AZ Alkmaar vs Apollon Limassol Predictions

• AZ can all but qualify for the next round if they extend their perfect start with another win.
• AZ remain unbeaten in all competitions since the opening day of the Eredivisie season.
• Apollon failed to score in two of their three European away games this season.

AZ can keep up their unbeaten streak

Knowing that an extension to AZ’s perfect start to the UECL group stage will all but secure springtime knockout football for the Alkmaarders, Pascal Jansen and his charges should enter this clash in supreme confidence.

This is AZ’s first ever meeting with a Cypriot side but the fact that they’ve won 11 of their last 13 competitive games (D2) while scoring a whopping ten goals across their last three outings should be enough to ward off any potential first time nerves.

In fact, AZ are unbeaten across each of their last 21 European home games, while each of the last four produced four scored goals per-match on average. As such, we expect AZ to come flying out of the traps in this encounter, hungry for a demolition job over their Cypriot opponents.

An early elimination for Apollon?

Things haven’t been so great for Apollon on the European front this season, with their failure to beat Vaduz, a side who are battling relegation in the Swiss league coupled with a defeat against Dnipro-1, a Ukrainian side that have been forced to play far from home hardly inspires confidence that they’ll beat the strongest side in the group, AZ.

Apollon failed to progress from any of their previous four UEFA group stages and a return of just two wins from their last 13 European away games only serves to cast further doubt over their chances here.

We predict that AZ are rightful favourites in this encounter and that they can win by a handicap-busting scoreline. As for the correct score, a small stakes selection on a convincing 3-0 home win could be the way to play this.