On Saturday Apr 30th, in week 31, Sparta Rotterdam hosts AZ Alkmaar 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 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 18th placed Sparta Rotterdam, recorded a 0-2 loss against FC Twente. Ricky van Wolfswinkel scored the first goal for FC Twente in the 23rd minute, then Michel Vlap added another in the 57th minute In the end, Sparta Rotterdam couldn’t muster any offence and FC Twente ran away with the shutout win. Sparta Rotterdam is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while aZ Alkmaar is fresh off their 2-1 win against SC Heerenveen. A. Sarr scored the first goal for SC Heerenveen in the 7th minute, then Jesper Karlsson tied it up for AZ Alkmaar in the 44th minute on a feed from Fredrik Midtsjø But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 87th minute on a goal by Tijani Reijnders. AZ Alkmaar looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
AZ Alkmaar and Sparta Rotterdam last played eachother at the Afas Stadion on the 5th of December. AZ Alkmaar won by a score of 3 to 1. Adil Auassar scored the first goal for Sparta Rotterdam in the 19th minute, but Jesper Karlsson got the equalizer for AZ Alkmaar in the 27th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 31st minute on a goal by Jesper Karlsson to cap off a wild match.
Both Vangelis Pavlidis and Jesper Karlsson have been the hottest scorers for AZ Alkmaar in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Vito van Crooy and Joeri de Kamps are the top scorers for Sparta Rotterdam in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Henk Fraser’s Sparta Rotterdam squad will be without Mica Pinto and Mario Engels, while Taabouni is unavailable to play for Pascal Jansen’s team.