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 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.
Key events
- 2'Penalty goal · Luigi Bruins
- 8'Yellow card · Ron Vlaar
- 8'Penalty goal · Luigi Bruins
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