Excelsior 1-2 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Excelsior 1-2 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Saturday 3 March 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Excelsior were beaten by AZ Alkmaar 1-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 3 March 2018. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Excelsior's goal came from Ali Messaoud (64'). AZ Alkmaar scored through an own goal by Theo Zwarthoed (19') and Alireza Jahanbakhsh (44').

Discipline: Excelsior received 2 yellow cards; AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Excelsior were 11th on 32 points from 25 and AZ Alkmaar 3rd on 53 points from 25. Excelsior went on to finish that season 11th with 40 points, and AZ Alkmaar 3rd with 71.

Excelsior lined up in a 4-3-3 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Alireza Jahanbakhsh of AZ Alkmaar (9.1), ahead of Hicham Faik (7.8).

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

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