Third time to Wijdewormer
Only twice before did FC Emmen visit Jong AZ. Those two meetings yielded only one point. On October 20, 2017, Emmen lost 2-1 in Wijdewormer. Dabney dos Santos opened the scoring early and Jamie Jacobs made it 2-0. Michiel Hemmen did something back in injury time. The second confrontation with the AZ talents in North Holland was on November 22, 2021 when the score remained 0-0.
Young AZ is performing the best of all promising teams in the Kitchen Champion Division this season and is in 8th place. Of the last five home matches, coach Leeroy Echteld’s team has won four (against FC Dordrecht, Roda JC, Jong PSV and Cambuur). . Only NAC lost. On February 26, the club that drew yesterday against FC Groningen won 2-3.
With a win, FC Emmen will leapfrog Jong AZ and the team of coach Fred Grim will be in a position that entitles them to play in the play-offs. Moreover, place 7 (NAC) comes into view. The difference with that team is only 2 points and that with five matches to go.
