Feyenoord vs AZ Alkmaar - prediction, team news, lineups

Feyenoord Rotterdam volition beryllium looking to warrant Champions League shot for adjacent play erstwhile they invited cupful winners AZ Alkmaar to De Kuip this Sunday evening.

The hosts caput into the play boasting a seven-match unbeaten run, portion the visitors instrumentality to the aforesaid crushed connected which they won the Dutch Cup a period ago.

Match preview

Feyenoord Rotterdam are 1 triumph distant from mathematically securing a second-placed decorativeness successful the Eredivisie - thing that would besides corroborate the club’s spot successful the Champions League adjacent season.

Another large information for Robin van Persie and his men is to present a triumph successful the last location lucifer of what has proved to beryllium a hard campaign.

While finishing 2nd remains a bully accomplishment for the club, sitting 17 points down the league champions PSV Eindhoven is undoubtedly disappointing.

While some teams stock the aforesaid antiaircraft grounds this season, the existent quality comes successful the fig of goals scored, with PSV outgunning their rivals by 25 efforts.

Another crushed for the mammoth spread betwixt the apical 2 sides is Feyenoord’s agelong database of draws this season. 

In the past fewer weeks alone, the nine person played retired 4 stalemates from their past 7 outings, including a mates of 1-1 draws against apical 4 rivals. 

Feyenoord’s past head-to-head gathering with AZ Alkmaar besides ended successful a draw, with the teams playing retired a 3-3 thriller backmost successful September.

AZ Alkmaar person nary existent unit going into these last 2 games of the play having already claimed the cupful and sealed their spot successful the Europa League adjacent season.

Leeroy Echteld and his men participate the play sixth successful the standings, with a four-match unbeaten tally nether their belts.

AZ continued that unbeaten tally with a 2-2 gully against FC Twente past weekend, chiefly acknowledgment to an equalising extremity by Peer Koopmeiners successful the 95th infinitesimal of the contest.

Mathematically speaking, AZ tin inactive situation Ajax for 4th spot, though that would necessitate the Amsterdam giants to suffer their last 2 matches.

Instead, AZ volition simply look to sphere their existent placing and stay supra Heerenveen and FC Utrecht, who are some climbing.

In presumption of motivation, the cupful winners volition beryllium aiming to shingle disconnected their mediocre tally of signifier connected the road, which includes 5 defeats from seven.

Feyenoord Eredivisie form:

W D D D W W 

AZ Alkmaar Eredivisie form: 

W L W W D D

AZ Alkmaar signifier (all competitions):

L W D W D D 

Team News

Feyenoord are dealing with a lengthy wounded database arsenic they participate this weekend’s fixture.

South Korean midfielder In-Beom Hwang, for instance, remains connected the sidelines with a musculus wounded which has kept him retired of enactment since mid-March.

Bart Nieuwkoop and Leo Sauer are improbable to people their returns, portion Gijs Smal and Sem Steijn are besides doubts.

Meanwhile, Thomas Beelen (broken leg), Shaqueel van Persie (knee), Malcolm Jeng (leg) and Shiloh Zand (knee) are each semipermanent absentees.

When it comes to AZ Alkmaar, the cupful winners are missing a mates of names earlier their travel to Rotterdam.

Billy van Duijl has been successful and retired of the squad implicit caller weeks, and is improbable to diagnostic connected Sunday.

The aforesaid tin beryllium said astir guardant Jizz Hornkamp, who has been connected the sidelines since March.

In presumption of goals, AZ volition beryllium relying connected Republic of Ireland striker Troy Parrott, who has scored 15 league goals this season.

Feyenoord imaginable starting lineup:

Wellenreuther; Bos, Waranabe, Trauner, Deijl; Targhalline, Kraaijeveld; van den Elshout, Valente, Hadj Moussa; Ueda

AZ Alkmaar imaginable starting lineup:

Owusu-Oduro; de Wit, Penetra, Goes, Dijkstra; Clasie, Smit; Daal, Mijnans, Jensen; Parrott

We say: Feyenoord 2-1 AZ Alkmaar

Feyenoord are looking to decorativeness the play connected a high, and we are backing them to prime up a large triumph successful their last location lucifer of the campaign.

The hosts person a terrific location grounds this season, portion AZ person not won an distant league lucifer since February. 

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