AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 5 December 2021

Result

AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie · Sunday 5 December 2021, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Sparta Rotterdam: match report

AZ Alkmaar won against Sparta Rotterdam 3-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 5 December 2021. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Adil Auassar opened the scoring in the 19th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Jesper Karlsson (27', penalty), Jesper Karlsson (31') and Vangelis Pavlidis (58'). Sparta Rotterdam scored through Adil Auassar (19').

Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card; Sparta Rotterdam received no yellow cards.

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 9th on 20 points from 14 and Sparta Rotterdam 16th on 10 points from 14. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 14th with 35.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sparta Rotterdam in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jesper Karlsson of AZ Alkmaar (9.1), ahead of Vangelis Pavlidis (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 AZ Alkmaar wins, 3 draws and 1 for Sparta Rotterdam.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Adil AuassarSparta Rotterdam · 0-1
  • 27'Penalty goal · Jesper KarlssonAZ Alkmaar · 1-1
  • 31'Goal · Jesper KarlssonAZ Alkmaar · 2-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Vangelis PavlidisAZ Alkmaar
  • 58'Goal · Vangelis PavlidisAZ Alkmaar · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: AZ Alkmaar 6, draws 3, Sparta Rotterdam 1.

Team news

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

Peter Vindahl, Aslak Witry, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Bruno Martins Indi, Owen Wijndal, Fredrik Midtsjø, Tijjani Reijnders, Dani de Wit, Yukinari Sugawara, Vangelis Pavlidis, Jesper Karlsson

Sparta Rotterdam line-up (4-4-2)

Benjamin van Leer, Giannis Masouras, Bart Vriends, Tom Beugelsdijk, Mica Pinto, Vito van Crooij, Dirk Abels, Adil Auassar, Bryan Smeets, Mario Engels, Lennart Thy