AZ Alkmaar vs Juventus starting lineups confirmed

AZ Alkmaar and Juventus will meet in the Europa League on Thursday evening. The starting lineups have been announced. Both teams will start with the Koopmeiners brothers in their starting XI. Luciano Spalletti is keeping the attacking trio of Randal Kolo Muani, Nick Woltemade and Kerim Alajbegovic.

Juventus have not lost in three Europa League matches. The Bianconeri beat NEC 5-0 in their first match. They won 2-1 away to Celta Vigo, and their most recent match ended in a 2-2 draw with Rennes. In Serie A, the team has five wins, two draws and three defeats from 10 matches, and sit seventh in the table. Juventus come into this game after beating Napoli 2-0 at the weekend.

AZ Alkmaar have two wins and one defeat from three Europa League matches. Their wins came against Hapoel Beer-Sheva and Ararat-Armenia, and their defeat came against Sunderland. The home side lost to Twente and then Ajax in back-to-back Eredivisie matches over the past two weeks. The Dutch side want to restart their winning run with this match.

Injuries remain a problem for Juventus. Kenan Yildiz, Nico Gonzalez, Francisco Conceicao, Khephren Thuram, Manuel Locatelli, Zeki Celik and Kamil Grabara will not be available for this match. Weston McKennie has also been added to the injury list. For AZ Alkmaar, Jeroen Zoet, Jizz Hornkamp, Wouter Goes and Stije Resik are unavailable. Kees Smit has been included in the squad for the first time since September.

Teun Koopmeiners came through the AZ Alkmaar academy, like his brother Pascal, and transferred to Atalanta in 2021. It is notable that the two brothers will face each other on the pitch in this match.