AZ Alkmaar 2-2 Vitesse: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 15 October 2016

Result

AZ Alkmaar 2-2 Vitesse

Eredivisie · Saturday 15 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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AZ Alkmaar 2-2 Vitesse: match report

AZ Alkmaar drew with Vitesse 2-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 15 October 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Lewis Baker opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Robert Mühren (78') and Robert Mühren (87'). Vitesse scored through Lewis Baker (23') and Ricky van Wolfswinkel (58', penalty).

Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 2 yellow cards; Vitesse received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 7th on 13 points from 8 and Vitesse 6th on 13 points from 8. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 5th with 56 points, and Vitesse 6th with 51.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and Vitesse in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Robert Mühren of AZ Alkmaar (8.4), ahead of Ridgeciano Haps (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 AZ Alkmaar wins, 0 draws and 1 for Vitesse.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Rens Van EijdenAZ Alkmaar
  • 23'Goal · Lewis BakerVitesse · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · M. NakambaVitesse
  • 57'Yellow card · Wout WeghorstAZ Alkmaar
  • 58'Penalty goal · Ricky van WolfswinkelVitesse · 0-2
  • 78'Goal · Robert MührenAZ Alkmaar · 1-2
  • 82'Yellow card · K. LeerdamVitesse
  • 87'Goal · Robert MührenAZ Alkmaar · 2-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Mitchell van BergenVitesse

Head-to-head

4 meetings: AZ Alkmaar 3, draws 0, Vitesse 1.

Team news

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

Sergio Rochet, Mattias Johansson, Rens Van Eijden, Ridgeciano Haps, Stijn Wuytens, Ben Rienstra, Iliass Bel Hassani, Derrick Luckassen, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Wout Weghorst, Dabney dos Santos

Vitesse line-up (4-3-3)

Eloy Room, Kelvin Leerdam, Arnold Kruiswijk, Matt Miazga, Guram Kashia, Marvelous Nakamba, Navarone Foor, Lewis Baker, Milot Rashica, Adnane Tighadouini, Ricky van Wolfswinkel