AFAS Stadion
Tuesday, 01 March 2025, 21:00
AZ Alkmaar hope to return to winning ways when they welcome struggling RKC Waalwijk to the AFAS Stadion on Tuesday. AZ won their last four games against RKC. Can they continue this dominance? Below, I have the team news, possible starting 11, some interesting facts, expert betting tips, and odds.
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AZ Alkmaar were held to a 3-3 draw in their last game against Nijmegan. Ibrahim Sadiq opened the scoring in the 4th minute before Vito van Crooij equalised for Nijmegan. Ernest Poku restored the lead for Alkmaar in the 32nd minute, and Troy Parrott made it 3-1 in the 46th minute. However, they couldn’t hold on to the lead, conceding in the 63rd and 71st minutes of the game. The Cheese Farmers are winless in four of their last five games in all competitions. However, they have won their last five games at home and 11 of their last 12. AZ sit 6th on the table with 45 points in 26 games, scoring 45 goals and conceding 29. Meanwhile, Lewis Schouten, Seiya Maikuma, Mayckel Lahdo, Sven Mijnans, and Sem Westerveld are ruled out of this game due to injuries.
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk continued their struggle after a 2-0 loss against Zwolle in their last game. Things were balanced for both sides until Faissal Al Mazyani was sent off in the 72nd minute after a second bookable offence. This incident gave Zwolle the chance to get their first goal from the penalty spot and another goal in the 83rd minute. RKC Waalwijk have now lost their last four games and have seen one win in their last 14 games on the road. RKC sit at the bottom of the league with 17 points in 26 games, scoring 32 goals and conceding 54. However, Yanick van Osch, Nouri Cheung, and Dario Van den Buijs are ruled out of this game due to injuries.
Possible Starting 11
AZ Alkmaar — Rome Owusu-Oduro, Denso Kasius, Wouter Goes, Bruno Martins Indi, David Moeller Wolfe, Kristijan Belic, Peer Koopmeiners, Zico Buurmeester, Ernest Poku, Troy Parrott, Ibrahim Sadiq.
RKC Waalwijk — Jeroen Houwen, Aaron Meijers, Redouan El Yaakoubi, Liam van Gelderen, Julian Lelieveld, Tim van de Loo, Yassin Oukili, Juan Familia-Castillo, Mohammed Ihattaren, Richonell Margaret, Oskar Zawada.
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History of Head-to-Heads
Eredivisie 2024/2025
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Eredivisie 2023/2024
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Eredivisie 2023/2024
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Eredivisie 2022/2023
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Match Facts
- The Cheese Farmers have won 11 of their last 12 matches at home;
- Seven of the last nine games of AZ have seen at least 4 goals in each;
- RKC Waalwijk are winless in 13 of their last 14 games on the road;
- RKC Waalwijk conceded at least two goals in each of their last four games;
- AZ won their last four games against RKC;
- The last seven games between both sides saw at least three goals in each.
Expert Betting Tips
AZ Alkmaar are desperate to look for a way to bounce back to winning ways after their recent setbacks, and I believe they will get the needed win in this game due to the form of the visitors. The visitors have struggled since the beginning of the season and have lost their last four games. Moreover, they lost their last four games against AZ. Also, I expect lots of goals to be scored in this game because the hosts have been involved in matches with a high number of goals, and the visitors are terrible defensively.
Our prediction for this match is to see more than one goal in the second half for odds of 1.74 at 1xbet.
Our second prediction for this match is for both teams to score, for odds of 1.72 at Betway.
Our third prediction is for Molde to win the first 45 minutes at odds of 1.90 at Bet365.
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