Vitesse 1-2 AZ Alkmaar: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 28 October 2012
Result
Vitesse 1-2 AZ Alkmaar
Eredivisie · Sunday 28 October 2012, 15:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Vitesse 1-2 AZ Alkmaar: match report
Vitesse were beaten by AZ Alkmaar 1-2 in Eredivisie on Sunday 28 October 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Roy Beerens opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Vitesse's goal came from Marco van Ginkel (72'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Roy Beerens (39') and Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson (88').
Discipline: Vitesse received no yellow cards; AZ Alkmaar received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Vitesse were 3rd on 21 points from 9 and AZ Alkmaar 10th on 11 points from 9. Vitesse went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and AZ Alkmaar 9th with 41.
Going into the match Vitesse's last five read W-D-W-D-W and AZ Alkmaar's L-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 39'Goal · Roy Beerens
- 48'Yellow card · Viktor Elm
- 72'Goal · Marco van Ginkel
- 85'Yellow card · Nick Viergever
- 88'Goal · Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson
Team news
Vitesse line-up
Piet Velthuizen, Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Guram Kashia, Patrick van Aanholt, Ricardo Gomes, Simon Cziommer, Wilfried Bony, Jonathan Reis, Mike Havenaar, Tomas Kalas, Theo Janssen
AZ Alkmaar line-up
Esteban Alvarado, Dirk Marcellis, Nick Viergever, Etienne Reijnen, Viktor Elm, Markus Henriksen, Donny Gorter, Adam Maher, Johann Berg Guðmundsson, Jozy Altidore, Roy Beerens