PREVIEW | AZ Alkmaar vs Sparta Praha - team news, lineups, predictions

AZ Alkmaar and Sparta Praha face each other this Thursday at the AFAS Stadion for a match of the Last 16 of the Europa Conference League. The match will be broadcast live at 17:45 on TNT Sports.

In their last game, AZ Alkmaar lost 2-1 against PSV (Eredivisie 2025/26). In their last fixture, Sparta Praha suffered a 3-1 reverse against Slavia Praha (Czech Rep. League 2025/26).

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AZ Alkmaar

• Jordy Clasie - Ankle Injury

Sparta Praha

Last starting XIs

AZ Alkmaar ( vs PSV 2026-03-07): Rome Oduro, Elijah Dijkstra, Billy van Duijl, Wouter Goes, Mees de Wit, Alexandre Penetra, Isak Jensen, Sven Mijnans, Peer Koopmeiners, Ro-Zangelo Daal, Troy Parrott

Sparta Praha ( vs Slavia Praha 2026-03-08): Jakub Surovcík, Patrik Vydra, Adam Sevínsky, Jaroslav Zeleny, Pavel Kaderábek, Sivert Mannsverk, Kaan Kairinen, Matej Rynes, John Mercado, Matyás Vojta, Lukas Haraslin

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MANAGERS

• Brian Priske faced AZ Alkmaar on one occasion, recording a win.

TEAMS

• Away from home, Sparta Praha currently has one loss in the last ten games.
• Away from home, Sparta Praha comes from three consecutive games without winning.
• Sparta Praha currently has one loss in the last 12 games.
• Sparta Praha comes from two consecutive games without winning.
• At home, AZ Alkmaar currently has one loss in the last 12 games.
• At home, AZ Alkmaar comes from nine consecutive games scoring goals.
• At home, AZ Alkmaar comes from five consecutive games without losing.
• At home, AZ Alkmaar comes from three consecutive wins.
• AZ Alkmaar currently has a draw in the last 11 games.
• AZ Alkmaar comes from three consecutive games conceding goals.

HEAD TO HEAD

• AZ Alkmaar and Sparta Praha have faced each other zero times, there is no advantage between AZ Alkmaar and Sparta Praha: zero wins for each team in zero games.
• In the Conference League, the two teams face each other for the first time