Match summary
AZ Alkmaar won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Almere City. AZ Alkmaar led 1-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Vangelis Pavlidis put AZ Alkmaar ahead in the 7th minute. In the second half, Loïc Mbe Soh equalised with a header in the 56th minute, Dani De Wit put AZ Alkmaar back in front in the 66th minute, David Møller Wolfe made it 3-1 in the 80th minute, and Pavlidis made it 4-1 in stoppage time.
The chances backed that up: AZ Alkmaar created 1.57 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Almere City's 0.67 from 13.