AZ manages to draw 2-2 with Willem II after recovering a 0-2 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

TILBURG. Willem II bounces back against AZ with a goal on the B. Martins 35' and a goal on the Z. Aboukhlal 90'.

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March 21, 2022

TILBURG. Willem II finds the way to recover against AZ with a goal on the B. Martins 35′ and a goal on the Z. Aboukhlal 90′. AZ was vastly better in terms of ball possession (75%)

The match was played at the Koning Willem II Stadion stadium in Tilburg on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Rob Dieperink with the support of Mario Diks and Martijn Beijer. The 4th official was Robin Gansner. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 2.9 degrees Celsius or 37.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.

Match Statistics

Team 1

Team 1

! 25 Ball Possession 75

Shots

4 Total 23
2 On Target 3
2 Off Target 20
1 Shots blocked 4

73 Attack 157
23 Dangerous attack 78
84 Ball safe 109

0 Penalties 0
1 Corners 8

Fouls

5 Total 11
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

AZ was in firm control of the ball 75% while Willem II was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AZ was more pushing with 78 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough AZ to win the match.

Willem II shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, AZ shot 23 times, 3 on target, 20 off target.

Cards

Willem II didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, AZ received 3 yellow cards (B. Martins Indi, J. Clasie and J. Karlsson).

Match Timeline

7'

17'

35'

Bruno Martins Indi (goal)

54'

Bruno Martins Indi - Yellow

Max Svensson- sub ->J. Hornkamp

67'

68'

68'

76'

Jordy Clasie- Yellow

78'

87'

87'

90'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Pl

Last 5

83

34

W
W
D
W
D

81

34

W
W
D
W
W

71

34

W
W
D
W
L

68

34

W
D
L
W
W

61

34

L
L
W
L
W

51

34

D
L
W
W
L

47

34

D
L
L
W
L

41

34

W
L
W
W
L

39

34

L
D
D
D
W

38

34

L
W
D
W
W

38

34

L
L
W
L
L

36

34

L
L
L
L
L

Go Ahead Eagles

36

34

L
L
L
L
L

Sparta Rotterdam

35

34

L
D
W
W
W

Fortuna Sittard

35

34

W
L
W
L
W

Heracles Almelo

34

34

W
D
L
L
L

33

34

W
L
W
D
W

27

34

W
L
D
L
L

After this encounter, Willem II will have 23 points to hold in the 16th place. On the other side, AZ will have 52 points to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Willem II will play away against Feyenoord on the 2nd of April with a 21-4 head to head stats in favor of Feyenoord (6 draws).

AZ will host Vitesse on the 2nd of April with a 17-8 head to head stats in favor of AZ (9 draws).

Willem II – Formation

Willem II

G

Timon Wellenreuther 21.Germany

6.2

D

Leeroy Owusu 13.Netherlands

7.1

D

Wessel Dammers 6.Netherlands

6.5

D

Derrick Köhn 27.Germany

6.4

D

Mats Köhlert 11.Germany

6.3

78'

M

Freek Heerkens 3.Netherlands

7.1

M

Dan Crowley 19.England

6.8

M

Driess Saddiki 17.Morocco

6.8

F

Elton Kabangu 14.Belgium

7.8

Goals

17'

F

Ché Nunnely 7.Netherlands

7.0

90'

Goals

7'

F

Jizz Hornkamp 9.Netherlands

6.5

67'

Substitutes

G

Jorn Brondeel 26.Belgium

G

Connor van den Berg 24.Netherlands

D

Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen 4.Norway

D

E. Bergström 5.Sweden

90'

D

M. Nelom 18.Netherlands

6.7

78'

M

Görkem Sağlam 23.Germany

M

Nasser El Khayati 32.Netherlands

M

Pol Llonch 8.Spain

M

G. Roemeratoe 20.Curaçao

M

Ringo Meerveld 16.Netherlands

F

Max Svensson 15.Sweden

6.2

67'

F

Argyris Kampetsis 10.Greece

Willem II started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Kevin Hofland decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Willem II made 3 changes: J. Hornkamp for M. Svensson (67′), M. Kohlert for M. Nelom (78′) and C. Nunnely for E. Bergstrom (90′).

AZ – Formation

AZ

G

Peter Vindahl 1.Denmark

6.0

D

Bruno Martins Indi 4.Netherlands

7.5

54'

Goals

35'

D

Pantelis Hatzidiakos 3.Greece

6.5

87'

D

Aslak Witry 15.Norway

6.1

68'

D

Owen Wijndal 5.Netherlands

6.5

M

Yukinari Sugawara 2.Japan

7.4

M

Jordy Clasie 20.Netherlands

7.6

76'

M

D. de Wit 10.Netherlands

6.8

M

Tijjani Reijnders 24.Netherlands

7.2

68'

M

Jesper Karlsson 11.Sweden

7.5

87'

F

Vangelis Pavlidis 9.Greece

6.8

Substitutes

G

Hobie Verhulst 12.Netherlands

G

Beau Reus 16.Netherlands

D

Milos Kerkez 26.Hungary

D

Sam Beukema 31.Netherlands

6.8

87'

M

M. Taabouni 23.Netherlands

M

Zico Buurmeester 34.Netherlands

M

Peer Koopmeiners 14.Netherlands

M

Kamal Sowah 8.Ghana

M

Håkon Evjen 18.Norway

6.6

68'

F

Zakaria Aboukhlal 7.Morocco

7.2

68'

Goals

90'

AZ started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Pascal Jansen played with: .

Substitutions

AZ made 3 changes: T. Reijnders for H. Evjen (68′), A. F. Witry for Z. Aboukhlal (68′) and P. Chatzidiakos for S. Beukema (87′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.