Review of the match for AZ Alkmaar v Tottenham
AZ Alkmaar welcomes Tottenham in the Netherlands for their last 16 Europa League on Thursday.
The Spurs have the last shot in winning the silver accessories this season and they will be more determined than ever to finally give their fans a moment worth a celebration.
It was a tough year for Ange Postecoglou and CO, but they started repairing themselves, winning consecutive Premier League games against Brentford, Manchester United and Ipswich.
They last fell to Manchester City, but Postecoglou was resting key players in front of this important relationship in Europe.
The Spurs have already won AZ in the Europa League this season, winning 1-0 kindness of Richarlison penalty in northern London.
Ex-Academy product Troy Parrott was in good shape for its new club and will want to give its mark when two sides are struggling again.
Giants Premier League remains a favorite bookmaker to win the competition, but this would have achieved success in the competition for the first time since 1984.
Az went through the play-off, surprisingly throwing out Galatasaray and there is no doubt that it will drive the wave of momentum moving into the game.
Look behind the scenes at training ahead of the trip to the Netherlands 👀 pic.twitter.com/qfghminjak
– Tottenham Hotspur (@spurstified) March 4, 2025
News team for AZ Alkmaar v Tottenham
There are good news and bad news for Spurs who headed for Alkmaar.
Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Dominic Solanka returned to training in the week and are available for selection.
Spurs fans are yet to see Romera and Van de Ven 2025, and the couple are considered two of the best club players.
Therefore, it will be a big boost to visit them in Lilywhite.
The bad news is that Dejan Kulusevski picked up his foot injury and was seen wearing a protective boot in his last Instagram post.
It is expected to miss both games this season, and further tests work to test the scope of his injury.
Rada Dragusin and Richarlison stay out, while Antonin Kinsky, Timo Werner and Sergio Regailon were not registered for the team.
Alkmaar will be without a key midfielder Sven Mijnans, Jayden Adai is also set aside, while Ruben Van Bommel and Mexx Meerdink are both suspicious.
Expected lines for AZ Alkmaar v Tottenham
AZ Alkmaar: Owus-Duduro; Maikuma, go, penetra, de wit; Clasie, Koopmeiners; Tried, buurmester, lahdo; Parrott
Tottenham: Vicario; Spence, Gray, Danso, limbs; Maddison, Bentancur, Bergvall; Johnson, tel, son
🤩 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐧𝐨𝐰!
🧣 Zorg Dat is a di Europese ThuiswedstriJd bent tegen Tottenham hotspur en neem jouw shining! Haal nu is tickets: https://t.co/tcjukgywpi#Asalkmaar #aztot Further #Thefatureisours pic.twitter.com/4hihfd6mb
– AZ (@Azalkmaar) 28 February 2025
How to Watch Az Alkmaar v Tottenham: TV Channel, Internet Stream
The match will be shown on TNT Sports 3, starting at 5:45 pm. Fans in the UK can also flow a game on the Discovery+app.
Statistics for AZ Alkmaar v Tottenham
- Az Alkmaar have won The last 3 Home matches in a row while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- IN The last 3 AZ Alkmaar coincides in the Europa League, the number of goals was over 3.5
- The Spurs won 7 their last 11 Games in a major European competition against the Dutch opposition (D2 L2)
- De Kaasboeren, who just won 2 of their previous 19 Meetings with English clubs have scored 19 Europa League goals this season
- Only three teams scored more goals than AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League this season; They have not scored more than 20 goals in the big European season from 2006-07 (26).
