Dutch Eredivisie

AZ Alkmaar vs Almere City, 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
AZ Alkmaar
  • 64': David Wolfe
FT
1 - 1
Almere City
  • 28': Thomas Robinet

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AZ Alkmaar are hosting Almere City at AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the Dutch Eredivisie.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Attempt saved. Anas Tahiri (Almere City FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ali Jasim.
  • 4': Offside, Almere City FC. Charles-Andreas Brym is caught offside.
  • 6': Offside, AZ. Mexx Meerdink is caught offside.
  • 7': Attempt blocked. Ali Jasim (Almere City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Lawrence.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Junior Kadile (Almere City FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ali Jasim.
  • 8': Corner,Almere City FC. Conceded by David Møller Wolfe.
  • 12': Foul by Thom Haye (Almere City FC).
  • 12': Ruben van Bommel (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Junior Kadile (Almere City FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Thomas Robinet.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Ernest Poku (AZ) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Peer Koopmeiners.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Ernest Poku (AZ) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Wouter Goes.
  • 17': Corner,AZ. Conceded by Marvin Martins.
  • 21': Denso Kasius (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Foul by Ali Jasim (Almere City FC).
  • 23': Charles-Andreas Brym (Almere City FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 23': Foul by Zico Buurmeester (AZ).
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Zico Buurmeester (AZ) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mexx Meerdink.
  • 25': Charles-Andreas Brym (Almere City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Foul by Peer Koopmeiners (AZ).
  • 26': Foul by Junior Kadile (Almere City FC).
  • 26': Ruben van Bommel (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 28': Goal! AZ 0, Almere City FC 1. Thomas Robinet (Almere City FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Junior Kadile.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Sven Mijnans (AZ) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ernest Poku.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Ruben van Bommel (AZ) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Møller Wolfe.
  • 33': Foul by Thomas Robinet (Almere City FC).
  • 33': Wouter Goes (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Attempt saved. Mexx Meerdink (AZ) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sven Mijnans.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Thomas Robinet (Almere City FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Thom Haye.
  • 36': Corner,Almere City FC. Conceded by Alexandre Penetra.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Ali Jasim (Almere City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Thom Haye with a cross.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Junior Kadile (Almere City FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Charles-Andreas Brym.
  • 39': Corner,Almere City FC. Conceded by Alexandre Penetra.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Denso Kasius (AZ) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Zico Buurmeester.
  • 40': Thom Haye (Almere City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  • 42': Charles-Andreas Brym (Almere City FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 42': Foul by Zico Buurmeester (AZ).
  • 44': Attempt missed. David Møller Wolfe (AZ) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right.
  • 44': Corner,AZ. Conceded by Ricardo Visus.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Alexandre Penetra (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Charles-Andreas Brym (Almere City FC).
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Junior Kadile (Almere City FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Charles-Andreas Brym.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, AZ 0, Almere City FC 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins AZ 0, Almere City FC 1.
  • 46': Charles-Andreas Brym (Almere City FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 46': Foul by Peer Koopmeiners (AZ).
  • 49': Corner,AZ. Conceded by Nordin Bakker.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Peer Koopmeiners (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ernest Poku.
  • 52': Foul by Mexx Meerdink (AZ).
  • 52': Théo Barbet (Almere City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Foul by Ruben van Bommel (AZ).
  • 52': Marvin Martins (Almere City FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 54': Foul by Zico Buurmeester (AZ).
  • 54': Thomas Robinet (Almere City FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 57': Foul by Charles-Andreas Brym (Almere City FC).
  • 57': Zico Buurmeester (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Corner,AZ. Conceded by Ricardo Visus.
  • 58': Substitution, AZ. Seiya Maikuma replaces Denso Kasius.
  • 58': Substitution, AZ. Ibrahim Sadiq replaces Mexx Meerdink.
  • 59': Substitution, AZ. Kees Smit replaces Zico Buurmeester.
  • 61': Charles-Andreas Brym (Almere City FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 61': Foul by Peer Koopmeiners (AZ).
  • 62': Attempt saved. Ernest Poku (AZ) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ibrahim Sadiq.
  • 63': Attempt blocked. Sven Mijnans (AZ) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Møller Wolfe.
  • 64': Goal! AZ 1, Almere City FC 1. David Møller Wolfe (AZ) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ruben van Bommel with a headed pass.
  • 66': Ali Jasim (Almere City FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 66': Foul by Seiya Maikuma (AZ).
  • 67': Attempt saved. Ernest Poku (AZ) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ruben van Bommel.
  • 67': Attempt saved. Ruben van Bommel (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ernest Poku.
  • 68': Delay in match because of an injury Théo Barbet (Almere City FC).
  • 69': Substitution, Almere City FC. Joey Jacobs replaces Théo Barbet because of an injury.
  • 69': Substitution, Almere City FC. Kornelius Hansen replaces Ali Jasim.
  • 69': Substitution, Almere City FC. Emanuel Poku replaces Junior Kadile.
  • 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 70': Foul by Peer Koopmeiners (AZ).
  • 70': Thomas Robinet (Almere City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Substitution, AZ. Mayckel Lahdo replaces Ernest Poku.
  • 75': Anas Tahiri (Almere City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Foul by Peer Koopmeiners (AZ).
  • 79': Foul by Ruben van Bommel (AZ).
  • 79': Marvin Martins (Almere City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Sven Mijnans (AZ) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kees Smit.
  • 81': Foul by Ruben van Bommel (AZ).
  • 81': Ricardo Visus (Almere City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 81': Substitution, Almere City FC. Jonas Wendlinger replaces Nordin Bakker.
  • 81': Substitution, Almere City FC. Baptiste Guillaume replaces Charles-Andreas Brym.
  • 81': Substitution, AZ. Ro-Zangelo Daal replaces Ruben van Bommel.
  • 82': Foul by Ricardo Visus (Almere City FC).
  • 82': Ibrahim Sadiq (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 83': David Møller Wolfe (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 83': Foul by Marvin Martins (Almere City FC).
  • 84': Foul by James Lawrence (Almere City FC).
  • 84': Mayckel Lahdo (AZ) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 85': Delay in match because of an injury Marvin Martins (Almere City FC).
  • 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 88': Foul by Emanuel Poku (Almere City FC).
  • 88': Seiya Maikuma (AZ) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Ibrahim Sadiq (AZ) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kees Smit.
  • 90': Offside, AZ. David Møller Wolfe is caught offside.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Alexandre Penetra (AZ).
  • 90'+1': Kornelius Hansen (Almere City FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+2': Thom Haye (Almere City FC) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Ricardo Visus (Almere City FC).
  • 90'+2': Ibrahim Sadiq (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Corner,Almere City FC. Conceded by Alexandre Penetra.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, AZ 1, Almere City FC 1.
  • 0': Match ends, AZ 1, Almere City FC 1.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 14
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
4 Corner Kicks 4
5 Saves 1
41.3 Possession 58.7
10 SHOTS 16
2 ON GOAL 6
0.2 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
273 Accurate Passes 418
352 Passes 496
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
5 Accurate Crosses 2
16 Crosses 24
0.3 Cross % 0.1
54 Long Balls 47
23 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
6 Blocked Shots 4
10 Effective Tackles 12
15 Tackles 18
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
11 Interceptions 8
31 Effective Clearances 18
31 Clearances 18

