Well, butter my biscuits. SC Heerenveen versus AZ Alkmaar; now that's a recipe for stubborn jousting, if you ask me.
Tussling between the sticks, we've got the ironclad Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro and Jeroen Zoet for team AZ Alkmaar, while SC Heerenveen are banking on Mickey van der Hart to keep it clean in their net. Now boys, let's see who spills the most biscuits, shall we?
AZ's sharp shooters, Seiya Maikuma and Sven Mijnans, have been busy boys, peppering the goal with bullets. Even Troy Parrott chipped in with a couple of goals, albeit his passing accuracy seems to be on par with my grandma's bumper bowling scores.
On the other side, Heerenveen's own Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Eser Gürbüz have been punching above their weights, finding the net more often than an overzealous fisherman.
If we take the time to meander down memory lane, our recent past clashes between these two show AZ Alkmaar bulldozing past Heerenveen, like they're late for a pancake breakfast. Add that to a superior season record, and AZ seems parched for victory.
Heerenveen's recent form is as comforting as riding a unicycle on a tightrope, a slew of draws and a loss to Groningen, for goodness sake. AZ, well, they did let Sparta Rotterdam sneak past them, but hey who's keeping score?
All this jabbering and we can only come to one conclusion.
Albert’s Prediction: AZ Alkmaar by 2