Heracles Almelo 2-3 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 13 February 2016

Result

Heracles Almelo 2-3 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Saturday 13 February 2016, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Heracles Almelo 2-3 AZ Alkmaar: match report

Heracles Almelo were beaten by AZ Alkmaar 2-3 in Eredivisie on Saturday 13 February 2016. It was 1-3 at half-time.

Vincent Janssen opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Heracles Almelo's goals came from Thomas Bruns (39'), Mark Jan Fledderus (67') and Wout Weghorst (74'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Vincent Janssen (4'), Markus Henriksen (32', penalty), J. van Overeem (34'), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (64'), an own goal by Thomas Bruns (80') and Ben Rienstra (84').

Discipline: Heracles Almelo received 3 yellow cards; AZ Alkmaar received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Heracles Almelo were 4th on 36 points from 22 and AZ Alkmaar 8th on 33 points from 22. Heracles Almelo went on to finish that season 6th with 56 points, and AZ Alkmaar 5th with 59.

Heracles Almelo 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 (8.7), level with Dabney dos Santos (8.7).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Vincent JanssenAZ Alkmaar · 0-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Joey PelupessyHeracles Almelo
  • 32'Penalty goal · Markus HenriksenAZ Alkmaar · 0-2
  • 34'Goal · J. van OvereemAZ Alkmaar · 0-3
  • 39'Goal · Thomas BrunsHeracles Almelo · 1-3
  • 49'Yellow card · Ramon ZomerHeracles Almelo
  • 64'Goal · Alireza JahanbakhshAZ Alkmaar · 1-4
  • 67'Goal · Mark Jan FledderusHeracles Almelo · 2-4
  • 71'Yellow card · Brahim DarriHeracles Almelo
  • 74'Goal · Wout WeghorstHeracles Almelo · 3-4
  • 80'Own goal · Thomas BrunsAZ Alkmaar · 3-5
  • 84'Goal · Ben RienstraAZ Alkmaar · 3-6

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Heracles Almelo 0, draws 0, AZ Alkmaar 3.

Team news

Heracles Almelo line-up (4-3-3)

Bram Castro, Mike te Wierik, Joey Pelupessy, Ramon Zomer, Mark Jan Fledderus, Iliass Bel Hassani, Thomas Bruns, Menno Heerkes, Brahim Darri, Tarik Kada, Wout Weghorst

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

Sergio Rochet, Mattias Johansson, Ron Vlaar, Ridgeciano Haps, Stijn Wuytens, Joris van Overeem, Markus Henriksen, Ben Rienstra, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Vincent Janssen, Dabney dos Santos