Sparta Rotterdam 4-4 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 4 October 2020

Result

Sparta Rotterdam 4-4 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Sunday 4 October 2020, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-4

Sparta Rotterdam · AZ Alkmaar · Eredivisie predictions

Sparta Rotterdam 4-4 AZ Alkmaar: match report

Sparta Rotterdam drew with AZ Alkmaar 4-4 in Eredivisie on Sunday 4 October 2020. It was 0-4 at half-time.

Zakaria Aboukhlal opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Sparta Rotterdam's goals came from Abdou Harroui (57'), Dirk Abels (64'), Lennart Thy (88', penalty) and S. Mijnans (90'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Zakaria Aboukhlal (9'), D. de Wit (14'), Zakaria Aboukhlal (19') and D. de Wit (33').

Discipline: Sparta Rotterdam received 1 yellow card; AZ Alkmaar received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sparta Rotterdam were 18th on 0 points from 3 and AZ Alkmaar 14th on 2 points from 2. Sparta Rotterdam went on to finish that season 8th with 47 points, and AZ Alkmaar 3rd with 71.

Sparta Rotterdam lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Zakaria Aboukhlal of AZ Alkmaar (8.7), ahead of Sven Mijnans (8.2).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

9'Goal · Zakaria AboukhlalAZ Alkmaar · 0-1
14'Goal · D. de WitAZ Alkmaar · 0-2
19'Goal · Zakaria AboukhlalAZ Alkmaar · 0-3
33'Goal · D. de WitAZ Alkmaar · 0-4
40'Missed penalty · T. KoopmeinersAZ Alkmaar
55'Yellow card · Marco BizotAZ Alkmaar
56'Yellow card · Myron BoaduAZ Alkmaar
57'Goal · Abdou HarrouiSparta Rotterdam · 1-4
64'Goal · Dirk AbelsSparta Rotterdam · 2-4
67'Yellow card · Zakaria AboukhlalAZ Alkmaar
85'Second yellow · Marco BizotAZ Alkmaar
88'Penalty goal · Lennart ThySparta Rotterdam · 3-4
90'Goal · S. MijnansSparta Rotterdam · 4-4
90+5'Yellow card · S. MijnansSparta Rotterdam

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Sparta Rotterdam 1, draws 2, AZ Alkmaar 3.

Sparta Rotterdam 3-0 AZ AlkmaarEredivisie · 21 Dec 2019
AZ Alkmaar 5-1 Sparta RotterdamEredivisie · 14 Sep 2019
AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Sparta RotterdamEredivisie · 24 Feb 2018
Sparta Rotterdam 0-2 AZ AlkmaarEredivisie · 15 Sep 2017
AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Sparta RotterdamEredivisie · 21 Jan 2017
Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 AZ AlkmaarEredivisie · 2 Oct 2016

Team news

Unavailable

Wouter BurgerSparta Rotterdam · injury (COVID 19)
Mario EngelsSparta Rotterdam · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Reda KharchouchSparta Rotterdam · injury (Meniscal Injury)

Sparta Rotterdam line-up (4-3-1-2)

Benjamin van Leer, Jeffry Fortes, Bart Vriends, Michaël Heylen, Mica Pinto, Abdou Harroui, Adil Auassar, Deroy Duarte, Bryan Smeets, Emmanuel Emegha, Lennart Thy

AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marco Bizot, Jonas Svensson, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Timo Letschert, Owen Wijndal, Fredrik Midtsjø, Teun Koopmeiners, Jesper Karlsson, Dani de Wit, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Myron Boadu