Your Web 3 Guru and Moonbet presenting todays match: Almere City – AZ Alkmaar.
With a decisive 2-1 victory over Excelsior Rotterdam last weekend, Almere City’s prospects of extending their debut season in the Eredivisie are on the rise. Alex Pastoor’s squad exhibits a bold and daring style, pressing high up the pitch to unsettle typically stronger opponents. Heading into this round, Almere stood out as the team that had won the most duels in the attacking zone (6.5 per match) and committed the most fouls (14.1 per game) in the league.
Almere has only faced AZ Alkmaar twice in their history, scoring four goals in each encounter. While replicating such a feat this weekend seems improbable, a victory could be within reach as AZ has failed to win any of their last nine competitive away matches in regular time (D4, L5). Conversely, Almere has lost just one of their last seven Eredivisie home games (W3, D3).
AZ Alkmaar suffered two defeats against Feyenoord within four days and will now focus solely on Eredivisie fixtures for the remainder of the season. The team is currently experiencing a significant dip in form, with a new manager failing to reverse their fortunes. They have not secured a full-time victory in nine consecutive matches across all competitions, a stark contrast to their strong start to the season.
After the initial nine league matches, AZ had amassed 25 out of 27 possible points, scoring 25 goals while conceding only four. However, in the subsequent 11 matches, they garnered just ten points and conceded more goals than they scored (17 to 15). Consequently, AZ’s season appears to be dwindling, although they started this round ahead of Ajax on goal difference, securing a place in the top four.
Players to keep an eye on include Peer Koopmeiners, who has provided an assist in half of his last eight official matches, including one against AZ. Additionally, Vangelis Pavlidis, the league’s top scorer with 20 goals in as many games, will be available for the visitors this weekend. He previously netted twice in his encounter with Almere.
An intriguing statistic is that AZ has failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 12 matches, conceding at least two goals in eight of the last nine.
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