ALKMAAR. AZ managed to reverse the scoreline against Fortuna Sittard to win 2-1. It was Fortuna Sittard to strike first with an early goal of Z. Flemming at the 9′. Then it was a goal in the 41′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, J. Karlsson gave the win to AZ in the 51′ minute with a goal. AZ took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the AFAS Stadion stadium in Alkmaar on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Dennis Higler who was helped by Erwin Zeinstra and Mario Diks. The 4th official was Luca Evian Cantineau. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 1.3 degrees Celsius or 34.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

AZ was in firm control of the ball 57% while Fortuna Sittard was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AZ was was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AZ won the match​.

AZ shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Fortuna Sittard shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

AZ received 1 yellow card (P. Chatzidiakos). On the opposite side, Fortuna Sittard received 1 yellow card (R. Musaba).

Standings

After this match, AZ has 20 points to occupy the 8th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Sittard stays with 9 points (17th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, AZ will host Sparta Rotterdam on the 5th of December with a 13-1 head to head record in favor of AZ (5 draws).

Fortuna Sittard will play away agasint Feyenoord on the 5th of December with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Feyenoord (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: Peter Vindahl Jensen (6.6), Aslak Fonn Witry (6.5), Pantelis Chatzidiakos (6.7), Bruno Martins Indi (7.3), Owen Wijndal (6.8), Jordy Clasie (7.1), Fredrik Midtsjø (6.8), Albert Guðmundsson (7.1), Dani De Wit (7.3), Jesper Karlsson (7.6) and Vangelis Pavlidis (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Hobie Verhulst, Ernest Poku, Yusuf Barasi (6.8), Zakaria Aboukhlal (6.8), Thijs Oosting, Beau Reus, Yukinari Sugawara (7.5), Mohamed Taabouni, Peer Koopmeiners, Sam Beukema and Tijjani Reijnders (6.6).

Substitutions

AZ made 4 changes: A. F. Witry for Y. Sugawara (61′), J. Clasie for T. Reijnders (62′), V. Pavlidis for Y. Barasi (86′) and A. Gudmundsson for Z. Aboukhlal (86′).

Best player: Vangelis Pavlidis​

The most impressive player for AZ was Vangelis Pavlidis.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 30 passes (70% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 19.

Fortuna Sittard – Formation

Fortuna Sittard started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Sjors Ultee played with: Yanick van Osch (7.0), Nigel Cello Lonwijk (7.0), Martin Angha (6.1), Ivo Pinto (6.2), George Cox (7.4), Tesfaldet Tekie (6.3), Deroy Duarte (6.8), Richie Musaba (6.0), Tijjani Noslin (6.4), Zian Flemming (7.2) and Mats Seuntjens (6.6).

They had on the bench: Ruben van Kouwen, Samy Baghdadi, Emil Hansson (6.5), Yiğit Emre Çeltik, Toshio Lake (6.6), Tom Hendriks, Stijn Hogervorst, Andreas Samaris (6.8), Ryan Johansson and Ben Rienstra (6.2).

Fortuna Sittard could not rely on the presence of T. Lake (injured).

Substitutions

Fortuna Sittard made 5 changes: T. Noslin for B. Rienstra (60′), R. Musaba for A. Samaris (60′), M. Angha for T. Lake (80′), T. Tekie for E. Hansson (80′) and I. Pinto for R. Johansson (90′).

Best player: George Cox​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fortuna Sittard was George Cox.

His rating is (7.4) with 36 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• AZ – Fortuna Sittard – 2-1
• Ajax – Willem II – 5-0