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Excelsior 1-2 AZ Alkmaar - March 03, 2018 / Eredivisie 2017/2018

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Eredivisie 2017/2018 - Round 26

Stadion Woudestein - Rotterdam - Netherlands

March 03, 2018

4 218

1 - 2

AZ Alkmaar

Assist by Levi GarciaAli Messaoud

64'

19'

Theo Zwarthoed (o.g)

44'

Alireza JahanbakhshAssist by Pantelis Chatzidiakos

logo Excelsior Rotterdam ER

19' - Own goal Theo Zwarthoed

34' - Yellow card Ryan Koolwijk34

44' - Goal Alireza Jahanbakhsh

logo Excelsior Rotterdam ER

59' - Substitution Stanley Elbersis substituted by Levi Garcia59

59' - Substitution Oussama Idrissiis substituted by Mats Seuntjens

64' - Goal Ali Messaoud64

70' - Yellow card Luigi Bruins70

75' - Yellow card Jonas Svensson

83' - Substitution Wout Faesis substituted by Anouar Hadouir83

89' - Substitution Alireza Jahanbakhshis substituted by Joris Van Overeem

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Excelsior

1 - 2

AZ Alkmaar

Excelsior AZ Alkmaar

Team line-ups

Excelsior

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9van Duinen

Mike van Duinen

Netherlands

B.date06/11/1991

Age26 years

H1m82

positionForward

10Bruins70

Luigi Bruins

Netherlands

B.date09/03/1987

Age30 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

11Elbers59

Stanley Elbers

Netherlands

B.date14/05/1992

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft Winger

8Koolwijk34

Ryan Koolwijk

Suriname

B.date08/08/1985

Age32 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

14Messaoud64

Ali Messaoud

Morocco

B.date13/04/1991

Age26 years

H1m83

positionPlaymaker

6Faik

Hicham Faik

Netherlands

B.date19/03/1993

Age24 years

H1m90

positionDefensive Midfielder

22Fortes

Jeffry Fortes

Cape Verde

B.date22/03/1989

Age28 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

4Faes83

Wout Faes

Belgium

B.date03/04/1998

Age19 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

15Mattheij

Jurgen Mattheij

Netherlands

B.date01/04/1993

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

2Karami

Khalid Karami

Morocco

B.date29/12/1989

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

12Zwarthoed19

Theo Zwarthoed

Netherlands

B.date19/11/1982

Age35 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Theo Zwarthoed	19	35	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Wout Faes	83	19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ryan Koolwijk	34	32	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Jurgen Mattheij		24	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Khalid Karami		28	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Jeffry Fortes		28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Hicham Faik		24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luigi Bruins	70	30	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Ali Messaoud	64	26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Stanley Elbers	59	25	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Mike van Duinen		26	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

AZ Alkmaar

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Weghorst

Wout Weghorst

Netherlands

B.date07/08/1992

Age25 years

H1m97

positionStriker

22Idrissi59

Oussama Idrissi

Morocco

B.date26/02/1996

Age22 years

H1m83

positionLeft Winger

7Jahanbakhsh4489

Alireza Jahanbakhsh

Iran

B.date08/10/1993

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

14Koopmeiners

Teun Koopmeiners

Netherlands

B.date28/02/1998

Age20 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

15Til

Guus Til

Netherlands

B.date22/12/1997

Age20 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

6Midtsjö

Fredrik Midtsjö

Norway

B.date11/08/1993

Age24 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

5Ouwejan

Thomas Ouwejan

Netherlands

B.date30/09/1996

Age21 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

30Wuytens

Stijn Wuytens

Belgium

B.date08/10/1989

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

12Chatzidiakos

Pantelis Chatzidiakos

Greece

B.date18/01/1997

Age21 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

2Svensson75

Jonas Svensson

Norway

B.date06/03/1993

Age24 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

1Bizot

Marco Bizot

Netherlands

B.date10/03/1991

Age26 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Marco Bizot		26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Stijn Wuytens		28	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Pantelis Chatzidiakos		21	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jonas Svensson	75	24	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Teun Koopmeiners		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Thomas Ouwejan		21	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Fredrik Midtsjö		24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Guus Til		20	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	4489	24	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Oussama Idrissi	59	22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Wout Weghorst		25	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Mike Havekotte		22
25	G	Ögmundur Kristinsson		28
5	D	Milan Massop		24
3	D	Shane O'Neill		24
28	D	Lorenzo Burnet		27
7	M	Anouar Hadouir	83	35	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Levi Garcia	59	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Kevin Vermeulen		27
21	M	Dogucan Haspolat		18
23	F	Jinty Caenepeel		21

