AZ Alkmaar vs. Twente – Prediction (Eredivisie – 02.11.2019)

Preview and Teams Comparison.

AZ Alkmaar have lost just four of the last 19 home league matches entered as betting favourites since the start of last season (W12, D3, L4) recording a 63.16% win-rate. In addition to that, AZ have scored more (2.27 goals per-match on average) and conceded less (0.73) than at this stage of any of the last seven campaigns. Eighteen-year-old Myron Boadu became the youngest player ever to score a brace away from home for AZ, He has five from his last four appearances for club & country. The hosts have also scored at least twice in their last three home league matches, and the aggregate scoreline (GF 7, GA 1) across their other matches vs promoted sides this term is also encouraging. Very poetically, FC Twente have conceded at least twice in their last three away league matches.

Both of AZ’s prior league matches vs newly-promoted opponents this term have seen them score exactly twice in the 31st-45th minute period. AZ’s last five Eredivisie home wins to yield a clean sheet have witnessed a goalless first half. Twente’s last three Eredivisie away games have each seen the second half produce exactly three match goals either way.

Twente’s Eredivisie away matches typically come alive after half-time, with just five of 18 goals scored/conceded in those matches arriving before the break (27.78%). They are prone to a late collapse though, with half of the visitors’ conceded away league goals being scored between the 76th-90th+ minute. A first-half brace by Haris Vučkić helped Twente end a run of four consecutive defeats last time out. The goals that are expected may be forced to wait, as a 60% majority of the visitors’ away matches have seen a goalless first half. Cards may be an equally-prominent theme, as there have been four red cards shown across the last five Eredivisie H2Hs.

Match Info and Live Scores.