AZ Alkmaar 2-0 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 17 September 2023

Result

AZ Alkmaar 2-0 Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie · Sunday 17 September 2023, 14:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

AZ Alkmaar · Sparta Rotterdam · Eredivisie predictions

AZ Alkmaar 2-0 Sparta Rotterdam: match report

AZ Alkmaar defeated Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 17 September 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.

Dani de Wit opened the scoring in the 18th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Dani de Wit (18') and Vangelis Pavlidis (19'). Sparta Rotterdam did not score.

Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received no yellow cards; Sparta Rotterdam received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 4th on 9 points from 3 and Sparta Rotterdam 6th on 8 points from 4. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 9th with 49.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sparta Rotterdam in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dani de Wit of AZ Alkmaar (8.5), ahead of Yukinari Sugawara (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 AZ Alkmaar wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sparta Rotterdam.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Dani de WitAZ Alkmaar · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · Vangelis PavlidisAZ Alkmaar · 2-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Arno VerschuerenSparta Rotterdam
  • 43'Yellow card · Saïd BakariSparta Rotterdam
  • 81'Yellow card · Djevencio van der KustSparta Rotterdam

Head-to-head

10 meetings: AZ Alkmaar 6, draws 2, Sparta Rotterdam 2.

Team news

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

Mathew Ryan, Yukinari Sugawara, Riechedly Bazoer, Alexandre Penetra, David Møller Wolfe, Jordy Clasie, Sven Mijnans, Mayckel Lahdo, Dani de Wit, Myron van Brederode, Vangelis Pavlidis

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

Nick Olij, Saïd Bakari, Bart Vriends, Tijs Velthuis, Django Warmerdam, Jonathan de Guzmán, Joshua Kitolano, Pelle Clement, Arno Verschueren, Koki Saito, Tobias Lauritsen