AZ Alkmaar v Tottenham – Line-ups, stats and preview
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Match Preview for AZ Alkmaar v Tottenham
AZ Alkmaar welcome Tottenham to the Netherlands for their last-16 Europa League first leg on Thursday.
Spurs have one last shot at winning silverware this season and they will be more determined than ever to finally give their fans a moment worth celebrating.
It has been a tough year for Ange Postecoglou and Co, but they have started to repair themselves, winning consecutive Premier League games against Brentford, Manchester United and Ipswich.
They did fall to Manchester City last time out, but Postecoglou rested key players ahead of this important tie in Europe.
Spurs have already beaten AZ in the Europa League this season, winning 1-0 courtesy of a Richarlison penalty in North London.
Ex-academy product Troy Parrott has been on fine form for his new club and will be keen to make his mark when the two sides do battle again.
The Premier League giants remain the bookies’ favourite to win the competition, but it would mark success in the competition for the first time since 1984.
AZ came through the play-offs, surprisingly knocking out Galatasaray and there is no doubt they will riding a wave of momentum heading into the game.
Take a look behind the scenes at training ahead of the trip to the Netherlands 👀 pic.twitter.com/QFgHmiNJak
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) March 4, 2025
Team news for AZ Alkmaar v Tottenham
There is some good news and bad news for Spurs heading to Alkmaar.
Micky van de ven, Cristian Romero and Dominic Solanke all returned to training in the week and are available to selection.
Spurs fans are yet to see Romero and Van de Ven together in 2025 and the pair are regarded as two of the club’s best players.
So it will be a huge boost to see them back in lilywhite for the visitors.
The bad news is that Dejan Kulusevski has picked up a foot injury and was seen wearing a protective boot in his latest Instagram post.
He is expected to miss both games this season, with further tests being done to examine the extent of his injury.
Radu Dragusin and Richarlison remain out, while Antonin Kinsky, Timo Werner and Sergio Reguilon were not registered for the squad.
Alkmaar will be without key midfielder Sven Mijnans, Jayden Addai is also sidelined, while Ruben van Bommel and Mexx Meerdink are both doubtful.
Expected line-ups for AZ Alkmaar v Tottenham
AZ Alkmaar: Owusu-Oduro; Maikuma, Goes, Penetra, De Wit; Clasie, Koopmeiners; Poku, Buurmeester, Lahdo; Parrott
Tottenham: Vicario; Spence, Gray, Danso, Udogie; Maddison, Bentancur, Bergvall; Johnson, Tel, Son
🤩 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰!
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— AZ (@AZAlkmaar) February 28, 2025
How to watch AZ Alkmaar v Tottenham: TV channel, online stream
The match will be shown on TNT Sports 3, with kick-off at 17:45. Fans in the UK can also stream the game on the discovery+ app.
The Stats 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 matches in the Europa League, the number of goals was over 3.5
- Spurs have won 7 of their last 11 games in major European competition against Dutch opposition (D2 L2)
- De Kaasboeren, who have won only 2 of their previous 19 meetings with English clubs, have scored 19 Europa League goals this season
- Only three teams have netted more goals than AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League this season; they have not scored more than 20 goals in a major European season since 2006-07 (26).
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