Vitesse 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 29 January 2017
Result
Vitesse 2-1 AZ Alkmaar
Eredivisie · Sunday 29 January 2017, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Vitesse 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: match report
Vitesse defeated AZ Alkmaar 2-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 29 January 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Lewis Baker opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Vitesse's goals came from Lewis Baker (10') and Nathan (51'). AZ Alkmaar scored through an own goal by Guram Kashia (64').
Discipline: Vitesse received 3 yellow cards; AZ Alkmaar received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Vitesse were 8th on 27 points from 19 and AZ Alkmaar 6th on 30 points from 19. Vitesse went on to finish that season 6th with 51 points, and AZ Alkmaar 5th with 56.
Vitesse lined up in a 4-3-3 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Guram Kashia of Vitesse (8.1), ahead of Alireza Jahanbakhsh (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Vitesse win, 1 draw and 3 for AZ Alkmaar.
Going into the match Vitesse's last five read D-W-L-W-W and AZ Alkmaar's D-W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Lewis Baker
- 39'Yellow card · K. Leerdam
- 41'Yellow card · Rens Van Eijden
- 45+1'Yellow card · Wout Weghorst
- 51'Goal · Nathan
- 51'Yellow card · R. Haps
- 61'Yellow card · Lewis Baker
- 64'Own goal · Guram Kashia
- 75'Yellow card · Zhang Yuning
Head-to-head
Team news
Vitesse line-up (4-3-3)
Eloy Room, Maikel Van der Werff, Kelvin Leerdam, Arnold Kruiswijk, Guram Kashia, Nathan, Marvelous Nakamba, Lewis Baker, Milot Rashica, Adnane Tighadouini, Ricky van Wolfswinkel
AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-3-3)
Sergio Rochet, Mattias Johansson, Rens Van Eijden, Ridgeciano Haps, Stijn Wuytens, Ben Rienstra, Mats Seuntjens, Derrick Luckassen, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Wout Weghorst, Dabney dos Santos