AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Hapoel Beer Sheva: Meerdink's penalty off the bench
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Key numbers
- 15 shots to 6: AZ held the edge
- xG 2.64 v 1.07 backed the result
- 77': Meerdink's penalty, +1.4 FN xPts
The chances backed up the result
AZ Alkmaar beat Hapoel Beer Sheva 2-1 in a match that stayed goalless until half-time and then produced all three goals after the break. AZ had 15 shots to the visitors' six, so the win reflected the balance of chances over the 90 minutes.
A substitute breaks the deadlock
With the score level, Mexx Meerdink, a substitute introduced a minute earlier, converted from the spot in the 77th minute. The goal was worth +1.4 FN xPts to AZ and −0.9 to Hapoel Beer Sheva, the largest combined change of the match.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Valdemar Byskov 8.3Dominant
Three key passes, an assist and two shots on target.
His assist for Peer Koopmeiners in the 49th minute broke the goalless deadlock, and he added three tackles across 90 minutes. Hapoel Beer Sheva levelled six minutes later, but he stayed involved at both ends as the FN MOM.
Game state
1-01-12-1
AZ Alkmaar ahead 19 min · level 71 min · Hapoel Beer Sheva ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
49'
Peer Koopmeiners
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Valdemar Byskov +0.3 · HBS −0.7
+0.9
55'
Forson Amankwah
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Z. Ahmed +0.2 · AZ −1.0
+0.8
77'
Mexx Meerdink
Pen goal · HBS −0.9
+1.4
AZ Alkmaar
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 1.6Own moments +2.3Opponent moments −1.0Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3
Hapoel Beer Sheva
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 1.2Own moments +0.8Opponent moments −1.6Time effect −0.4→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
AZ AlkmaarHapoel Beer Sheva
2.64Expected goals (xG)1.07
Timeline
- 39'
Yellow
Pedro Amador
- 45'
Yellow
Seiya Maikuma
- 49'
Goal
Peer Koopmeiners competition goal #1 assist Valdemar Byskov
- 52'
Yellow
Eliel Peretz
- 52'
Yellow
A. Oufkir
- 53'
Sub
Idan Nachmias → Miguel Vitor
- 55'
Goal
Forson Amankwah competition goal #1 assist Z. Ahmed
- 61'
Sub
Seiya Maikuma → Denso Kasius
- 61'
Sub
A. Oufkir → Calvin Stengs
- 62'
Sub
M. Abu Rumi → J. East
- 62'
Sub
Eliel Peretz → N. Yehoshua
- 75'
VAR
B. Kovacs
- 76'
Yellow
D. Diop
- 76'
Sub
B. Kovacs → Mexx Meerdink
- 76'
Sub
Mees de Wit → Mateo Chávez
- 77'
Goal
Mexx Meerdink (pen) competition goal #1
- 78'
Sub
Z. Ahmed → João Victor
- 78'
Sub
I. Zlatanović → A. Ugarriza
- 78'
Yellow
Calvin Stengs
- 83'
Yellow
Denso Kasius
- 86'
Sub
Ro-Zangelo Daal → Weslley Patati
- 90+1'
Yellow
A. Ugarriza
Category leaders
- Key passesValdemar Byskov3
- Duels wonSeiya Maikuma9/15
- DribblesRo-Zangelo Daal5/6
- Defensive actionsSeiya Maikuma7
- Fouls wonLucas Ventura4
#AZ Alkmaar#Hapoel Beer Sheva#Europa League#Valdemar Byskov#Mexx Meerdink
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.