AZ Alkmaar 3-2 Willem II: result and report
Eredivisie · Saturday 4 November 2017
Result
AZ Alkmaar 3-2 Willem II
Eredivisie · Saturday 4 November 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
AZ Alkmaar 3-2 Willem II: match report
AZ Alkmaar won against Willem II 3-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 4 November 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Ben Rienstra opened the scoring in the 25th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Alireza Jahanbakhsh (35', penalty), Guus Til (54') and Wout Weghorst (64'). Willem II scored through Ben Rienstra (25') and Ismail Azzaoui (85').
Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Willem II received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 4th on 19 points from 10 and Willem II 16th on 9 points from 10. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Willem II 13th with 37.
AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and Willem II in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Wout Weghorst of AZ Alkmaar (8.7), ahead of Alireza Jahanbakhsh (8.4).
Going into the match AZ Alkmaar's last five read W-W-D-L-L and Willem II's L-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Wout Weghorst
- 25'Goal · Ben Rienstra
- 34'Yellow card · Jordens Peters
- 35'Penalty goal · Alireza Jahanbakhsh
- 54'Goal · Guus Til
- 64'Goal · Wout Weghorst
- 85'Goal · Ismail Azzaoui
- 86'Second yellow · Wout Weghorst
Team news
AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-3-3)
Marco Bizot, Jonas Svensson, Thomas Ouwejan, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Stijn Wuytens, Fredrik Midtsjø, Teun Koopmeiners, Guus Til, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Wout Weghorst, Jeremy Helmer
Willem II line-up (5-3-2)
Mattijs Branderhorst, Freek Heerkens, Jordens Peters, Jop Van der Linden, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Darryl Lachman, Pedro Chirivella, Mohammed El Hankouri, Ben Rienstra, T. Haye, Etien Velikonja