Ajax 4-1 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Wednesday 5 April 2017

Result

Ajax 4-1 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Wednesday 5 April 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Ajax 4-1 AZ Alkmaar: match report

Ajax won against AZ Alkmaar 4-1 in Eredivisie on Wednesday 5 April 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Bertrand Traoré opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Ajax's goals came from Bertrand Traoré (16'), D. Sánchez (71'), Lasse Schöne (82', penalty) and Amin Younes (88'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Wout Weghorst (55').

Discipline: Ajax received no yellow cards; AZ Alkmaar received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ajax were 2nd on 66 points from 28 and AZ Alkmaar 8th on 40 points from 28. Ajax went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and AZ Alkmaar 5th with 56.

Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Davinson Sánchez of Ajax (8.4), ahead of Ahmad Nurosadi (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Ajax wins, 2 draws and 3 for AZ Alkmaar.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Bertrand TraoréAjax · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · R. HapsAZ Alkmaar
  • 55'Goal · Wout WeghorstAZ Alkmaar · 1-1
  • 60'Yellow card · J. van OvereemAZ Alkmaar
  • 71'Goal · D. SánchezAjax · 2-1
  • 82'Penalty goal · Lasse SchöneAjax · 3-1
  • 88'Goal · Amin YounesAjax · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Ajax 5, draws 2, AZ Alkmaar 3.

Team news

Ajax line-up (4-3-3)

André Onana, Kenny Tete, Davinson Sánchez, Daley Sinkgraven, Nick Viergever, Davy Klaassen, Lasse Schöne, Hakim Ziyech, Bertrand Traoré, Ahmad Nurosadi, Justin Kluivert

AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-3-3)

Tim Krul, Mattias Johansson, Rens Van Eijden, Ridgeciano Haps, Derrick Luckassen, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Mats Seuntjens, Stijn Wuytens, Joris van Overeem, Wout Weghorst, Dabney dos Santos