, Excelsior couldn’t muster any offence and AZ Alkmaar ran away with the shutout win. AZ Alkmaar should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
On Oct 16th, AZ Alkmaar hosted Feyenoord in their last match together. Feyenoord won by a score of 3 to 1. Jens Odgaard struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 26th minute, then Javairô Dilrosun tied it up for Feyenoord in the 31st minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 56th minute on a goal by Sebastian Szymański.
Vangelis Pavlidis has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 5 goals for AZ Alkmaar. Santiago Giménez has been the most prolific scorer on Feyenoord in his last 5 matches with 3 goals
Sebastian Szymański, Gernot Trauner, Justin Bijlow, Patrik Wålemark and Tein Troost are unavailable to play for Arne Slot’s team, while Dani De Wit, Riechedly Bazoer, Bruno Martins Indi and Djordje Mihailovic are unavailable to play for Pascal Jansen’s team.