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Gino Coutinho		35
4	D	Ron Vlaar		33
23	D	Ricardo van Rhijn		26
26	D	Owen Wijndal		18
8	M	Joris Van Overeem	89	23	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Iliass Bel Hassani		25
20	F	Mats Seuntjens	59	25	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Mitchell van der Gaag

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

van der Gaag vs AZ Alkmaar

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 03, 2018

van der Gaag vs van den Brom

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 03, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

John van den Brom

166

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

van den Brom vs Excelsior

9 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 03, 2018

van den Brom vs van der Gaag

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 03, 2018

Referee

Pol van Boekel

5 victories	6 draws	14 losses	Excelsior25 matches	General total	AZ Alkmaar47 matches	25 victories	6 draws	16 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Excelsior2 matches	Season total	AZ Alkmaar2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 27, 2024					Latest figure on September 17, 2023

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Key figures

It's the first time Alireza Jahanbakhsh scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

AZ Alkmaar keeps its 12 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home in Eredivisie running (since 26/08/2017). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 28/09/1980-03/05/1981 time period (12 matches).

Excelsior keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 17/02/2018).

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

-1	10	Heracles Almelo	33 pts	26 rd
+1	11	VVV-Venlo	32 pts	25 rd
-1	12	Excelsior Rotterdam	32 pts	26 rd
	13	FC Groningen	25 pts	25 rd
+1	14	NAC Breda	24 pts	26 rd

General ranking

1	PSV Eindhoven	68 pts	26 rd
2	Ajax Amsterdam	58 pts	25 rd
3	AZ Alkmaar	56 pts	26 rd
4	Utrecht	44 pts	26 rd
5	Feyenoord Rotterdam	42 pts	26 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LExcelsior Rotterdam 1-2 PSV Eindhoven26/11/2017

LExcelsior Rotterdam 1-2 Zwolle09/12/2017

VExcelsior Rotterdam 2-0 FC Groningen17/12/2017

DExcelsior Rotterdam 0-0 FC Twente23/12/2017

DExcelsior Rotterdam 2-2 Utrecht04/02/2018

DExcelsior Rotterdam 0-0 NAC Breda11/02/2018

Overall

LRoda JC 2-1 Excelsior Rotterdam28/01/2018

DExcelsior Rotterdam 2-2 Utrecht04/02/2018

LPSV Eindhoven 1-0 Excelsior Rotterdam07/02/2018

DExcelsior Rotterdam 0-0 NAC Breda11/02/2018

VVitesse Arnhem 1-2 Excelsior Rotterdam17/02/2018

VHeerenveen 0-1 Excelsior Rotterdam24/02/2018

Current form

Away

DZwolle 1-1 AZ Alkmaar12/12/2017

VFortuna Sittard 2-3 AZ Alkmaar20/12/2017

DUtrecht 1-1 AZ Alkmaar19/01/2018

VWillem II 0-2 AZ Alkmaar28/01/2018

VFC Twente 0-4 AZ Alkmaar07/02/2018

VNAC Breda 1-3 AZ Alkmaar17/02/2018

Overall

DAZ Alkmaar 2-2 Roda JC04/02/2018

VFC Twente 0-4 AZ Alkmaar07/02/2018

DAZ Alkmaar 0-0 VVV-Venlo10/02/2018

VNAC Breda 1-3 AZ Alkmaar17/02/2018

VAZ Alkmaar 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam24/02/2018

VAZ Alkmaar 4-0 FC Twente28/02/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	4	3
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	3
Unbeaten streak	14	11
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	15	3
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

11	General ranking (Competition total)	3
18	General ranking (Home / Away)	3
151	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	66
8	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
9	Victories (Competition total)	16
2	Victories (Home / Away)	8
5	Draws (Competition total)	5
4	Draws (Home / Away)	3
11	Losses (Competition total)	4
6	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	48
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
35	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.92
0.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.92
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.96
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.75

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (3 times)

Bookings

48	Yellow cards (Competition total)	37
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	25
3	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Mike van Duinen	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Ryan Koolwijk	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Wout Weghorst
Luigi Bruins	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Mike van Duinen	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Ali Messaoud	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	8 assists	Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Ali Messaoud	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Mike van Duinen	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 3 assists during the last 2 matches	Oussama Idrissi

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

6 v

7 d

17 l

31 gf

66 ga

Away

29 matches

3 v

8 d

18 l

22 gf

62 ga

Total

59 matches

9 v

15 d

35 l

53 gf

128 ga

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

18 v

8 d

3 l

62 gf

22 ga

Away

30 matches

17 v

7 d

6 l

66 gf

31 ga

Total

59 matches

35 v

15 d

9 l

128 gf

53 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 24, 2017
Home	2 - 1	February 05, 2011

