220v 2 wire AC SYNCHRONOUS motor control

I have a ty-50af 2 wire 220v ac synchronous motor (4w 2.5/3r/min cw/ccw) that I am wanting to operate.

These motors are used in a lot of cheap appliances including tray motors in my incubators. So far I have made other motor driving options for my incubator tilt and roller trays.

(1) L298 brushed gearbox DC 12v (single and gang tray, open and closed loop)
(2) L298 stepper motor 12v (single and gang tray, open and closed loop)
(3) PCA9685 servo SG-5010 12v

But the lure of simple and cheap strikes again and so far I have found very little on ways of controlling this type of motor.

I am open to suggestions of other ways of achieving the objective of "simply and safely" controlling the TY-50AF. (relative term )