ALKMAAR. AZ liquidates Heracles Almelo 4-1 with goals of V. Pavlidis (2′), J. Karlsson (39′), J. Karlsson (76′) and Y. Barasi (85′). On the opposite side, Heracles Almelo scored with B. Basacikoglu (43′). AZ took advantage of its better ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the AFAS Stadion stadium in Alkmaar on Wednesday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Richard Martens who had the assistance of Rogier Honig and Roy de Nas. The 4th official was Jannick van der Laan. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.7 degrees Celsius or 49.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 17 Total 5
- 10 On Target 2
- 7 Off Target 3
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 80 Attack 62
- 48 Dangerous attack 34
- 86 Ball safe 94
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 1
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 6 Total 9
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 7 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
AZ had a superior ball possession 56% while Heracles Almelo was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
AZ was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AZ won the match.
AZ shot 17 times, 10 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Heracles Almelo shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
AZ didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Heracles Almelo received 1 yellow card (R. Polley).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, AZ has points to occupy the 0th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Heracles Almelo stays with points (0th).
Next matches
AZ – Formation
AZ
57'
39', 76'
AZ adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Pascal Jansen decided to play with the following team: Peter Vindahl Jensen, Aslak Fonn Witry, Pantelis Chatzidiakos, Bruno Martins Indi, Owen Wijndal, Jordy Clasie, Dani De Wit, Tijjani Reijnders, Yukinari Sugawara, Vangelis Pavlidis and Jesper Karlsson.
The home team had on the bench: Hobie Verhulst, Beau Reus, Sam Beukema, Peer Koopmeiners, Zico Buurmeester, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Mohamed Taabouni, Albert Guðmundsson, Ernest Poku and Yusuf Barasi.
Substitutions
AZ made 5 changes: Y. Sugawara for Z. Aboukhlal (57′), V. Pavlidis for A. Gudmundsson (57′), P. Chatzidiakos for S. Beukema (80′), J. Clasie for P. Koopmeiners (80′) and D. de Wit for Y. Barasi (80′).
Heracles Almelo – Formation
Heracles Almelo
30'
Also Heracles Almelo adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Frank Wormuth played with: Koen Bucker, Robin Polley, Sven Sonnenberg, Mats Knoester, Ruben Roosken, Orestis Kiomourtzoglou, Adrián Szőke, Rohat Agca, Bilal Başaçıkoğlu, Sinan Bakış and Mohamed Amissi.
These were the players on the bench: Janis Blaswich, Alessandro Damen, Giacomo Quagliata, Mateo Leš, Elias Sierra, Nikolai Laursen, Luca De La Torre, Lucas Schoofs and Kaj Sierhuis.
Substitutions
Heracles Almelo made 4 changes: O. Kiomourtzoglou for L. Schoofs (46′), M. Knoester for M. Les (46′), M. Amissi for N. Laursen (64′) and R. Agca for L. de la Torre (69′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the KNVB Beker.
- Vitesse – Sparta Rotterdam – 2-1
- Ajax – Barendrecht – 4-0
- AZ – Heracles Almelo – 4-1
- PSV – Fortuna Sittard – 2-0
- Go Ahead Eagles – Roda JC Kerkrade – 2-0
- Excelsior – FC Groningen – 2-2
- FC Twente – Feyenoord – 1-1
- Harkemase Boys – RKC Waalwijk – 0-5
