Match summary
AZ Alkmaar beat Ajax 2-1 on the road. AZ Alkmaar led 1-0 at half-time.
Vangelis Pavlidis put AZ Alkmaar ahead in the 45th minute, Dani De Wit made it 0-2 in the 57th minute, and Branco Van den Boomen pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 73rd minute.
The chances backed that up: AZ Alkmaar created 2.12 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Ajax's 0.20 from 6.