Telstar aim to turn their form around with a trip to AZ Alkmaar on Sunday afternoon. Mike Snoei's side sit 13th in the Eredivisie with five points from six games and face a tough test against the league's second-placed team.
The Velsen-Zuid outfit are coming off a 0-0 draw at sc Heerenveen but are without a win in their last five league matches. That run includes defeats to Ajax (0-4), Sparta Rotterdam (1-3) and FC Twente (0-1). The last meeting with AZ, in March this year, ended in a 2-1 loss.
The home side lost 0-1 to Sunderland in Europe last week but are a strong second in the Eredivisie. AZ are only missing the long-term injured midfielder Stije Resink. Telstar will need to be wary of Alkmaar's attacking threat, having scored five against Go Ahead Eagles this month.
Telstar's lineup against Heerenveen was a 3-4-2-1 formation with Koeman in goal and attackers like Rui Mendes and N. Þórisson. Whether Snoei makes changes for the trip to Alkmaar is not yet clear. The full Eredivisie standings show the scale of the challenge facing Telstar.
