ALKMAAR. AZ recovers against PEC Zwolle with a goal on the L. Thy 57′ and a goal on the O. Velanas 86′. AZ was much better in terms of ball possession (63%)
The match was played at the AFAS Stadion stadium in Alkmaar on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Allard Lindhout with the collaboration of Rob van de Ven and Maarten Ketting. The 4th official was Sander van der Eijk. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 5.4 degrees Celsius or 41.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
- ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
- 19 Total 8
- 8 On Target 5
- 8 Off Target 2
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 173 Attack 72
- 82 Dangerous attack 14
- 61 Ball safe 67
- 1 Penalties 0
- 11 Corners 3
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 12 Total 3
- 2 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
AZ was in firm control of the ball 63% while PEC Zwolle was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
AZ was putting more pressure with 82 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough AZ to win the match.
AZ shot 19 times, 8 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, PEC Zwolle shot 8 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
AZ received 2 yellow cards (Jordy Clasie and Kristijan Belić). Talking about the opposition, PEC Zwolle didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, AZ has 34 points to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, PEC Zwolle will has 20 points like Excelsior and SC Heerenveen to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, AZ will play away with SC Heerenveen on the 28th of January with a 24-12 head to head record in favor of AZ (7 draws).
PEC Zwolle will host Vitesse on the 26th of January with a 16-4 head to head in favor of Vitesse (4 draws).
AZ – Formation
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AZ started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Maarten Martens decided to play with the following team: Maxim Dekker, Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro , Alexandre Penetra , Riechedly Bazoer , Bruno Martins Indi , Denso Kasius , Kristijan Belić , Dani de Wit , Jordy Clasie , Mayckel Lahdo , Vangelis Pavlidis and Myron van Brederode .
The home team had on the bench: Tiago Dantas , Wouter Goes , Jens Odgaard , Ibrahim Sadiq, Ruben van Bommel, Sven Mijnans , Jayden Addai , David Møller Wolfe , Ernest Poku, Mexx Meerdink , Mees de Wit and Tristan Kuijsten.
Substitutions
AZ made 5 changes: Dani de Wit for Sven Mijnans (64′), Mayckel Lahdo for Jayden Addai (65′), Kristijan Belić for Tiago Dantas (65′), Alexandre Penetra for David Møller Wolfe (77′) and Myron van Brederode for Jens Odgaard (77′).
Player of the match: Jordy Clasie
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AZ was Jordy Clasie .
His rating is with 87 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 8.
PEC Zwolle – Formation
PEC Zwolle
PEC Zwolle started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Johnny Jansen played with: Anouar El Azzouzi , Koji Yamase, Ferdy Druijf, Jasper Schendelaar , Bram van Polen , Sam Kersten , Thomas Lam , Anselmo García MacNulty , Nick Fichtinger , Davy van den Berg , Younes Namli and Odysseus Velanas , Eliano Reijnders , Lennart Thy .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Damian van der Haar , Luis Görlich, Dean Huiberts , Tolis Vellios, Divaio Bobson, Kenneth Vermeer , Teun Gijselhart and Mike Hauptmeijer.
PEC Zwolle could not rely on the presence of Damian van der Haar (injured).
Substitutions
PEC Zwolle made 2 changes: Anselmo García MacNulty for Damian van der Haar (82′) and Eliano Reijnders for Dean Huiberts (71′).
Player of the match: Jasper Schendelaar
The player that probably impressed the most for PEC Zwolle was the goalkeeper: Jasper Schendelaar. His rating is 7.75. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- Heracles Almelo – FC Volendam – 1-1
- NEC – FC Twente – 1-0
- AZ – PEC Zwolle – 2-2
