ALKMAAR. AZ defeated Heracles Almelo to win 2-1. It was AZ to strike first with a goal of T. Reijnders at the 25′. Then it was a goal in the 42′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, V. Pavlidis gave the win to AZ in the 48′ minute with a goal. AZ was much superior in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the AFAS Stadion stadium in Alkmaar on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Ingmar Oostrom with the collaboration of Mario Diks and Freek Vandeursen. The 4th official was Martijn Vos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.3 degrees Celsius or 43.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 11 Total 3
- 5 On Target 1
- 6 Off Target 2
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 161 Attack 73
- 38 Dangerous attack 11
- 107 Ball safe 93
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 12 Total 11
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
AZ had a superior ball possession 65% while Heracles Almelo was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
AZ was more pushing with 38 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AZ won the match.
AZ shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Heracles Almelo shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
AZ didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Heracles Almelo received 1 yellow card (O. Kiomourtzoglou).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, AZ will have 45 points to remain in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Heracles Almelo will stay with 23 points like RKC Waalwijk to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, AZ will host Feyenoord on the 27th of February with a 17-10 head to head statistic in favor of Feyenoord (8 draws).
Heracles Almelo will host PEC Zwolle on the 26th of February with a 9-7 head to head stats in favor of Heracles Almelo (5 draws).
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 , Yukinari Sugawara , Pantelis Hatzidiakos , Bruno Martins Indi , Owen Wijndal , Tijjani Reijnders , Jordy Clasie , Håkon Evjen , Dani De Wit , Jesper Karlsson and Vangelis Pavlidis .
The home team had on the bench: Zakaria Aboukhlal , Sam Beukema , Peer Koopmeiners, Beau Reus, Miloš Kerkez, Ernest Poku, Kamal Sowah , Aslak Fonn Witry , Mohamed Taabouni and Hobie Verhulst.
AZ could not rely on the presence of S. Beukema (injured).
Substitutions
AZ made 4 changes: P. Chatzidiakos for S. Beukema (22′), V. Pavlidis for Z. Aboukhlal (75′), H. Evjen for A. F. Witry (83′) and T. Reijnders for K. Sowah (83′).
Best player: Håkon Evjen
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for AZ was Håkon Evjen even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 36 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 18. He performed 1 cross.
Heracles Almelo – Formation
Heracles Almelo started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Frank Wormuth played with: Janis Blaswich , Noah Fadiga , Marco Rente , Justin Hoogma , Mats Knoester , Ruben Roosken , Nikolai Laursen , Orestis Kiomourtzoglou , Anas Ouahim , Bilal Başaçıkoğlu and Adrián Szőke .
They had on the bench: Emil Hansson , Giacomo Quagliata, Robin Polley, Sven Sonnenberg, Navajo Bakboord, Kasper Lunding, Rohat Agca, Elias Sierra , Koen Bucker, Sinan Bakış , Robin Jalving and Melih Ibrahimoglu.
Substitutions
Heracles Almelo made 3 changes: B. Basacikoglu for E. Hansson (60′), A. Ouahim for E. Sierra (72′) and A. Szoke for S. Bakis (72′).
Best player: Anas Ouahim
The most impressive player for Heracles Almelo was Anas Ouahim.
His rating is with 16 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 15.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- AZ – Heracles Almelo – 2-1
- Willem II – Ajax – 0-1
- NEC – RKC Waalwijk – 1-1