ALKMAAR. AZ estinguishes Excelsior 5-0 with goals of S. Mijnans (20′), Jesper Karlsson (28′), S. Mijnans (30′), Jens Odgaard (35′) and Vangelis Pavlidis (39′). AZ was vastly better in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the AFAS Stadion stadium in Alkmaar on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Alex Bos with the assistance of Richard Polman and Kevin Bodde. The 4th official was Stan Teuben. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.9 degrees Celsius or 44.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

AZ was in firm control of the ball 63% while Excelsior was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AZ was more pushing with 81 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AZ won the match​.

AZ shot 21 times, 11 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Excelsior shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

AZ didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Excelsior received 1 yellow card (Marouan Azarkan).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, AZ will host FC Groningen on the 12th of March with a 17-11 head to head in favor of AZ (13 draws).

Excelsior will play away agasint FC Emmen on the 11th of March with a 9-5 head to head statistic in favor of Excelsior (1 draw).

AZ – Formation

AZ started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Pascal Jansen decided to play with the following team: Mathew Ryan (7.0), Yukinari Sugawara (7.3), Wouter Goes (7.0), Pantelis Hatzidiakos (6.8), Miloš Kerkez (6.5), Tijjani Reijnders (8.1), Jordy Clasie (7.1), Jens Odgaard (7.1), Sven Mijnans (9.0), Jesper Karlsson (8.5) and Vangelis Pavlidis (8.3).

The home team had on the bench: Mayckel Lahdo, Yusuf Barasi (6.4), Hobie Verhulst, Myron Van Brederode (6.6), Mees de Wit (6.4), Zico Buurmeester (6.8), Daniel Deen and Fedde De Jong (6.6).

Substitutions

AZ made 5 changes: M. Kerkez for Mees De Wit (67′), Y. Sugawara for Fedde De Jong (78′), Jesper Karlsson for Myron van Brederode (79′), Jens Odgaard for Yusuf Barasi (79′) and Jordy Clasie for Z. Buurmeester (79′).

Best player: Sven Mijnans​

The player that probably impressed the most for AZ was Sven Mijnans.

His rating is (9.0) with 2 goals, 35 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Excelsior – Formation

Excelsior started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Marinus Dijkhuizen played with: Stijn van Gassel (6.7), Sven Nieuwpoort (6.4), Maxime Awoudja (6.1), Redouan El Yaakoubi (5.8), Siebe Horemans (6.4), Julian Baas (6.2), Peer Koopmeiners (6.4), Kenzo Goudmijn (6.2), Nathan Tjoe-A-On (6.5), Couhaib Driouech (6.8) and Marouan Azarkan (6.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Reda Kharchouch (6.5), Nikolas Agrafiotis, Joshua Eijgenraam, Adrian Fein, Norbert Alblas, Noah Naujoks, Nathan Markelo (6.5), Arthur Zagre, Lazaros Lamprou, Serano Seymor (6.9), Vicente Besuijen (6.6) and Mike van Duinen.

Substitutions

Excelsior made 5 changes: Couhaib Driouech for Reda Kharchouch (46′), Siebe Horemans for Nathangelo Markelo (48′), Maxime Awoudja for Serano Seymor (46′), Kenzo Goudmijn for Vicente Besuijen (71′) and Marouan Azarkan for Mike van Duinen (86′).

Best player: Serano Seymor​

The player that probably impressed the most for Excelsior was Serano Seymor.

His rating is (6.9) with 21 passes (57% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.​

• AZ – Excelsior – 5-0