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 03, 2006
Away	5 - 0	December 07, 1991

Latest head to head

September 24, 2017 - Eredivisie 2017/2018

AZ Alkmaar

0 - 2

Excelsior

March 05, 2017 - Eredivisie 2016/2017

AZ Alkmaar

1 - 1

Excelsior

December 03, 2016 - Eredivisie 2016/2017

Excelsior

3 - 3

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

March 06, 2016 - Eredivisie 2015/2016

AZ Alkmaar

2 - 0

Excelsior

August 15, 2015 - Eredivisie 2015/2016

Excelsior

2 - 2

AZ Alkmaar logo AZ Alkmaar

Best historical scorers against AZ Alkmaar

Luigi Bruins	3 goals	2007 - 2017
Adil Auassar	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Tom van Weert	1 goal	2015 - 2015
Guyon Fernandez	1 goal	2010 - 2010
Stanley Elbers	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Tim Vincken	1 goal	2011 - 2011

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Excelsior

Danny Koevermans	3 goals	2006 - 2007
Muamer Tankovic	2 goals	2014 - 2016
Ali El-Khattabi	2 goals	2003 - 2003
Markus Henriksen	2 goals	2015 - 2015
Shota Arveladze	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Robin Nelisse	2 goals	2002 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs AZ Alkmaar

Luigi Bruins	7 matches	2006 - 2017
Ryan Koolwijk	6 matches	2008 - 2017
Khalid Karami	6 matches	2014 - 2017
Jurgen Mattheij	5 matches	2011 - 2017
Leendert van Steensel	5 matches	2007 - 2012
Bas Edo Kuipers	5 matches	2014 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Excelsior

Maarten Martens	6 matches	2006 - 2012
Robert Mühren	5 matches	2014 - 2016
Simon Poulsen	5 matches	2011 - 2015
Ridgeciano Haps	5 matches	2014 - 2017
Barry Opdam	5 matches	2002 - 2008
Dabney Dos Santos	5 matches	2015 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Kees Luijckx

50 matches

18 matches

2007 - 2009

Theo Zwarthoed

41 matches

22 matches

2002 - 2018

Gill Swerts

40 matches

55 matches

2002 - 2010

Brett Holman

39 matches

131 matches

2002 - 2012

Mounir El Hamdaoui

29 matches

102 matches

2002 - 2015

Ali Messaoud

24 matches

2 matches

2011 - 2018

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Brett Holman

39 matches

131 matches

2002 - 2012

Mounir El Hamdaoui

29 matches

102 matches

2002 - 2015

Gill Swerts

40 matches

55 matches

2002 - 2010

Dries Boussatta

13 matches

49 matches

1999 - 2003

Levi Garcia

6 matches

43 matches

2016 - 2018

Theo Zwarthoed

41 matches

22 matches

2002 - 2018

Total : 9 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

March 02, 2018

Roda JC

0 3

Heracles Almelo

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March 03, 2018

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March 04, 2018

Line-ups available

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	PSV Eindhoven	68	26	22	2	2	68	26	+42
2	Ajax Amsterdam	58	25	18	4	3	66	21	+45
3	AZ Alkmaar	56	26	17	5	4	50	25	+25
4	Utrecht	44	26	12	8	6	41	38	+3
5	Feyenoord Rotterdam	42	26	12	6	8	48	29	+19
6	Zwolle	39	25	11	6	8	33	34	-1
7	Vitesse Arnhem	38	25	10	8	7	42	30	+12
8	ADO Den Haag	36	25	10	6	9	31	34	-3
+19	Heerenveen	35	26	9	8	9	36	39	-3
-110	Heracles Almelo	33	26	9	6	11	38	51	-13
+111	VVV-Venlo	32	25	7	11	7	28	33	-5
-112	Excelsior Rotterdam	32	26	9	5	12	31	37	-6
13	FC Groningen	25	25	5	10	10	36	41	-5
+114	NAC Breda	24	26	6	6	14	31	46	-15
-115	Willem II	23	26	6	5	15	33	49	-16
16	FC Twente	17	25	4	5	16	28	47	-19
17	Roda JC	17	26	4	5	17	26	57	-31
18	Sparta Rotterdam	15	25	3	6	16	20	49	-29

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Excelsior 1-2 AZ Alkmaar - March 03, 2018 / Eredivisie 2017/2018

Excelsior

1 - 2

AZ Alkmaar

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

van der Gaag vs AZ Alkmaar

van der Gaag vs van den Brom

Manager

van den Brom vs Excelsior

van den Brom vs van der Gaag

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against AZ Alkmaar

Best historical scorers against Excelsior

Players with most games played vs AZ Alkmaar

Players with most games played vs Excelsior

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking