AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 1 October 2015
Result
AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Athletic Club
Europa League · Thursday 1 October 2015, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Athletic Club: match report
AZ Alkmaar defeated Athletic Club 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 1 October 2015. The half-time score was 0-0.
Markus Henriksen opened the scoring in the 55th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Markus Henriksen (55') and an own goal by Bóveda (65'). Athletic Club scored through Aduriz (75').
Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 22nd on 10 points from 5 and Athletic Club 21st on 10 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match AZ Alkmaar's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Athletic Club's W-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 47'Yellow card · Mattias Johansson
- 50'Yellow card · Gurpegi
- 53'Yellow card · Iturraspe
- 55'Goal · Markus Henriksen
- 65'Own goal · Bóveda
- 71'Yellow card · Raúl García
- 75'Goal · Aduriz
- 90'Yellow card · Gino Coutinho
Team news
AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-3-1-2)
Gino Coutinho, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, Markus Henriksen, Jop Van der Linden, Ridgeciano Haps, Mattias Johansson, Joris van Overeem, Ben Rienstra, Dabney dos Santos, Muamer Tankovic, Vincent Janssen
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iago Herrerín, Bóveda, Aymeric Laporte, Iñigo Lekue, Javier Eraso, Iturraspe, Mikel Rico, Gurpegi, Ager Aketxe, Kike Sola, Borja Viguera