Highlights

90+3'

P. Koopmeiners (Foul)

86'

M. Chávez (Dissent)

81'

M. Jonathans (assist M. van Duinen)

77'

E. Dijkstra (Foul)

67'

G. de Regt (Foul)

65'

T. Parrott

HT 0 - 0

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Substitutions

Starting eleven

84'

A. Carlén (L. Schouten - tactical)

84'

S. Maikuma (E. Dijkstra - tactical)

84'

J. Hornkamp (M. de Wit - tactical)

78'

M. van Duinen (J. Bergraaf - tactical)

78'

M. Jonathans (D. Sanches Fernandes - tactical)

78'

N. Martens (I. Bronkhorst - tactical)

76'

M. Chávez (K. Boogaard - tactical)

64'

G. de Regt (E. Hansson - tactical)

63'

R. Daal (I. Jensen - tactical)

46'

I. Sadiq (Weslley Patati - tactical)

Player of the match

Kasper Boogaard # 20 - Defensive midfielder

Successful contests 3
Duel won 6/10 (60%)
Accurate passes 39/50 (78%)

Table

Full table

	#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L
	6	AZ	49	31	14	7	10
	16	Excelsior	28	30	7	7	16

Top scorers

Full table

#	Players	Goals
3	T. Parrott	15
12	S. Mijnans	10
-	J. Hornkamp	10
18	N. Naujoks	8

Line-ups

Confirmed line-ups

4-2-3-1

4-4-2

Stats

More stats

Possession percentage

60%

40%

Shots

Player stats

Tops & flops

Shots on target

T. Parrott

L. Schouten 1
K. Smit 1

Shots off target

J. Bergraaf

Weslley Patati 2
M. van Duinen 1

Big chance created

K. Boogaard

M. van Duinen 1

Successful contests

D. Sanches Fernandes

K. Boogaard 3
K. Smit 3

Fouls suffered

L. Schouten

G. de Regt 2
E. Dijkstra 2

Dispossessed

E. Dijkstra

K. Smit 2
Weslley Patati 2

Touches

W. Goes

132

Alexandre Penetra 112
M. de Wit 89

Duel won

P. Koopmeiners

E. Dijkstra 7
L. Schouten 7

Duel lost

N. Naujoks

I. Bronkhorst 7
P. Koopmeiners 7

Interceptions

P. Koopmeiners

C. Widell 2
A. Zagré 2

Challenge lost

E. Hansson

L. Schouten 2
N. Naujoks 2

Tackles

P. Koopmeiners

A. Zagré 4
L. Schouten 4

Aerial duels won

C. Widell

M. de Wit 4
I. Bronkhorst 3

Aerial duels lost

P. Koopmeiners

T. Parrott 3
N. Naujoks 3

Fouls

I. Bronkhorst

P. Koopmeiners 2
E. Dijkstra 2

Saves

S. van Gassel

J. Zoet 1

Passes

W. Goes

118

Alexandre Penetra 98
M. de Wit 71

Accurate passes

W. Goes

105

Alexandre Penetra 92
M. de Wit 57

Accurate crosses

I. Bronkhorst

E. Hansson 1
G. de Regt 1

Current form

Stats

L W L D W

D L W L W

Last matches

Stats & bet

13/07/24

10/03/24

04/11/23

10/02/23

23/10/22

Referees

Alex Bos main referee

3.2

0.2

Average card count per match for 16 matches arbitrated
Erwin Blank fourth referee
Joris Westhof VAR referee
Maarten Ketting assistant referee
Martijn Vos VAR assistant referee
Joost van Zuilen assistant referee

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Players injured / suspended

Jordy Clasie Ankle Injury

Mexx Meerdink Groin Injury

Sven Mijnans Hamstring

Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro Knee injury

Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro Unknown

Denso Kasius Ankle Injury

Excelsior

Ilias Bronkhorst Unknown

Casper Ludvig Widell Unknown

Simon Janssen Unknown

Lennard Hartjes Knee injury

Miliano Jonathans ACL Knee Injury

Derensili Sanches Fernandes Unknown

Match venue

AFAS Stadion - Alkmaar

Year of construction: 2006
Surface: grass
Capacity: 19500
Average attendance: 11231
Maximum attendance: 19478
% sold: 62

Match result AZ Excelsior

Date 21 January 2026 17:45
Competition Eredivisie
Season 2025/2026
Stage Regular Season - week 16
Match attendance 16997
Code AZ-EXC
Area Netherlands
Home team AZ
Away team Excelsior

FAQ

What is the result between AZ Excelsior?

The match resulted in a 1-1 draw between the two teams

What are the official lineups for AZ Excelsior?

AZ : Coached by L. Echteld, the lineup starts off in a 4-2-3-1 formation: J. Zoet, M. de Wit, Alexandre Penetra, W. Goes, E. Dijkstra, K. Boogaard, P. Koopmeiners (C), I. Jensen, K. Smit, Weslley Patati, T. Parrott

Excelsior : On the other side of the pitch, the team trained by R. den Uil, is positioning themselves in a 4-4-2 : S. van Gassel, A. Zagré, R. Meissen, C. Widell (C), I. Bronkhorst, E. Hansson, L. Schouten, I. Yegoian, D. Sanches Fernandes, J. Bergraaf, N. Naujoks

Who is the referee of the match AZ Excelsior ?

Alex Bos is the referee for this match

Where is the match AZ Excelsior?

The venue AFAS Stadion in Alkmaar is hosting the match

At what time is AZ Excelsior?

Fixture in live on Football Today on 21 January 2026. Kick-off at 17:45

Who is the man of the match AZ - Excelsior ?

Kasper Boogaard had the best performance of the match AZ - Excelsior. The stats reinforce this view:

3 Successful contests
6/10 Duel won (60%)
39/50 Accurate passes (78%)

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Confirmed line-ups

AZ 4-2-3-1

- 5.3 41 J. Zoet
- 5.3 34 M. de Wit
- 6.2 5 Alexandre Penetra
- 6.4 3 W. Goes
- 5.3 22 E. Dijkstra
- 7.5 20 K. Boogaard
- 6.0 6 (C) P. Koopmeiners
- 5.9 17 I. Jensen
- 5.9 26 K. Smit
- 4.0 7 Weslley Patati
- 7.3 9 T. Parrott
- 6.2 1 S. van Gassel
- 5.8 12 A. Zagré
- 6.0 3 R. Meissen
- 6.1 4 (C) C. Widell
- 5.4 2 I. Bronkhorst
- 4.3 7 E. Hansson
- 6.3 14 L. Schouten
- 6.0 23 I. Yegoian
- 5.9 30 D. Sanches Fernandes
- 4.4 33 J. Bergraaf
- 5.3 10 N. Naujoks

Excelsior 4-4-2

- L. Echteld Coach
Substitutes
- M. Dekker #4 - Defender
- 84'
  
  S. Maikuma #2 - Defender
- 84'
  
  J. Hornkamp #19 - Striker
- M. Šín #33 - Midfielder
- R. Robbemond #56 - Midfielder
- 76'
  
  M. Chávez #15 - Defender
- D. Deen #31 - Goalkeeper
- H. Verhulst #12 - Goalkeeper
- A. Oufkir #24 - Striker
- 63'
  
  R. Daal #27 - Striker
- B. van Duijl #23 - Defender
- 46'
  
  I. Sadiq #11 - Striker
- R. den Uil Coach
Substitutes
- 78'
  
  M. Jonathans #26 - Striker
- S. Middendorp #25 - Midfielder
- L. Hartjes #20 - Midfielder
- 64'
  
  G. de Regt #11 - Striker
- S. Henderikx #5 - Defender
- S. Janssen #15 - Defender
- C. Nadje #18 - Midfielder
- 84'
  
  A. Carlén #6 - Midfielder
- 78'
  
  M. van Duinen #29 - Striker
- 78'
  
  N. Martens #17 - Defender
- C. Raatsie #16 - Goalkeeper

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Team stats Player stats

Main

Possession percentage

60%

40%

Duel won

53%

47%

Accurate passes

84%

77%

Attacking

Shots

Big chance created

Attempts blocked

Offsides

Throws

Passing

618

Passes

402

Accurate crosses

Crosses

Corner taken

Defending

Duel won

Clearances

Tackles

Aerial duels won

Successful tackles

Successful interception

Foul

Free kicks conceded

Yellow cards

Goalkeeper

Saves

Match stats comparison

Choose player

Attacking - Tops

Big chance created

K. Boogaard

M. van Duinen 1

Shots (%)

T. Parrott

75% 3/4

K. Smit 50% (1/2)

Successful contests

D. Sanches Fernandes

K. Boogaard 3
K. Smit 3
E. Dijkstra 2

Fouls suffered

L. Schouten

G. de Regt 2
E. Dijkstra 2

Touches

W. Goes

132

Alexandre Penetra 112

Attacking - Flops

Shots (%)

J. Bergraaf

0% 0/3

P. Koopmeiners 0% (0/2)
Weslley Patati 0% (0/2)

Dispossessed

E. Dijkstra

Defending - Tops

Duel won (%)

M. Chávez

83% 5/6

L. Schouten 78% (7/9)
A. Zagré 71% (5/7)
M. de Wit 63% (5/8)
G. de Regt 63% (5/8)

Interceptions

P. Koopmeiners

C. Widell 2
A. Zagré 2
K. Boogaard 2
R. Meissen 2

Aerial duels won (%)

C. Widell

67% 4/6

M. de Wit 67% (4/6)
I. Bronkhorst 60% (3/5)
I. Jensen 50% (2/4)
P. Koopmeiners 40% (2/5)

Defending - Flops

Duel won (%)

Weslley Patati

0% 0/5

J. Bergraaf 0% (0/5)
E. Hansson 0% (0/5)
N. Naujoks 36% (5/14)

Challenge lost

E. Hansson

Aerial duels won (%)

D. Sanches Fernandes

0% 0/2

J. Bergraaf 0% (0/2)

Passing - Tops

Passes (%)

Alexandre Penetra

94% 92/98

R. Meissen 93% (40/43)
W. Goes 89% (105/118)
L. Schouten 88% (30/34)
Weslley Patati 88% (29/33)

Successful final third passes

W. Goes

Passing - Flops

Passes (%)

S. van Gassel

38% 13/34

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Regular Season

Advanced standings

General Home Away Halftime total

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	77	31	25	2	4	90	41	49
2	Feyenoord	58	31	17	7	7	65	42	23
3	NEC	55	31	15	10	6	73	49	24
4	Ajax	54	31	14	12	5	59	37	22
5	Twente	54	31	14	12	5	52	33	19
6	AZ	49	31	14	7	10	52	45	7
7	Heerenveen	47	31	13	8	10	55	51	4
8	Utrecht	44	30	12	8	10	49	36	13
9	Groningen	42	31	12	6	13	43	40	3
10	Sparta	42	31	12	6	13	36	53	-17
11	Go Ahead	37	31	8	13	10	50	45	5
12	Fortuna	36	31	10	6	15	45	57	-12
13	Zwolle	34	31	8	10	13	41	66	-25
14	Telstar	30	31	7	9	15	43	53	-10
15	Volendam	28	30	7	7	16	31	50	-19
16	Excelsior	28	30	7	7	16	31	51	-20
17	NAC	25	31	5	10	16	30	53	-23
18	Heracles	19	30	5	4	21	34	77	-43

UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Conference League Play-offs
Relegation Play-off
Relegation

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	38	16	12	2	2	53	25	28
2	Feyenoord	35	16	11	2	3	38	22	16
3	Ajax	30	15	9	3	3	29	13	16
4	AZ	29	15	8	5	2	34	21	13
5	Heerenveen	29	16	8	5	3	33	24	9
6	Twente	29	16	8	5	3	25	16	9
7	NEC	28	15	8	4	3	38	23	15
8	Utrecht	27	15	8	3	4	27	13	14
9	Zwolle	25	15	7	4	4	20	19	1
10	Go Ahead	25	16	6	7	3	33	20	13
11	Volendam	23	15	6	5	4	23	19	4
12	Groningen	22	15	6	4	5	23	14	9
13	Fortuna	22	15	6	4	5	24	25	-1
14	Sparta	22	15	6	4	5	17	22	-5
15	Telstar	17	16	4	5	7	28	28	0
16	NAC	17	16	4	5	7	18	23	-5
17	Heracles	15	15	4	3	8	22	32	-10
18	Excelsior	14	15	4	2	9	14	21	-7

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	39	15	13	0	2	37	16	21
2	NEC	27	16	7	6	3	35	26	9
3	Twente	25	15	6	7	2	27	17	10
4	Ajax	24	16	5	9	2	30	24	6
5	Feyenoord	23	15	6	5	4	27	20	7
6	Groningen	20	16	6	2	8	20	26	-6
7	AZ	20	16	6	2	8	18	24	-6
8	Sparta	20	16	6	2	8	19	31	-12
9	Heerenveen	18	15	5	3	7	22	27	-5
10	Utrecht	17	15	4	5	6	22	23	-1
11	Excelsior	14	15	3	5	7	17	30	-13
12	Fortuna	14	16	4	2	10	21	32	-11
13	Telstar	13	15	3	4	8	15	25	-10
14	Go Ahead	12	15	2	6	7	17	25	-8
15	Zwolle	9	16	1	6	9	21	47	-26
16	NAC	8	15	1	5	9	12	30	-18
17	Volendam	5	15	1	2	12	8	31	-23
18	Heracles	4	15	1	1	13	12	45	-33

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	58	31	17	7	7	45	20	25
2	Ajax	58	31	16	10	5	35	16	19
3	Feyenoord	54	31	16	6	9	32	19	13
4	Utrecht	49	30	14	7	9	22	14	8
5	Twente	46	31	11	13	7	20	12	8
6	Heerenveen	45	31	12	9	10	24	24	0
7	NEC	43	31	11	10	10	28	28	0
8	AZ	43	31	10	13	8	28	23	5
9	Sparta	41	31	10	11	10	14	17	-3
10	Groningen	41	31	8	17	6	18	16	2
11	Zwolle	38	31	9	11	11	22	32	-10
12	Excelsior	38	30	9	11	10	16	20	-4
13	Fortuna	37	31	9	10	12	24	30	-6
14	Go Ahead	37	31	8	13	10	22	22	0
15	Telstar	34	31	8	10	13	17	23	-6
16	NAC	28	31	6	10	15	13	27	-14
17	Volendam	25	30	5	10	15	11	29	-18
18	Heracles	24	30	6	6	18	17	36	-19