AZ Alkmaar 2-0 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 6 March 2016

Result

AZ Alkmaar 2-0 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Sunday 6 March 2016, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

AZ Alkmaar · Excelsior · Eredivisie predictions

AZ Alkmaar 2-0 Excelsior: match report

AZ Alkmaar beat Excelsior 2-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 6 March 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

D. Luckassen opened the scoring in the 57th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from D. Luckassen (57') and Vincent Janssen (77', penalty). Excelsior did not score.

Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card; Excelsior received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 6th on 39 points from 25 and Excelsior 16th on 23 points from 25. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 5th with 59 points, and Excelsior 15th with 33.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and Excelsior in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Derrick Luckassen of AZ Alkmaar (8.8), ahead of Vincent Janssen (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 AZ Alkmaar win, 2 draws and 0 for Excelsior.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 57'Goal · D. LuckassenAZ Alkmaar · 1-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Markus HenriksenAZ Alkmaar
  • 72'Yellow card · Brandley KuwasExcelsior
  • 76'Red card · S. FischerExcelsior
  • 77'Penalty goal · Vincent JanssenAZ Alkmaar · 2-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: AZ Alkmaar 1, draws 2, Excelsior 0.

Team news

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

Sergio Rochet, Ron Vlaar, Derrick Luckassen, Ridgeciano Haps, Stijn Wuytens, Markus Henriksen, Ben Rienstra, T. Haye, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Vincent Janssen, Dabney dos Santos

Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Tom Muyters, Bas Kuipers, Sander Fischer, Henrico Drost, Daan Bovenberg, Rick Kruys, Jeff Stans, Luigi Bruins, Adil Auassar, Tom van Weert, Stanley Elbers