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: AFAS Stadion
Location: Alkmaar, Netherlands
Attendance: 18,023

Eredivisie Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Feyenoord Rotterdam 3 +7 9
2 NEC Nijmegen 4 +10 9
3 FC Utrecht 4 +8 9
4 PSV Eindhoven 4 +7 9
Full Standings

Line-Ups

AZ AZ Alkmaar (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro (GK)
5 Alexandre Penetra
3 Wouter Goes
18 David Wolfe
30 Denso Kasius
10 Sven Mijnans
28 Zico Buurmeester
6 Peer Koopmeiners
35 Mexx Meerdink
7 Ruben Van Bommel
21 Ernest Poku
AZ Alkmaar Substitutes:
Hobie Verhulst, Jeroen Zoet, Kees Smit, Ro-Zangelo Daal, Lewis Schouten, Ibrahim Sadiq, Bruno Martins Indi, Mayckel Lahdo, Seiya Maikuma, Maxim Dekker, Mees De Wit.

ALM Almere City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Nordin Bakker (GK)
22 Theo Barbet
4 Ricardo Visus
15 Jamie Lawrence
27 Marvin Martins
9 Thomas Robinet
8 Anas Tahiri
19 Thom Haye Yellow Card
18 Charles-Andreas Brym
12 Ali Jasim
11 Junior Kadile
Almere City Substitutes:
Ruben Providence, Joey Jacobs, Emanuel Poku, Jonas Wendlinger, Baptiste Guillaume, Damil Dankerlui, Adi Nalic, Kornelius Hansen, Tim Receveur, Álex Balboa, Joël Van Der Wilt.

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