Match summary
AZ Alkmaar and Utrecht shared the points in a 3-3 draw. AZ Alkmaar led 3-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Mees De Wit put AZ Alkmaar ahead in the 15th minute, Ruben van Bommel made it 2-0 in the 16th minute, and Vangelis Pavlidis made it 3-0 with a header in the 37th minute. In the second half, Othmane Boussaid pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 55th minute, Sam Lammers made it 3-2 with a header in the 71st minute, and Victor Jensen equalised in the 81st minute.
Utrecht had the better of the chances, with 2.85 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to AZ Alkmaar's 0.65 from 7. AZ Alkmaar had a player sent off.