AZ Alkmaar vs Cambuur Leeuwarden Predictions

• Feyenoord are the only team to have beaten AZ in their last ten home matches
• Cambuur have failed to score in four of their last six Eredivisie games on the road
• AZ were unbeaten in eight matches before a loss to Feyenoord in their last game

Impressive home record is a boost for AZ

Third-placed AZ Alkmaar are just five points behind Eredivisie leaders Feyenoord and they should be confident that they can beat Cambuur with a bit to spare on Saturday.

While they lost to the the table-topping Rotterdam outfit last week, a 5-0 mauling of Excelsior in their last home game means the visitors could head there like lambs to the slaughter, especially as that Feyenoord defeat was their first loss in their last ten matches.

Clean sheets have been thin on the ground, but this looks like the one week that the AZ defence should hold firm as while the bottom club, who are seven points from safety, have not been defeated in their last three away games, they have scored just twice in their last six away matches, so backing AZ to win to nil looks the way to go.

Cambuur’s goal struggle does not bode well

You have little chance of staying in any division when you have scored just 12 goals in 22 league games and that goes a long way to explaining why the visitors find themselves in such difficulties – Utrecht have conceded only two fewer than the basement boys and they are seventh.

Not only have Cambuur struggled in the final third on the road, they have also scored just twice in their last nine at home, so confidence is low, leaving a 3-0 correct-score prediction as a reasonable option.