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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Thomas BuitinkVitesse · 1-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Tomas HajekVitesse
  • 59'Goal · Jordy ClasieAZ Alkmaar · 1-1
  • 86'Goal · Loïs OpendaVitesse · 2-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Vitesse 2, draws 2, AZ Alkmaar 4.

Team news

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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