Alkmaar vs Anderlecht Conference League quarter-final second leg is scheduled for Thursday, April 20 at 19:45 at the AZ Stadion live on the Pro Arena.
Alkmaar start with a second chance to reach the semi-finals of the competition after Anderlecht won the first leg 2-0 in Brussels (Murillo 22, Aschimeru 70).
Alkmaar are 4th in the Eredivisie, five points off the European places, with five stages to go in the domestic season, and come off the back of a 3-0 win in the Dutch league at Fortuna Sittard.
Pascal Jansen’s team reached the quarter-finals of the Conference League, winning a group that also included Dnipro, Apollon and Vaduz (five wins and one loss), and in the round of 16 they beat Lazio Rome with 2 -th result. 1 away and also 2-1 at home.
Alkmaar’s best result in Europe was the 1981 UEFA Cup final, where they lost to Ipswich Town (0-3 away and 4-2 at home), while domestically they have two titles, four domestic cups and a Super Cup.
Anderlecht are 10th in the Pro League, 10 points from 4th place, the last place in the play-offs for the title and the Champions League, and one point from 8th place, the last place in the Europa League play-offs, remaining with just one stage left in the regular season.
At the last stage of the Belgian championship, Brian Rimmer’s team lost 2-5 at leaders Genk just three days after winning the tour match against Alkmaar.
Anderlecht is a legendary European team with one UEFA Cup (1983), two Cup Winners’ Cups (1976, 1978) and two European Super Cups (1976, 1978) to their credit, and at national level they have won 34 titles and nine national cups , three League Cups and 13 Belgian Super Cups.
The two teams met previously in 2012 in the Europa League round of 16, when Anderlecht beat Alkmaar 1-0 home and away.
The winner of the doubles match between Alkmaar and Anderlecht will play the winner of the quarter-final between West Ham United and Gent (1-1 in the round, Belgium) in the semi-finals of the competition.
Superbet offers odds of 1.55 on the PsF1 prediction: the home team lead at half-time or dominate at the end of the regular time 90 minutes in Alkmaar vs Anderlecht.
| Alkmaar – Anderlech | PsF1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 1.55 |
* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
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