Vitesse 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: result and report
Eredivisie · Thursday 26 May 2022
Result
Vitesse 2-1 AZ Alkmaar
Eredivisie · Thursday 26 May 2022, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Vitesse 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: match report
Vitesse beat AZ Alkmaar 2-1 in Eredivisie on Thursday 26 May 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Thomas Buitink opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Vitesse's goals came from Thomas Buitink (22') and Loïs Openda (86'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Jordy Clasie (59').
Discipline: Vitesse received 1 yellow card; AZ Alkmaar received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Vitesse were 6th on 54 points from 36 and AZ Alkmaar 5th on 64 points from 36. Vitesse went on to finish that season 6th with 57 points, and AZ Alkmaar 5th with 67.
Vitesse lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordy Clasie of AZ Alkmaar (8.5), ahead of Loïs Openda (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Vitesse wins, 2 draws and 4 for AZ Alkmaar.
Going into the match Vitesse's last five read W-L-D-W-L and AZ Alkmaar's W-L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Thomas Buitink
- 49'Yellow card · Tomas Hajek
- 59'Goal · Jordy Clasie
- 86'Goal · Loïs Openda
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Thijs Oosting
- Maxim Gullit
- Maximilian Wittek
- Oussama Darfalou
- Jacob Rasmussen
- Yusuf Barası
- Owen Wijndal
- Yann Gboho
Vitesse line-up (4-3-1-2)
Jeroen Houwen, Romaric Yapi, Riechedly Bazoer, Danilho Doekhi, Million Manhoef, Matus Bero, Sondre Tronstad, Toni Domgjoni, Patrick Vroegh, Loïs Openda, Thomas Buitink
AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-3-3)
Peter Vindahl, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Sam Beukema, Bruno Martins Indi, Milos Kerkez, Fredrik Midtsjø, Dani de Wit, Jordy Clasie, Håkon Evjen, Vangelis Pavlidis, Jesper Karlsson