AZ Alkmaar 5-0 Heracles Almelo: result and report
Eredivisie · Saturday 9 December 2017
Result
AZ Alkmaar 5-0 Heracles Almelo
Eredivisie · Saturday 9 December 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
AZ Alkmaar 5-0 Heracles Almelo: match report
AZ Alkmaar defeated Heracles Almelo 5-0 in Eredivisie on Saturday 9 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
AZ Alkmaar's goals came from an own goal by Bram Castro (55'), Guus Til (75'), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (81'), Wout Weghorst (85') and Jonas Svensson (90+1'). Heracles Almelo did not score.
Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received no yellow cards; Heracles Almelo received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 2nd on 31 points from 14 and Heracles Almelo 9th on 18 points from 14. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Heracles Almelo 10th with 42.
AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and Heracles Almelo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Teun Koopmeiners of AZ Alkmaar (8.8), level with Alireza Jahanbakhsh (8.8).
Going into the match AZ Alkmaar's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Heracles Almelo's L-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 39'Yellow card · Lerin Duarte
- 43'Yellow card · Roland Baas
- 55'Own goal · Bram Castro
- 75'Goal · Guus Til
- 81'Goal · Alireza Jahanbakhsh
- 85'Goal · Wout Weghorst
- 86'Yellow card · T. van de Berg
- 90+1'Goal · Jonas Svensson
Team news
AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-3-3)
Marco Bizot, Jonas Svensson, Thomas Ouwejan, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Ricardo van Rhijn, Fredrik Midtsjø, Teun Koopmeiners, Guus Til, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Joris van Overeem, Wout Weghorst
Heracles Almelo line-up (4-3-3)
Bram Castro, Tim Breukers, Dries Wuytens, Dario Van den Buijs, Lerin Duarte, Joey Pelupessy, Reuven Niemeijer, Jamiro Monteiro, Paul Gladon, Brandley Kuwas, Kristoffer Peterson