Valencia 4-0 AZ Alkmaar: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 5 April 2012
Result
Valencia 4-0 AZ Alkmaar
Europa League · Thursday 5 April 2012, 19:05 UTC · half-time 2-0
Valencia 4-0 AZ Alkmaar: match report
Valencia defeated AZ Alkmaar 4-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 5 April 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.
A. Rami opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Valencia's goals came from A. Rami (15'), A. Rami (17'), Jordi Alba (56') and Pablo Hernández (80'). AZ Alkmaar did not score.
Discipline: Valencia received 2 yellow cards; AZ Alkmaar received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 47th on 10 points from 5 and AZ Alkmaar 4th on 27 points from 15. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Valencia wins, 0 draws and 1 for AZ Alkmaar.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-D-W-W-W and AZ Alkmaar's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · A. Costa
- 15'Goal · A. Rami
- 17'Goal · A. Rami
- 56'Goal · Jordi Alba
- 74'Yellow card · Barragán
- 80'Goal · Pablo Hernández
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Adil Rami, Dealbert, Jérémy Mathieu, Bruno Saltor, Jordi Alba, Pablo Hernández, Sofiane Feghouli, Aritz Aduriz, Jonas
AZ Alkmaar expected line-up (4-3-3)
Esteban Alvarado, Simon Poulsen, Nick Viergever, Niklas Moisander, Rasmus Elm, Adam Maher, Pontus Wernbloom, Jozy Altidore, Roy Beerens