Excelsior 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 23 October 2022

Result

Excelsior 2-1 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Sunday 23 October 2022, 10:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Excelsior 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: match report

Excelsior defeated AZ Alkmaar 2-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 23 October 2022. The half-time score was 2-0.

Siebe Horemans opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Excelsior's goals came from Siebe Horemans (6') and Marouan Azarkan (32'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Y. Sugawara (48').

Discipline: Excelsior received 2 yellow cards; AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Excelsior were 13th on 10 points from 10 and AZ Alkmaar 4th on 23 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Eredivisie season and is kept for reference.

Excelsior lined up in a 4-3-3 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tijjani Reijnders of AZ Alkmaar (8.4), ahead of Stijn van Gassel (8.1).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Siebe HoremansExcelsior · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · Sam BeukemaAZ Alkmaar
  • 32'Goal · Marouan AzarkanExcelsior · 2-0
  • 48'Goal · Y. SugawaraAZ Alkmaar · 2-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Adrian FeinExcelsior
  • 80'Yellow card · N. MarkeloExcelsior

Team news

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Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Stijn van Gassel, Siebe Horemans, Redouan El Yaakoubi, Serano Seymor, Nathan Markelo, Adrian Fein, Julian Baas, Kenzo Goudmijn, Marouan Azarkan, Reda Kharchouch, Lazaros Lamprou

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

Hobie Verhulst, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Sam Beukema, Maxim Dekker, Milos Kerkez, Tijjani Reijnders, Dani de Wit, Jordy Clasie, Jesper Karlsson, Jens Odgaard, Myron van Brederode