AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Willem II: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 18 December 2021

Result

AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Willem II

Eredivisie · Saturday 18 December 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Willem II: match report

AZ Alkmaar beat Willem II 4-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 18 December 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

D. de Wit opened the scoring in the 8th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from D. de Wit (8'), an own goal by Timon Wellenreuther (76'), Albert Gudmundsson (86') and Albert Gudmundsson (89'). Willem II scored through Elton Kabangu (36').

Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 2 yellow cards; Willem II received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 8th on 26 points from 16 and Willem II 13th on 18 points from 16. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Willem II 17th with 33.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and Willem II in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Albert Gudmundsson of AZ Alkmaar (8.8), ahead of Tijjani Reijnders (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 AZ Alkmaar wins, 2 draws and 1 for Willem II.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

8'Goal · D. de WitAZ Alkmaar · 1-0
31'Yellow card · D. SaddikiWillem II
36'Goal · Elton KabanguWillem II · 1-1
62'Yellow card · Jordy ClasieAZ Alkmaar
75'Red card · N. MichelisWillem II
76'Missed penalty · Albert GudmundssonAZ Alkmaar
76'Own goal · Timon WellenreutherAZ Alkmaar · 2-1
80'Yellow card · Vangelis PavlidisAZ Alkmaar
86'Goal · Albert GudmundssonAZ Alkmaar · 3-1
89'Goal · Albert GudmundssonAZ Alkmaar · 4-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: AZ Alkmaar 5, draws 2, Willem II 1.

Willem II 0-1 AZ AlkmaarEredivisie · 3 Apr 2021
AZ Alkmaar 5-3 Willem IIEredivisie · 20 Dec 2020
AZ Alkmaar 1-3 Willem IIEredivisie · 18 Jan 2020
Willem II 1-1 AZ AlkmaarEredivisie · 6 Oct 2019
Willem II 0-2 AZ AlkmaarEredivisie · 28 Jan 2018
AZ Alkmaar 3-2 Willem IIEredivisie · 4 Nov 2017

Team news

Unavailable

Dylan RyanWillem II · injury (Shoulder Injury)
Thijs OostingWillem II · injury (Unknown Injury)
Emil BergströmWillem II · injury (Unknown Injury)
Freek HeerkensWillem II · injury (Knee Injury)
Jelle DuinAZ Alkmaar · injury (Surgery)
Robbin RuiterWillem II · injury (Groin Injury)
Wesley SpieringhsWillem II · injury (Meniscal Injury)

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

Peter Vindahl, Aslak Witry, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Bruno Martins Indi, Owen Wijndal, Jordy Clasie, Dani de Wit, Fredrik Midtsjø, Yukinari Sugawara, Vangelis Pavlidis, Jesper Karlsson

Willem II line-up (4-2-3-1)

Timon Wellenreuther, Leeroy Owusu, Nikolaos Michelis, Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen, Derrick Köhn, Driess Saddiki, Pol Llonch, Ché Nunnely, Ringo Meerveld, Max Svensson, Elton Kabangu