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FC Zwolle

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FC Zwolle enter this game following a 1-1 Eredivisie stalemate against FC Twente.

In that game, FC Zwolle managed 39% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for FC Zwolle was Dylan Vente (8'). FC Twente got 23 shots on goal with 12 on target. Sem Steijn (63') was the scorer for FC Twente.

It’s not been often in recent times where FC Zwolle haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that FC Zwolle have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 10 goals in the process.

Going into this contest, FC Zwolle have not emerged victorious against AZ in their last 2 league matches.

AZ

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AZ will go into this game following a 9-1 Eredivisie win in the defeat of SC Heerenveen in their last fixture.

In that match, AZ managed 45% possession and 25 shots on goal with 19 of them on target. For AZ, the goals were scored by Sven Mijnans (4'), Troy Parrott (23', 48', 50', 56'), Ibrahim Sadiq (72'), Mexx Meerdink (75'), Kristijan Belić (82') and Zico Buurmeester (85'). On the other side, SC Heerenveen had 15 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Luuk Brouwers (19') was the scorer for SC Heerenveen.

A sequence of resolute displays from the AZ defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their past 6 clashes in total. During the same time, their own attack force has managed to score 17. That sort of pattern might not be carried forward into this next game, though.

Ahead of this meeting, AZ are undefeated in their previous 5 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 19/09/2020 shows that FC Zwolle have won 1 of these games and AZ 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

A total of 19 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 8 for Blauwvingers and 11 belonging to AZ. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The previous league match featuring the two was Eredivisie match day 27 on 20/01/2024 when the final score was AZ 2-2 FC Zwolle.

In that match, AZ had 63% possession and 19 shots at goal with 8 on target. The goalscorers were Vangelis Pavlidis (77') and Sven Mijnans (94').

FC Zwolle got 8 shots at goal with 5 on target. Lennart Thy (57') and Odysseus Velanas (86') scored.

The referee was Allard Lindhout.

🗞️ Team News: FC Zwolle

We think that Blauwvingers should go for a 4-2-3-1 formation with Jasper Schendelaar, Sherel Floranus, Simon Graves, A. Garcia McNulty, Damian van der Haar, Anouar El Azzouzi, Davy van den Berg, Younes Namli, Jamiro Monteiro, Filip Krastev and Dylan Vente.

ℹ️ Team News: AZ

AZ manager Maarten Martens has a number of players out of action. Ernest Poku (Hip injury), Jeroen Zoet (muscular problems), Mayckel Lahdo (Knock), Bruno Martins Indi (Hamstring injury), Lewis Schouten (unknown injury), Mees de Wit (Foot injury) and Sem Westerveld (Meniscus injury) are not able to play.

There’s a good chance that AZ will likely make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup with a starting lineup of Rome Owusu-Oduro, Seiya Maikuma, Wouter Goes, Alexandre Penetra, David Moeller Wolfe, Ibrahim Sadiq, Peer Koopmeiners, Jordy Clasie, Sven Mijnans, Ruben van Bommel and Troy Parrott.

✨ Prediction

AZ will, in all probability, get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

Conversely, FC Zwolle may well find it hard scoring goals- but, we do see them scoring as well.

Accordingly, we see a 1-3 margin for AZ when all’s said and done.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 17:02 20/09/2024