Unbeaten Feyenoord host leaders AZ in Eredivisie top-two clash

📰 Eredivisie leaders AZ and second-placed Feyenoord meet with two points between them. 📌 Key points 🏟️ The round-eight game is at De Kuip on Saturday 10 October. 🥇 AZ lead on 19 points with six wins and a draw from seven. 🥈 Feyenoord are second on 17 points and unbeaten. 🔥 Feyenoord scored 12 goals in their last two games. 🩹 Watanabe and Hadj Moussa look likely to play despite international knocks. 📝 What happened 🥇 Lee-Roy Echteld's AZ have won six and drawn one, scoring 18 and conceding six. Consistency has kept them top. 🔥 Giovanni van Bronckhorst's Feyenoord are unbeaten in seven with 25 scored and seven conceded. They won 7-0 at PEC Zwolle and beat Utrecht 5-0. 🩹 Feyenoord defender Tsuyoshi Watanabe left the Japan squad on 1 October, and Anis Hadj Moussa withdrew from Algeria's squad with a minor injury. A Voetbal International journalist expects both to be able to face AZ. ✅ AZ's Wouter Goes and Ro-Zangelo Daal came back early from the Netherlands under-21 camp with minor complaints, and Mexx Meerdink was taken off at half-time against Serbia. Echteld said Goes and Daal were fit again and that Meerdink had messaged him straight away to say it was not serious. 📊 By the numbers • AZ: 1st, 19 points (W6 D1), 18 scored, 6 conceded • Feyenoord: 2nd, 17 points (W5 D2), 25 scored, 7 conceded • Feyenoord's last two games: 7-0 and 5-0 👀 What to watch 🎯 The midfield battle — Feyenoord want to press early at home, while AZ prefer a compact block and quick transitions. Whoever controls midfield should have the edge. 🔥 Feyenoord's firepower — 25 goals in seven games is more than three a match. AZ's defence, which has let in six, faces a real test. ⏱️ The break — AZ had six players away and only had a full squad back on Thursday, two days before the game. Sharpness could matter. 🔭 Why it matters A Feyenoord win would put them top by a point, while an AZ win would open a five-point gap. It could set the tone for the early title race. Kick-off is 6.45pm local time on Saturday 10 October.