ALKMAAR. AZ demolishes FC Emmen 5-1 with goals of S. Mijnans (13′), Myron van Brederode (15′), Tijjani Reijnders (23′), Sam Beukema (28′) and Jordy Clasie (45′). On the opposite side, FC Emmen scored with ​Richairo Živković (50′). AZ was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the AFAS Stadion stadium in Alkmaar on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Edwin van de Graaf who was helped by Marco Ribbink and Sjoerd Nanninga. The 4th official was Alex Bos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.6 degrees Celsius or 52.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

AZ had a strong ball possession 64% while FC Emmen was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AZ was more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 29 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AZ won the match​.

AZ shot 29 times, 9 on target, 19 off target. Regarding the opposition, FC Emmen shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, AZ will have 64 points to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, FC Emmen will stay with 28 points to remain in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, AZ will play away against NEC on the 21st of May with a 14-6 head to head stats in favor of AZ (8 draws).

FC Emmen will host Feyenoord on the 21st of May with a 6-0 head to head statistic in favor of Feyenoord (2 draws).

AZ – Formation

AZ adopted the 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 (6.8), Wouter Goes (7.0), Sam Beukema (7.8), Milos Kerkez (7.1), Jordy Clasie (9.1), Tijjani Reijnders (8.4), Jens Odgaard (6.7), Sven Mijnans (8.3), Myron Van Brederode (9.1) and Vangelis Pavlidis (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Zico Buurmeester, Daniel Deen, Zinho Vanheusden, Đorđe Mihailović (7.0), Mees de Wit, Hobie Verhulst, Mayckel Lahdo, Jesper Karlsson (7.3), Riechedly Bazoer (6.4), Mexx Meerdink (7.0) and Dani de Wit (6.8).

Substitutions

AZ made 5 changes: Y. Sugawara for Riechedly Bazoer (64′), Myron van Brederode for Jesper Karlsson (65′), S. Mijnans for Dani De Wit (65′), Vangelis Pavlidis for Mexx Meerdink (65′) and Tijjani Reijnders for Djordje Mihailovic (84′).

Best player: Jordy Clasie​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AZ was Jordy Clasie.

His rating is (9.1) with 1 goal, 82 passes (92% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4.

FC Emmen – Formation

Also FC Emmen adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Dick Lukkien played with: Mickey van der Hart (5.4), Mohamed Bouchouari (6.0), Mike te Wierik (6.1), Miguel Araujo (6.2), Julius Dirksen (6.1), Keziah Veendorp (6.5), Ahmed El Messaoudi (6.3), Ole Romeny (6.2), Mark Diemers (6.6), Jeremy Antonisse (6.4) and Richairo Živković (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Dennis Vos, Kyan van Dorp, Ben Scholte, Jasin Assehnoun (6.6), Michael Heylen, Arnaud Luzayadio, Jari Vlak (6.3), Azzeddine Toufiqui, Lucas Bernadou (7.4), Oussama Darfalou (6.4) and Eric Oelschlägel.

Substitutions

FC Emmen made 4 changes: Ahmed El Messaoudi for Jari Vlak (46′), J. Antonisse for Jasin-Amin Assehnoun (46′), Mohamed Bouchouari for Lucas Bernadou (46′) and Ole Romeny for Oussama Darfalou (79′).

Best player: Lucas Bernadou​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Emmen was Lucas Bernadou.

His rating is (7.4) with 18 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 5.

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.​

• Vitesse – SC Cambuur – 2-0
• PSV – Fortuna Sittard – 2-1
• Feyenoord – Go Ahead Eagles – 3-0
• AZ – FC Emmen – 5-1