The hosts have lost just two games in their own backyard since the beginning of the season and we can hardly understand why the bookies consider them such big underdogs ahead of this tie.
Jong AZ Alkmaar do lack defensive meticulousness as they have been easy to break down since the start of the campaign but they are at the same time capable of producing loads in the final third against any rival in the league.
The team led b Belgian manager Maarten Martens notched at least three goals in three of the previous four league games.
The run involves a 3-3 stalemate away at Jong PSV seven days ago. Jong AZ Alkmaar currently hold the seventh position in the Eerste Divisie ladder and are just four points shy of Willem II in fourth.
The visitors will enter the tie on the back of four wins and a draw in the previous five games in the league but it is worth noting that they have played four of these five outings in front of the home fans in Tilburg.



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自从赛季开始以来，东道主只在自己的后院输了两场比赛，我们很难理解为什么博彩公司认为他们在这场比赛前是如此的不被看好。
阿尔克马尔确实缺乏一丝不苟的防守，因为他们从赛季开始就很容易被攻破，但同时他们也有能力在最后三分之一的比赛中对阵联赛中的任何对手。
在此前的4场联赛中，比利时主帅马丁斯有3场至少打入3球。
这轮比赛包括7天前客场3-3战成平局。Jong AZ Alkmaar目前在Eerste乙级联赛排名第七，仅比排名第四的威廉二世少4分。
客队将在此前5场联赛中取得4胜1平的战绩进入平局，但值得注意的是，他们在这5场比赛中有4场是在蒂尔堡的主场球迷面前进行的。