ROTTERDAM. Excelsior topped AZ to win 2-1. It was Excelsior to strike first with an early goal of S. Horemans at the 6′. Then M. Azarkan scored again for Excelsior in the 32′ minute. Eventually, Y. Sugawara reduced the distance for AZ (48′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. AZ was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (68%).
The match was played at the Van Donge & De Roo Stadion stadium in Rotterdam on Sunday and it started at 12:15 pm local time. The referee was Allard Lindhout with the collaboration of Mario Diks and Charl Schaap. The 4th official was Robin Vereijken. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.6 degrees Celsius or 61.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
AZ had a strong ball possession 68% while Excelsior was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
AZ was more aggressive with 83 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 10 were on target. Anyhow, Excelsior found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Excelsior shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, AZ shot 23 times, 10 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Excelsior received 2 yellow cards (A. Fein and N. Markelo). On the opposite side, AZ received 1 yellow card (S. Beukema).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Excelsior will have 13 points to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, AZ will stay with 23 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Excelsior will play away with Feyenoord on the 13th of November with a 15-4 head to head record in favor of Feyenoord (0 draws).
AZ will play away agasint PSV on the 12th of November with a 21-10 head to head statistic in favor of PSV (5 draws).
Excelsior – Formation
Excelsior
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73'
Excelsior adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Marinus Dijkhuizen decided to play with the following team: Stijn van Gassel , Siebe Horemans , Redouan El Yaakoubi , Serano Seymor , Nathan Markelo , Adrian Fein , Julian Baas , Kenzo Goudmijn , Marouan Azarkan , Reda Kharchouch and Lazaros Lamprou .
The home team had on the bench: Norbert Alblas, Joshua Eijgenraam , Couhaib Driouech , Nikolas Agrafiotis, Maxime Awoudja , Mike van Duinen and Jacky Donkor.
Substitutions
Excelsior made 4 changes: M. Azarkan for M. van Duinen (68′), A. Fein for J. Eijgenraam (68′), L. Lamprou for C. Driouech (68′) and S. Seymor for M. Awoudja (73′).
Best player: Marouan Azarkan
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Excelsior was Marouan Azarkan.
His rating is with 1 goal, 13 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.
AZ – Formation
AZ
Also AZ adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Pascal Jansen played with: Hobie Verhulst , Pantelis Hatzidiakos , Sam Beukema , Maxim Dekker , Miloš Kerkez , Tijjani Reijnders , Dani de Wit , Jordy Clasie , Jesper Karlsson , Jens Odgaard and Myron Van Brederode .
They had on the bench: Mayckel Lahdo, Peter Vindahl Jensen, Fedde De Jong, Sem Westerveld, Riechedly Bazoer , Zico Buurmeester, Yusuf Barasi , Mees de Wit, Yukinari Sugawara and Peer Koopmeiners.
Substitutions
AZ made 4 changes: M. van Brederode for Y. Barasi (38′), M. Dekker for Y. Sugawara (38′), D. de Wit for R. Bazoer (74′) and J. Karlsson for M. Lahdo (82′).
Best player: Jesper Karlsson
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AZ was Jesper Karlsson.
His rating is with 41 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 8 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- FC Volendam – SC Heerenveen – 1-3
- SC Cambuur – FC Twente – 0-1
- NEC – Go Ahead Eagles – 3-3
- FC Utrecht – Sparta Rotterdam – 3-1
- FC Groningen – PSV – 4-2
- Excelsior – AZ – 2-1
