AZ Alkmaar 1-4 Aston Villa: result and report
Europa Conference League · Thursday 26 October 2023
Result
AZ Alkmaar 1-4 Aston Villa
Europa Conference League · Thursday 26 October 2023, 16:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
AZ Alkmaar · Aston Villa · Europa Conference League predictions
AZ Alkmaar 1-4 Aston Villa: match report
AZ Alkmaar were beaten by Aston Villa 1-4 in the Europa Conference League on Thursday 26 October 2023. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Leon Bailey opened the scoring in the 13th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goal came from Ibrahim Sadiq (65'). Aston Villa scored through Leon Bailey (13'), Youri Tielemans (23'), Ollie Watkins (51') and John McGinn (56').
Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 19th on 11 points from 6 and Aston Villa 26th on 9 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa Conference League season and is kept for reference.
AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John McGinn of Aston Villa (8.4), ahead of Youri Tielemans (8.1).
Going into the match AZ Alkmaar's last five read W-L-D-D-W and Aston Villa's W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Leon Bailey
- 19'Yellow card · Sven Mijnans
- 23'Goal · Youri Tielemans
- 44'Yellow card · Jordy Clasie
- 45+1'Yellow card · Clément Lenglet
- 51'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 56'Goal · John McGinn
- 65'Goal · Ibrahim Sadiq
- 86'Yellow card · Leon Bailey
- 90'Yellow card · Riechedly Bazoer
Team news
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AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-3-3)
Mathew Ryan, Yukinari Sugawara, Riechedly Bazoer, Alexandre Penetra, David Møller Wolfe, Dani de Wit, Jordy Clasie, Sven Mijnans, Ibrahim Sadiq, Vangelis Pavlidis, Myron van Brederode
Aston Villa line-up (4-5-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Diego Carlos, Clément Lenglet, Lucas Digne, Leon Bailey, Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn, Youri Tielemans, Ollie Watkins