AZ Alkmaar vs Sparta Rotterdam Predictions

• AZ haven’t lost a home game within 90 minutes since last October.
• Two of AZ’s last three home league games came by a 2-1 scoreline.
• Sparta Rotterdam have at least found the net in their last four matches.

The Champions League beckons for AZ

Although AZ have failed to win their last two league games, they enter this round just two points in arrears of the top-two and could still mount a big push in the final run of games in order to dine at Europe’s top table next season.

AZ have been especially imperious at home, where they have not been defeated within regulation time since last October. Pascal Jansen’s men have had to work for their victories here though, with only one clean sheet across their last four home games and two 2-1 victories therein suggesting that Sparta may be able to breach their backline at least once.

Sparta Rotterdam look like absolute certainties to finish in the Europa Conference League play-off positions with a healthy 11-point gap over eighth-placed Waalwijk ahead of this round, yet they were humbled by a 3-1 scoreline in their latest game against city rivals and league leaders, Feyenoord.

Sparta can leave a mark

That derby day defeat ended Sparta’s run of three straight league wins and they could be in for another troubling time here after losing each of their last four trips to AZ Alkmaar whilst conceding 12 goals in the process.

We’re backing AZ to win this game in the win & BTTS market, with a smaller stakes selection going the way of a 2-1 home win in the correct score market, that’s the same final score as in two of the hosts’ last three home victories.

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