AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Heracles Almelo: result and report
Eredivisie · Saturday 3 March 2012
Result
AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Heracles Almelo
Eredivisie · Saturday 3 March 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Heracles Almelo: match report
AZ Alkmaar beat Heracles Almelo 3-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 3 March 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Simon Poulsen opened the scoring in the 31st minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Simon Poulsen (31'), Jozy Altidore (43') and A. Maher (52'). Heracles Almelo scored through Willie Overtoom (56', penalty).
Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Heracles Almelo received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 2nd on 46 points from 23 and Heracles Almelo 11th on 30 points from 23. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Heracles Almelo 12th with 40.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 AZ Alkmaar wins, 1 draw and 2 for Heracles Almelo.
Going into the match AZ Alkmaar's last five read D-L-W-W-L and Heracles Almelo's L-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Simon Poulsen
- 43'Goal · Jozy Altidore
- 52'Goal · A. Maher
- 55'Red card · Nick Viergever
- 56'Penalty goal · Willie Overtoom
- 66'Yellow card · Mike te Wierik
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
AZ Alkmaar expected line-up
Esteban Alvarado, Simon Poulsen, Niklas Moisander, Nick Viergever, Ragnar Klavan, Rasmus Elm, Adam Maher, Jozy Altidore, Brett Holman, Roy Beerens
Heracles Almelo line-up
Remko Pasveer, Antoine van der Linden, Mark Looms, Mike te Wierik, Lerin Duarte, Ben Rienstra, Thomas Bruns, Willie Overtoom, Everton, Kristiano Samuel Armenteros, Darl Douglas