In the Eredivisie, Go Ahead Eagles will take on AZ Alkmaar this Sunday. The team in Deventer wants to reach the play-offs to have a chance in the Conference League next season. AZ still has a small hope of third place, which can lead to Champions League football for the Alkmaarders. Which team will be able to win the three much-needed points in matchday 33? Compare our providers and play along with a prediction on AZ against Go Ahead Eagles!
René Hake (trainer Go Ahead): “This will be a tough, but interesting match”
Deventer is working hard in preparation for the home match against AZ Alkmaar. Trainer René Hake is already looking ahead. “This will be a tough, but interesting match. We are going to approach the match against AZ in the same way as usual, maybe we will try out some different options here and there towards the play-offs,” says the Go Ahead Eagles coach.
“Putting the finishing touches”
Go Ahead Eagles plays its last home game of this season in the Adelaarshorst. This will be followed by the away match at FC Volendam in the fishing village. So there are still six points to be gained that the team in Deventer can use for the play-offs. Hake is confident of good results. “We have a good organization and it will mainly be a matter of putting finishing touches on what we will be working on in the last two competition matches,” says Hake.
Maarten Martens (AZ trainer): “Start with good concentration against Go Ahead”
AZ Alkmaar won last weekend against FC Twente, which is one place above AZ in the rankings. It gives coach Maarten Martens and his team confidence heading into the match against Go Ahead Eagles. “After last week’s good win over FC Twente, we can look up again. We shouldn’t get nervous now that we can climb to third place. We just have to start with a good concentration against Go Ahead and if we win we might be able to move up one place,” says Martens.
“We are going for the win in Deventer”
The Alkmaarders do not have it in their own hands that they will reach third place, but if they win on Go Ahead, the team from Alkmaar will certainly have a better chance. “We are very aware that we have third place in our sights. That is quite a task, but we have succeeded so far and we are fully committed to winning in Deventer. And then it might become very interesting,” says the Belgian coach of AZ.
Statistics
AZ Alkmaar is in fourth place in the Eredivisie. Martens’ team can no longer drop in the rankings. The Alkmaarders can still rise one place if they win against Go Ahead Eagles and the current number three FC Twente loses to FC Volendam. AZ has 61 points and the team in Enschede has two points more. Go Ahead Eagles is in eighth place. Hake’s team has 43 points and must stay in the top nine if they want to play the play-offs for the Conference League. The Deventers have 43 points as many as Sparta Rotterdam, which is ninth.
Head 2 Head
In Alkmaar, both teams have already played against each other this season in the AFAS Stadium. That match dates back to August 13 last year and was won by AZ 5-1. AZ also won the last match in Deventer against Go Ahead Eagles. On January 25 last year, the team from Alkmaar defeated the Overijssel club 1-4 in Adelaarshorst. Ten years ago, Go Ahead Eagles won at home against AZ for the last time. In February 2014 the score was 2-1 for Kowet in Deventer.
Current form Go Ahead Eagles
Go Ahead Eagles are having a hard time in the last five games that Hake’s team played. The Deventer team captured a nice point against Ajax in Amsterdam (1-1). A point was also won against Almere City at the Adelaarshorst (1-1). The matches against FC Utrecht (2-1) and Feyenoord (1-3) were lost. Last weekend, the Overijssel team captured a point by drawing at Fortuna Sittard (0-0).
Current form AZ Alkmaar
AZ Alkmaar lost three points in the away match at PSV Eindhoven (5-1) at the beginning of April, but since then AZ has won three games in a row. The three points were won against RKC Waalwijk (3-2), NEC in Nijmegen (0-3) and at home against FC Twente (2-1). That victory against the Tukkers now ensures that AZ still has a chance of third place in the Eredivisie and can therefore win a ticket to Champions League football.
Rag basket
Go Ahead Eagles will not miss any basic players when they play against AZ next Sunday. Trainer Hake does not have to take into account injured players who have to drop out due to health problems.
AZ defender Bruno Martens Indi will not participate against Go Ahead Eagles due to a back injury. Jordy Clasie has also not recovered from a groin injury. Dave Kwakman and Lewis Schouten remain sidelined due to injuries. The two attackers Mayckel Lahdo and Lequincio Zeefuik are also injured and therefore have to withdraw.
Forecast Go Ahead Eagles – AZ Alkmaar
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Quotes for Go Ahead Eagles – AZ Alkmaar
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