Match Report
| SBV Excelsior | SBV Excelsior |  |  | AZ 67 Alkmaar | AZ 67 Alkmaar | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Cristian David homrich | Cristian David homrich | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bas Van De Ouweland | B. Van De Ouweland |  | 59 | G |  | 1 | | G | 71 |  | Houssin Fertout | H. Fertout | |||||||||
| Omer Heskey | O. Heskey |  | 65 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 67 | | Mike Cales | M. Cales | |||||||||
| Marino Van Loenhout | M. Van Loenhout | | 65 | D | | 3 | | D | 71 |  | Mohammed Lawal | M. Lawal | |||||||||
| Mario Kans | M. Kans | | 62 | D | | 4 | | D | 59 | | Edwin Dos Santos | E. Dos Santos | |||||||||
| Rodrigo Costa | R. Costa |  | 61 | D | | 5 | | M | 65 |  | Paul Ferguson | P. Ferguson | |||||||||
| Moritz Wendel | M. Wendel |  | 72 | M | | 6 | | M | 62 |  | Oleh Lytvynchuk | O. Lytvynchuk | |||||||||
| Brenny Zegers | B. Zegers | | 62 | M | | 7 | | M | 60 |  | Eduardo Blanco | E. Blanco | |||||||||
| Joost Wevers | J. Wevers | | 58 | M | | 8 | | M | 64 | | Abel Varela | A. Varela | |||||||||
| Pablo Carcedo | P. Carcedo | | 62 | A | | 9 | | A | 73 | | Ian de Vries | I. de Vries | |||||||||
| Eric Preguet | E. Preguet |  | 61 | A | | 10 | | A | 60 | | Kevin Abidallah | K. Abidallah | |||||||||
| Dennis De Gier | D. De Gier | | 59 | A | | 11 | | A | 64 | | Paolo Mathijssen | P. Mathijssen | |||||||||
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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Woudestein where SBV Excelsior play host to AZ 67 Alkmaar. A crowd of 18,717 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
SBV Excelsior are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while AZ 67 Alkmaar appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
SBV Excelsior are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while AZ 67 Alkmaar appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
0.00
0-0AZ 67 Alkmaar start the game by kicking off the first half!
6.02
0-0Abel Varela makes a simple pass to Ian de Vries. Ian de Vries plays a perfect one-two with Kevin Abidallah and rushes in on goal... Ian de Vries shows great control and tries a shot on goal but Bas Van De Ouweland is on top of it.
8.52
Paul Ferguson knocks the ball to his team mate, Kevin Abidallah. Kevin Abidallah lofts in a cross ball towards Paolo Mathijssen. Paolo Mathijssen connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. Bas Van De Ouweland easily picks it out of the air!
10.39
Omer Heskey makes a probing pass to Moritz Wendel. Moritz Wendel makes a beautiful solo run. Moritz Wendel whips in a cross ball towards Eric Preguet. Eric Preguet directs the ball goalwards with his head but Houssin Fertout is on top of it.
18.53
0-0Rodrigo Costa lofts the ball long. Eric Preguet knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Houssin Fertout who gathers it comfortably.
20.50
0-0Joost Wevers knocks the ball forward to Eric Preguet. Eric Preguet makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Dennis De Gier but he's offside!
22.46
0-0Eduardo Blanco barges into Brenny Zegers. Eduardo Blanco is shown the yellow card! Brenny Zegers stretches but gets up unharmed.
22.46
0-0SBV Excelsior are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate AZ 67 Alkmaar's defence.
30.30
0-0Eduardo Blanco sees space and advances. Eduardo Blanco whips in a cross ball towards Paolo Mathijssen. Paolo Mathijssen heads the ball goalwards but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
33.20
Paul Ferguson makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Paolo Mathijssen. Paolo Mathijssen plays a perfect one-two with Kevin Abidallah and rushes in on goal... Paolo Mathijssen makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
44.52
Moritz Wendel makes a probing pass to Dennis De Gier. Dennis De Gier knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Edwin Dos Santos.
45.00
Abel Varela controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Kevin Abidallah. Kevin Abidallah goes all the way! Kevin Abidallah makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
SBV Excelsior kick off!
47.56
Moritz Wendel advances with the ball. Moritz Wendel knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
49.05
0-0Edwin Dos Santos comes in with a late challenge on Eric Preguet. Edwin Dos Santos is given a warning by the referee! Eric Preguet runs off the knock.
51.59
0-1Mohammed Lawal chips the ball to his team mate, Abel Varela. Abel Varela flicks the ball to his team mate, Ian de Vries. Ian de Vries knocks in a cross ball towards Kevin Abidallah. Kevin Abidallah powers a header at goal. Kevin Abidallah scores for AZ 67 Alkmaar!!
55.27
Joost Wevers makes a simple pass to Eric Preguet. Eric Preguet knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Mohammed Lawal.
57.56
Edwin Dos Santos threads the ball through to Abel Varela. Abel Varela makes a probing pass to Ian de Vries. Ian de Vries controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it flies wide!
60.31
Joost Wevers threads the ball through to Dennis De Gier. Dennis De Gier whips in a cross ball towards Pablo Carcedo. Pablo Carcedo flicks the ball with his head but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
66.23
Marino Van Loenhout kicks a strong pass forward to Moritz Wendel. Moritz Wendel knocks the ball forward to Eric Preguet. Eric Preguet controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it is miles over!
69.09
Mario Kans makes a simple pass to Joost Wevers. Joost Wevers kicks a strong pass forward to Pablo Carcedo. Pablo Carcedo knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
72.01
Mario Kans knocks the ball to his team mate, Joost Wevers. Joost Wevers makes a probing pass to Pablo Carcedo. Pablo Carcedo shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
75.34
Eduardo Blanco passes the ball forward to Ian de Vries. Ian de Vries shoots from long range but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
78.30
Eduardo Blanco threads the ball through to Paolo Mathijssen. Paolo Mathijssen knocks in a cross ball towards Ian de Vries. Ian de Vries is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
79.43
Mario Kans chips the ball to his team mate, Moritz Wendel. Moritz Wendel advances with the ball. Moritz Wendel knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Edwin Dos Santos.
81.56
AZ 67 Alkmaar are easily keeping SBV Excelsior at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
87.19
Mike Cales knocks the ball forward to Paul Ferguson. Paul Ferguson makes a probing pass to Ian de Vries. Ian de Vries threads the ball through to Paolo Mathijssen but he's offside!
89.17
Edwin Dos Santos controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Paul Ferguson. Paul Ferguson chips the ball to his team mate, Kevin Abidallah. Kevin Abidallah knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Mario Kans.
90.00
Moritz Wendel passes the ball forward to Eric Preguet. Eric Preguet shoots from 20 yards but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
1
3
Shots off Target
4
6
Offsides
1
1
Fouls
0
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
55.2%
44.8%
Play Area
31%
42.5%
26.4%
Scorers