AZ Alkmaar 1-1 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 20 November 2021

Result

AZ Alkmaar 1-1 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Saturday 20 November 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

AZ Alkmaar · NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie predictions

AZ Alkmaar 1-1 NEC Nijmegen: match report

AZ Alkmaar drew with NEC Nijmegen 1-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 20 November 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jordy Bruijn opened the scoring in the 9th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goal came from Zakaria Aboukhlal (90+3'). NEC Nijmegen scored through Jordy Bruijn (9').

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

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 11th on 15 points from 11 and NEC Nijmegen 7th on 18 points from 12. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and NEC Nijmegen 11th with 38.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and NEC Nijmegen in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jesper Karlsson of AZ Alkmaar (8.1), ahead of Owen Wijndal (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 AZ Alkmaar wins, 3 draws and 4 for NEC Nijmegen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Jordy BruijnNEC Nijmegen · 0-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Bruno Martins IndiAZ Alkmaar
  • 90+3'Goal · Zakaria AboukhlalAZ Alkmaar · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: AZ Alkmaar 3, draws 3, NEC Nijmegen 4.

Team news

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AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-2-3-1)

Peter Vindahl, Yukinari Sugawara, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Bruno Martins Indi, Owen Wijndal, Fredrik Midtsjø, Jordy Clasie, Albert Gudmundsson, Dani de Wit, Jesper Karlsson, Vangelis Pavlidis

NEC Nijmegen line-up (4-1-4-1)

Mattijs Branderhorst, Bart van Rooij, Iván Márquez, Cas Odenthal, Souffian El, Lasse Schöne, Jonathan Okita, Édgar Barreto, Jordy Bruijn, Magnus Mattsson, Ali Akman