Comments Anderlecht vs AZ Alkmaar: Continued excitement

In the 1/8 round of the European Cup, Anderlecht is the team that surprised many fans when defeating Villarreal - a strong candidate for the championship this season. Following the sublime performance from the European Cup, Anderlecht returned to the Belgian league with an unbeaten record in the last 3 rounds (won 2 and drew 1).

More broadly, coach Riemer's army has just had a 6-match unbeaten run in all competitions. With the current form and more home advantage, Anderlecht is confident to defeat AZ Alkmaar in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the European Cup tonight.

The home team's confidence in victory increases when knowing that AZ Alkmaar is having a performance problem. As evidence, the representative of the Netherlands only got 1 draw and lost 2 in the last 3 matches. Counting away matches, AZ Alkmaar did not win the last 3/5 matches and made NHM even more wary when choosing.

- Anderlecht: Verbruggen; Murillo, Debast, Vertonghen, Sardella; Verschaeren, Arnstad, Ashimeru; Dreyer, Slimani, Amuzu.

- AZ Alkmaar: Verhulst; Kerkez, Bazoer, Chatzidiakos, Sugawara; Clasie, De Wit, Reijnders; Barasi, Pavlidis, Odgaard.