NEC Nijmegen 0-3 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 21 May 2023

Result

NEC Nijmegen 0-3 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Sunday 21 May 2023, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

NEC Nijmegen · AZ Alkmaar · Eredivisie predictions

NEC Nijmegen 0-3 AZ Alkmaar: match report

NEC Nijmegen lost to AZ Alkmaar 0-3 in Eredivisie on Sunday 21 May 2023. The half-time score was 0-2.

Jesper Karlsson opened the scoring in the 28th minute. NEC Nijmegen did not score. AZ Alkmaar scored through Jesper Karlsson (28'), Jordy Clasie (43') and Jesper Karlsson (50').

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; AZ Alkmaar received no yellow cards.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 10th on 38 points from 32 and AZ Alkmaar 4th on 64 points from 32. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 12th with 39 points, and AZ Alkmaar 5th with 67.

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 Jesper Karlsson of AZ Alkmaar (9.1), ahead of Jordy Clasie (8.4).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Joris KramerNEC Nijmegen
  • 28'Goal · Jesper KarlssonAZ Alkmaar · 0-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Lasse SchöneNEC Nijmegen
  • 43'Goal · Jordy ClasieAZ Alkmaar · 0-2
  • 50'Goal · Jesper KarlssonAZ Alkmaar · 0-3
  • 83'Red card · Dirk ProperNEC Nijmegen

Head-to-head

7 meetings: NEC Nijmegen 2, draws 2, AZ Alkmaar 3.

Team news

NEC Nijmegen line-up (4-3-3)

Jasper Cillessen, Bart van Rooij, Philippe Sandler, Joris Kramer, Souffian El, Lasse Schöne, Dirk Proper, Anthony Musaba, Oussama Tannane, Magnus Mattsson, Pedro Marques

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

Mathew Ryan, Yukinari Sugawara, Sam Beukema, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Milos Kerkez, Sven Mijnans, Jordy Clasie, Tijjani Reijnders, Myron van Brederode, Vangelis Pavlidis, Jesper Karlsson