ERIK SAYS :

FC Twente Enschede v AZ Alkmaar
Football: Netherlands, Eredivisie 2009/2010
Saturday, 17th October 2009 - Kickoff 18:45

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Twente Enschede (1st) 7-2-0 17:7

FC Twente are the current leaders in the Eredivisie with 23 points from nine games. The team won their last four games in a row and looking for a fifth against AZ on Saturday.

FC Twente holds a good home record this season winning their games against RKC Waalwijk (2-1), FC Utrecht (3-2) and VVV Venlo (2-1) and drawing against PSV (1-1).

Two weeks ago FC Twente grabbed a 1-3 win over Heracles Almelo in a derby game thanks to goals from Ruiz (att), N'Kufo (att) and Janssen (mid) climbing to the first place in the ranking.

For the game against AZ Heubach (def) and Rajkovic (def) will remain sidelined while apart from the two defenders coach McClaren will have the disposal of a fully fit selection.

AZ Alkmaar (6th) 5-0-4 16:8

AZ has known quite a turbulent week, well maybe not AZ but the bank of chairman Dirk Scheringa has tumbled down, being declared bankrupt which has caused quite some unrest in the club.

AZ is currently on the sixth place in the ranking with fifteen points from six games and the team has finally managed to book a win two weeks ago, beating NAC Breda 1-0 thanks to a goal from Lens (att).

Losing their three previous games against FC Utrecht (1-0), NEC (0-1) and ADO Den Haag (2-1) didn’t do the team much good with the pressure increasing on the selection after two disappointing results in the Champions League as well.

The Betting Verdict

The game between FC Twente and AZ will be the biggest game of the weekend and looking at the status of the teams we have to give the advantage to the home side in this one.

The current form of FC Twente is much better with four wins in a row while AZ comes from only one win and three defeats.

After the busy week for AZ I can imagine that the players are not really focused on the game against FC Twente but will be busy thinking to leave the club during the winter break – something that is said to be inevitable after Scheringa will not be able to put any more money in the club.

Apart from this the position of El Hamdaoui (att) has shown some cracks over the last few weeks with incidents on the training and the fact that he was kept out of the selection for the game against NAC Breda.

Odds for the home win can be found over evens and I will be taking them with medium stakes (5/10).

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Take FC Twente to win