DEVENTER. AZ had a comfortable win over Go Ahead Eagles. The hero of the match was S. Beukema who scored in the 28th and 85th minute. It was Go Ahead Eagles to score first with a goal from L. Brouwers. Notwithstanding, later AZ found the way to reverse the score scoring 4 consecutive goals with S. Beukema (28′), V. Pavlidis (33′), V. Pavlidis (42′) and S. Beukema (85′).

The match was played at the De Adelaarshorst stadium in Deventer on Sunday and it started at 12:15 pm local time. The referee was Marc Nagtegaal who was helped by Bas van Dongen and Yorick Weterings. The 4th official was Sam Dröge. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.2 degrees Celsius or 46.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Go Ahead Eagles was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. AZ that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

AZ had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AZ won the match.​

Go Ahead Eagles shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, AZ shot 13 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Go Ahead Eagles didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, AZ received 1 yellow card (F. Midtsjo).

Standings

After this match, Go Ahead Eagles will stay with 22 points like RKC Waalwijk to sit in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, AZ will have 42 points to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Go Ahead Eagles will play away against FC Twente on the 20th of February with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of FC Twente (1 draw).

AZ will host Heracles Almelo on the 19th of February with a 26-5 head to head statistic in favor of AZ (4 draws).

Go Ahead Eagles – Formation

Go Ahead Eagles adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Kees van Wonderen decided to play with the following team: Andries Noppert (6.2), Cuco Martina (5.8), Jay Idzes (6.4), Joris Kramer (6.6), Bas Kuipers (6.0), Philippe Rommens (6.1), Luuk Brouwers (6.8), Mats Deijl (6.3), Ioannis Foivos Botos (5.9), Iñigo Cordoba (5.2) and Isac Lidberg (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Jacob Mulenga, Gerrit Nauber, Martijn Berden (6.3), Francis Ross (6.4), Marc Cardona (6.4), Aventis Aventisian, Nick Hengelman, Job Schuurman, Boyd Lucassen and Justin Bakker.

Substitutions

Go Ahead Eagles made 3 changes: I. Lidberg for M. Cardona (59′), G. Botos for F. Ross (60′) and M. Deijl for M. Berden (77′).

Best player: Luuk Brouwers​

The most impressive player for Go Ahead Eagles was Luuk Brouwers.

His rating is (6.8) with 1 goal, 50 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7.

AZ – Formation

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

Pascal Jansen played with: Peter Vindahl Jensen (6.8), Yukinari Sugawara (6.8), Sam Beukema (9.0), Bruno Martins Indi (7.3), Owen Wijndal (6.9), Fredrik Midtsjø (6.9), Jordy Clasie (7.4), Håkon Evjen (7.1), Dani De Wit (8.8), Jesper Karlsson (7.7) and Vangelis Pavlidis (8.3).

These were the players on the bench: Beau Reus, Hobie Verhulst, Peer Koopmeiners, Mohamed Taabouni, Aslak Fonn Witry, Zakaria Aboukhlal (6.5), Kamal Sowah (6.6), Tijjani Reijnders (6.3) and Miloš Kerkez.

Substitutions

AZ made 5 changes: H. Evjen for K. Sowah (63′), V. Pavlidis for Z. Aboukhlal (76′), J. Karlsson for T. Reijnders (77′), Y. Sugawara for A. F. Witry (87′) and F. Midtsjo for P. Koopmeiners (87′).

Best player: Sam Beukema​

The player that probably impressed the most for AZ was Sam Beukema.

His rating is (9.0) with 2 goals, 44 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• Go Ahead Eagles – AZ – 1-4
• RKC Waalwijk – Feyenoord – 0-2
• SC Heerenveen – NEC – 0-1
• Ajax – FC Twente – 5-0
• Sparta Rotterdam – Willem II – 1-0