AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Valencia: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 29 March 2012
Result
AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Valencia
Europa League · Thursday 29 March 2012, 19:05 UTC · half-time 1-0
AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Valencia: match report
AZ Alkmaar won against Valencia 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 29 March 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Brett Holman opened the scoring in the 45th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Brett Holman (45+1') and M. Martens (79'). Valencia scored through Mehmet Topal (52').
Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card; Valencia received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 6th on 24 points from 14 and Valencia 47th on 10 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and Valencia in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match AZ Alkmaar's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Valencia's D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 45+1'Goal · Brett Holman
- 52'Goal · Mehmet Topal
- 64'Yellow card · Barragán
- 79'Goal · M. Martens
- 87'Yellow card · A. Maher
- 88'Yellow card · Dealbert
Team news
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
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Alves, Adil Rami, Dealbert, Bruno Saltor, Jérémy Mathieu, Jordi Alba, Tino Costa, Aritz Aduriz, Jonas