AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Vitesse: result and report

Eredivisie · Friday 18 March 2011

Result

AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Vitesse

Eredivisie · Friday 18 March 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Vitesse: match report

AZ Alkmaar won against Vitesse 3-1 in Eredivisie on Friday 18 March 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Marco van Ginkel opened the scoring in the 44th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Pontus Wernbloom (63'), Simon Poulsen (81') and M. Martens (84'). Vitesse scored through Marco van Ginkel (44').

Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card; Vitesse received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 4th on 46 points from 27 and Vitesse 15th on 29 points from 27. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 6th with 59 points, and Vitesse 15th with 35.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and Vitesse in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 AZ Alkmaar wins, 2 draws and 3 for Vitesse.

Going into the match AZ Alkmaar's last five read W-L-W-W-L and Vitesse's D-W-L-W-L.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Martí RiverolaVitesse
  • 33'Yellow card · M. YasudaVitesse
  • 44'Goal · Marco van GinkelVitesse · 0-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Nemanja MatićVitesse
  • 63'Goal · Pontus WernbloomAZ Alkmaar · 1-1
  • 81'Goal · Simon PoulsenAZ Alkmaar · 2-1
  • 84'Goal · M. MartensAZ Alkmaar · 3-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Pontus WernbloomAZ Alkmaar

Head-to-head

9 meetings: AZ Alkmaar 4, draws 2, Vitesse 3.

Team news

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

Esteban Alvarado, Dirk Marcellis, Nick Viergever, Ragnar Klavan, Niklas Moisander, Stijn Schaars, Pontus Wernbloom, Rasmus Elm, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Brett Holman, Kolbeinn Sigthorsson

Vitesse line-up (4-3-3)

Eloy Room, Michihiro Yasuda, Guram Kashia, Alexander Büttner, Slobodan Rajković, Jordi López, Ismail Aissati, Dalibor Stevanović, Nemanja Matić, Ricardo Gomes, Martí Riverola