FOCUS ON THE OPPOSITION



AZ Alkmaar will definitely be without their top scorer in this season's competition, Myron Boadu, who cannot build on his tally of six goals in 11 Europa League appearances due to suspension. Regardless, head coach Arne Slot says his side are coming to win on Thursday night.



“We want to win the group,” he said. “We want to win every game. There's a lot of talk about the fact we're playing a lot of matches, that we get tired because of it. I actually think the opposite is true: because we're playing so many games, we have become incredibly strong physically, and that's an advantage.”



The 1980/81 UEFA Cup runners-up are unbeaten in 11 European games this season, winning five, drawing six and keeping seven clean sheets. However, they have earned just two wins on their travels in their last 11 continental fixtures outside of the qualifying phase, drawing four and losing five.



Those victories were 1-0 against Dundalk in Dublin three seasons ago and 5-0 in Astana last time out, the club's biggest ever European away win.

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