Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Heerenveen
Match Time & Date:
29/08/2021
16:45
Prediction: 2-2
AZ
All eyes will be on Abe Lenstra Stadion when Heerenveen and AZ Alkmaar go head to head at Abe Lenstra Stadion on Sunday afternoon. Heerenveen are eyeing their third consecutive win of the season, and they are likely to adopt yet another attack-minded approach. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Henk Veerman, who scored a brace at the weekend, while Poland international Pawel Bochniewicz remains in the recovery room.
AZ, on the other hand, head into the match following the Europa League clash with Celtic. Considering that the visitors are eager to record their first win of the season, we believe that there is a big value in betting on both teams to score. Teun Koopmeiners is widely expected to return to the starting XI after coming as a substitute in the 1-0 loss to RKC.
Highlighted Player (Erwin Mulder):
Erwin Mulder is an experienced Dutch footballer who plays for Heerenveen as a goalkeeper. Mulder spent his youth career at R.K.P.S.C, Vitesse Arnhem, and Feyenoord, and he continued playing for the Rotterdam club at senior level.
After making 120 appearances in the Eredivisie with Feyenoord, the 193-cm-tall shot-stopper signed for Heerenveen as a free agent in the summer of 2015. It has to be noted, though, that Erwin Mulder was loaned to Excelsior during his spell with Feyenoord. His next stop was Swansea City where he made 29 league appearances before returning to Heerenveen in 2020.
Erwin Mulder was born in Pannerden on March 3, 1989, and he has three caps with the Netherlands U20 team. He has yet to earn a call-up with the Oranje senior team. The Heerenveen goalkeeper was named in the Netherlands Euro 2012 provisional squad, but after the training with the national team, he failed to make the cut.
Highlighted Team (AZ):
AZ Alkmaar are a professional football club that play their home matches at AFAS Stadion. The venue was opened on 4 August, 2006 and the construction of the stadium cost €38 million. AFAS Stadion is able to hold 17 023 spectators.
The Cheeseheads were founded on 10 May, 1967 and they won their first trophy in 1981, finishing the season 12 points clear of Dutch giants Ajax. 18 years later AZ clinched their second Eredivisie trophy, with the team finishing the 2008/2009 campaign with 80 points, 11 clear of second-placed Twente. In 1981 the club made it to the UEFA Cup final, but English side Ipswich Town proved to be a big catch for the Dutch team.
AZ’s home kits are red and white and they wear black shirts when playing on the road. The likes of Shota Arveladze, Jozy Altidore, Ron Vlaar, Joris Mathijsen, Graziano Pelle, Simon Poulsen, Moussa Dembele and Sergio Romero are notable footballers who played for AZ in the past.
