AZ Alkmaar 1-0 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 28 August 2016

Result

AZ Alkmaar 1-0 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Sunday 28 August 2016, 14:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

AZ Alkmaar · NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie predictions

AZ Alkmaar 1-0 NEC Nijmegen: match report

AZ Alkmaar beat NEC Nijmegen 1-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 28 August 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Dabney dos Santos opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Dabney dos Santos (43') and Alireza Jahanbakhsh (73'). NEC Nijmegen did not score.

Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card; NEC Nijmegen received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 16th on 2 points from 3 and NEC Nijmegen 10th on 4 points from 3. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 5th with 56 points, and NEC Nijmegen 17th with 33.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and NEC Nijmegen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Fred Friday of AZ Alkmaar (8.3), ahead of Joris van Overeem (7.8).

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Julian von HaackeNEC Nijmegen
  • 43'Goal · Dabney dos SantosAZ Alkmaar · 1-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Dabney dos SantosAZ Alkmaar
  • 53'Second yellow · Julian von HaackeNEC Nijmegen
  • 54'Yellow card · Kevin MayiNEC Nijmegen
  • 73'Goal · Alireza JahanbakhshAZ Alkmaar · 2-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: AZ Alkmaar 1, draws 0, NEC Nijmegen 1.

Team news

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

Sergio Rochet, Mattias Johansson, Rens Van Eijden, Ron Vlaar, Ridgeciano Haps, Joris van Overeem, Derrick Luckassen, Stijn Wuytens, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Dabney dos Santos, Fred Friday

NEC Nijmegen line-up (4-3-3)

Joris Delle, Michael Heinloth, Dario Dumic, Wojciech Golla, Robin Buwalda, Janio Bikel, Julian von Haacke, Gregor Breinburg, Reagy Ofosu, Kevin Mayi, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie