AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 24 February 2018

Result

AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie · Saturday 24 February 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam: match report

AZ Alkmaar won against Sparta Rotterdam 2-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 24 February 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Julian Chabot opened the scoring in the 19th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Wout Weghorst (44') and Oussama Idrissi (86'). Sparta Rotterdam scored through Julian Chabot (19').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 3rd on 50 points from 24 and Sparta Rotterdam 18th on 15 points from 24. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 17th with 27.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sparta Rotterdam in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Oussama Idrissi of AZ Alkmaar (10.0), ahead of Alireza Jahanbakhsh (9.6).

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

Going into the match AZ Alkmaar's last five read W-D-W-D-W and Sparta Rotterdam's D-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Julian ChabotSparta Rotterdam · 0-1
  • 44'Goal · Wout WeghorstAZ Alkmaar · 1-1
  • 86'Goal · Oussama IdrissiAZ Alkmaar · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: AZ Alkmaar 1, draws 0, Sparta Rotterdam 0.

Team news

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

Marco Bizot, Jonas Svensson, Thomas Ouwejan, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Stijn Wuytens, Fredrik Midtsjø, Teun Koopmeiners, Guus Til, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Wout Weghorst, Oussama Idrissi

Sparta Rotterdam line-up (5-3-2)

Jannik Huth, Bart Vriends, Michel Breuer, Jeff Chabot, Sherel Floranus, Frederik Holst, Abdou Harroui, Ryan Sanusi, Deroy Duarte, Fred Friday, Michiel Kramer