Excelsior 1-2 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Excelsior 1-2 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Saturday 14 February 2026, 17:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Excelsior were beaten by AZ Alkmaar 1-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 14 February 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ilias Bronkhorst opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Excelsior's goal came from Ilias Bronkhorst (45+1'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Troy Parrott (90+2') and Alexandre Penetra (90+6').

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

Going into the game Excelsior were 12th on 26 points from 22 and AZ Alkmaar 7th on 33 points from 22. Excelsior went on to finish that season 13th with 38 points, and AZ Alkmaar 7th with 52.

Excelsior lined up in a 5-4-1 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexandre Penetra of AZ Alkmaar (8.0), ahead of Kasper Boogaard (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Excelsior win, 2 draws and 2 for AZ Alkmaar.

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