AZ crushes Fortuna Sittard 4-0 showing huge dominance. HIGHLIGHTS

ALKMAAR. AZ wipes out Fortuna Sittard 4-0 with goals of

October 2, 2023

ALKMAAR. AZ obliterates Fortuna Sittard 4-0 with goals of Jordy Clasie (45′), Vangelis Pavlidis (49′), Dimitrios Siovas (82′ own) and Tiago Dantas (88′). AZ made the most of its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the AFAS Stadion stadium in Alkmaar on Sunday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. The referee was Serdar Gözübüyük with the help of Erwin Zeinstra and Johan Balder. The 4th official was Boyd van Kommer. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 19.94 degrees Celsius or 67.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.

Match Statistics

4 - 0

Fortuna Sittard

56 Ball Possession 44

Shots

12 Total 8
7 On Target 1
2 Off Target 5
3 Shots blocked 2

112 Attack 96
37 Dangerous attack 33
94 Ball safe 70

0 Penalties 0
1 Corners 3

Fouls

11 Total 11
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

AZ had a superior ball possession 56% while Fortuna Sittard was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AZ had a more offensive attitude with 37 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AZ won the match.

AZ shot 12 times, 7 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Sittard shot 8 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

AZ received 1 yellow card (Dani de Wit). On the opposite side, Fortuna Sittard received 3 yellow cards (Kaj Sierhuis, Deroy Duarte and Dimitrios Siovas).

Match Timeline

24'

K. Sierhuis- Yellow

D. de Wit- Yellow

28'

35'

Dimitrios Siovas- Yellow

Jordy Clasie(goal)Mayckel Lahdo

45'

Denso Kasius- sub ->David Møller Wolfe

46'

Vangelis Pavlidis(goal)

49'

57'

Mouhamed Belkheir- sub ->Iñigo Córdoba

57'

Loreintz Rosier- sub ->Oguzhan Özyakup

62'

R. van Bommel- sub ->Myron van Brederode

63'

Tiago Dantas- sub ->Sven Mijnans

63'

70'

Ragnar Oratmangoen- sub ->Kaj Sierhuis

82'

Dimitrios Siovas(own-goal)

83'

Tiago Dantas(goal)

88'

89'

M. Lazetić- sub ->Alen Halilovic

89'

Arianit Ferati- sub ->Tijjani Noslin

90'

Deroy Duarte- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

PSV

NEC

After playing this match, AZ will have 16 points to remain in the 4th place. On the other side, Fortuna Sittard will stay with 9 points like Excelsior to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, AZ will host FC Utrecht on the 19th of May with a 19-12 head to head in favor of AZ (9 draws).

Fortuna Sittard will play away agasint Heracles Almelo on the 19th of May with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Heracles Almelo (1 draw).

AZ – Formation

Mathew Ryan 1.Australia

7.5

Yukinari Sugawara 2.Japan

7.3

Bruno Martins Indi 4.Netherlands

Alexandre Penetra 5.Portugal

6.7

David Møller Wolfe 18.Norway

6.6

46'

W. Goes 33.Netherlands

7.1

Jordy Clasie 8.Netherlands

7.3

45'

D. de Wit 10.Netherlands

7.1

83'

28'

Sven Mijnans 16.Netherlands

6.4

63'

M. van Brederode 19.Netherlands

6.8

63'

Mayckel Lahdo 23.Sweden

7.0

62'

Vangelis Pavlidis 9.Greece

7.3

49'

Substitutes

Hobie Verhulst 12.Netherlands

Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro 20.Netherlands

Daniël Virginio Deen 31.Netherlands

Maxim Dekker 22.Netherlands

Denso Kasius 30.Netherlands

7.5

46'

Tiago Dantas 6.Portugal

7.7

63'

88'

Djordje Mihailovic 14.United States

6.8

83'

Kenzo Goudmijn 28.Netherlands

Jens Odgaard 7.Denmark

6.7

62'

I. Sadiq 11.Ghana

R. van Bommel 15.Netherlands

7.9

63'

Ernest Poku 21.Netherlands

AZ adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Pascal Jansen decided to play with the following team: Bruno Martins Indi , Mathew Ryan (7.5), Yukinari Sugawara (7.3), Wouter Goes (7.1), Alexandre Penetra (6.7), David Møller Wolfe (6.6), Jordy Clasie (7.3), Sven Mijnans (6.4), Mayckel Lahdo (7.0), Dani de Wit (7.1), Myron van Brederode (6.8) and Vangelis Pavlidis (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Tiago Dantas (7.7), Jens Odgaard (6.7), Ibrahim Sadiq, Hobie Verhulst, Djordje Mihailovic (6.8), Ruben van Bommel (7.9), Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro , Ernest Poku, Maxim Dekker, Kenzo Goudmijn, Denso Kasius (7.5) and Daniel Deen.

Substitutions

AZ made 5 changes: Dani de Wit for Djordje Mihailovic (83′), David Møller Wolfe for Denso Kasius (46′), Mayckel Lahdo for Jens Odgaard (62′), Myron van Brederode for Ruben van Bommel (63′) and Sven Mijnans for Tiago Dantas (63′).

Best player: Ruben van Bommel

The player that probably impressed the most for AZ was Ruben van Bommel even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 6 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 63′.

Fortuna Sittard – Formation

Fortuna Sittard

Ivor Pandur 31.Croatia

6.7

Ivo Pinto 12.Portugal

6.3

Rodrigo Guth 14.Brazil

6.3

Dimitrios Siovas 33.Greece

5.8

35'

Mitchell Dijks 35.Netherlands

6.1

Deroy Duarte 6.Cape Verde

6.8

90'

Iñigo Córdoba 7.Spain

7.0

57'

Alen Halilovic 10.Croatia

7.0

89'

Tijjani Noslin 77.Netherlands

7.0

89'

Oğuzhan Özyakup 15.Turkey

7.5

57'

K. Sierhuis 9.Netherlands

6.7

70'

24'

Substitutes

Luuk Koopmans 1.Netherlands

Tom Hendriks 22.Netherlands

Siemen Voet 2.Belgium

N. Markelo 24.Netherlands

Rémy Vita 61.Madagascar

Loreintz Rosier 32.France

7.0

57'

Sadik Fofana 3.Germany

Arianit Ferati 19.Kosovo

89'

M. Lazetić 11.Serbia

89'

Iman Griffith 17.Netherlands

Mouhamed Belkheir 20.Algeria

6.8

57'

Ragnar Oratmangoen 34.Netherlands

6.6

70'

Also Fortuna Sittard adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Danny Buijs played with: Ivor Pandur (6.7), Ivo Pinto (6.3), Rodrigo Guth (6.3), Dimitrios Siovas (5.8), Mitchell Dijks (6.1), Oguzhan Özyakup (7.5), Deroy Duarte (6.8), Tijjani Noslin (7.0), Alen Halilovic (7.0), Iñigo Córdoba (7.0), Kaj Sierhuis (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Loreintz Rosier (7.0), Luuk Koopmans, Siemen Voet, Sadik Fofana, Marko Lazetic, Iman Griffith, Arianit Ferati, Mouhamed Belkheir (6.8), Tom Hendriks, Nathan Markelo, Ragnar Oratmangoen (6.6) and Rémy Vita.

Substitutions

Fortuna Sittard made 5 changes: Oguzhan Özyakup for Loreintz Rosier (57′), Kaj Sierhuis for Ragnar Oratmangoen (70′), Iñigo Córdoba for Mouhamed Belkheir (57′), Alen Halilovic for Marko Lazetic (89′) and Tijjani Noslin for Arianit Ferati (89′).