Match summary
AZ Alkmaar won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Excelsior. AZ Alkmaar led 3-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Dani De Wit put AZ Alkmaar ahead with a header in the 13th minute, Vangelis Pavlidis made it 2-0 in the 15th minute, and Sven Mijnans made it 3-0 in the 25th minute. In the second half, Mijnans made it 4-0 in the 72nd minute.
The chances backed that up: AZ Alkmaar created 2.28 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Excelsior's 0.15 from 4.