DUTCH EREDIVISION BETTING PICK - AZ ALKMAAR V HERACLES ALMELO

Dutch EreDivision

2012-08-19 - AZ Alkmaar vs Heracles Almelo

A Sports Betting Pick by Erik

AZ Alkmaar v Heracles Almelo
Football : Netherlands : Eredivisie
Sunday 19th August 2012 - Kickoff 13:30

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AZ Alkmaar will host Heracles Almelo on Sunday and you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to make the hosts the clear favorites here.

AZ Alkmaar

AZ Alkmaar grabbed a 2-2 draw on the road to Ajax last week thanks to two goals from Altidore (att) early in the second half, but AZ allowed Ajax back into the game seven minutes from time.

AZ will be without Ortiz (mid), Moisander (def) and new signing Lam (def) with all three players suffering (minor) injuries.

Heracles Almelo

Heracles Almelo had a disappointing start of the season drawing 1-1 at home against VVV Venlo. The hosts took the lead early in the first half thanks to a goal from Everton (att) but just before halftime the visitors leveled the score. Heracles was the better team in the first half, but did not manage to repeat their good performance in the second half resulting in very sloppy play from both sides.

For the game against AZ the team will be without midfielders Vujicevic (mid) and Veijnovic (mid) while Belterman (mid) will remain sidelined with a long-term knee injury.

The Betting Verdict:

AZ is the clear favorite in this game and this is underlined by the fact Heracles Almelo did not manage to keep a clean sheet in their last twelve away games conceding 34 goals.

In their last eight meetings AZ grabbed seven wins against Heracles Almelo and one draw was recorded, so I expect a home win by 2+ goals.

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