AZ Alkmaar 0-2 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 24 September 2017

Result

AZ Alkmaar 0-2 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Sunday 24 September 2017, 14:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

AZ Alkmaar · Excelsior · Eredivisie predictions

AZ Alkmaar 0-2 Excelsior: match report

AZ Alkmaar lost to Excelsior 0-2 in Eredivisie on Sunday 24 September 2017. The half-time score was 0-2.

Luigi Bruins opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. AZ Alkmaar did not score. Excelsior scored through Luigi Bruins (2', penalty) and Luigi Bruins (8', penalty).

Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card; Excelsior received no yellow cards.

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 5th on 12 points from 5 and Excelsior 15th on 4 points from 5. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Excelsior 11th with 40.

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 Luigi Bruins of Excelsior (9.4), ahead of Wout Felix Lina Faes (8.6).

Going into the match AZ Alkmaar's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Excelsior's L-L-D-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Penalty goal · Luigi BruinsExcelsior · 0-1
  • 8'Yellow card · Ron VlaarAZ Alkmaar
  • 8'Penalty goal · Luigi BruinsExcelsior · 0-2

Team news

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

Marco Bizot, Jonas Svensson, Ron Vlaar, Thomas Ouwejan, Stijn Wuytens, Joris van Overeem, Marko Vejinović, Guus Til, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Wout Weghorst, Mats Seuntjens

Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Ögmundur Kristinsson, Khalid Karami, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Milan Massop, Jurgen Matheij, Hicham Faik, Ryan Koolwijk, Kevin Vermeulen, Luigi Bruins, Zakaria El Azzouzi, Jinty Caenepeel