NEC Nijmegen 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

NEC Nijmegen 2-1 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Sunday 7 May 2017, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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NEC Nijmegen beat AZ Alkmaar 2-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 7 May 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Julian von Haacke opened the scoring in the 30th minute. NEC Nijmegen's goals came from Julian von Haacke (30') and T. Awoniyi (88'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Alireza Jahanbakhsh (43').

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received 2 yellow cards; AZ Alkmaar received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 17th on 27 points from 32 and AZ Alkmaar 6th on 47 points from 32. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 17th with 33 points, and AZ Alkmaar 5th with 56.

NEC Nijmegen lined up in a 4-3-3 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ali Messaoud of NEC Nijmegen (7.8), level with Taiwo Awoniyi (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 NEC Nijmegen win, 0 draws and 2 for AZ Alkmaar.