AZ Alkmaar 4-1 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 20 May 2017

Result

AZ Alkmaar 4-1 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Saturday 20 May 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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AZ Alkmaar 4-1 FC Groningen: match report

AZ Alkmaar won against FC Groningen 4-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 20 May 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Wout Weghorst opened the scoring in the 9th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Wout Weghorst (9'), J. van Overeem (54'), C. Stengs (62') and J. van Overeem (82'). FC Groningen scored through Bryan Linssen (37').

Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card; FC Groningen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 6th on 50 points from 35 and FC Groningen 8th on 43 points from 35. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 5th with 56 points, and FC Groningen 8th with 43.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Groningen in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joris van Overeem of AZ Alkmaar (10.0), ahead of Calvin Stengs (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 AZ Alkmaar wins, 2 draws and 3 for FC Groningen.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Wout WeghorstAZ Alkmaar · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Mats SeuntjensAZ Alkmaar
  • 37'Goal · Bryan LinssenFC Groningen · 1-1
  • 54'Goal · J. van OvereemAZ Alkmaar · 2-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Glenn BijlFC Groningen
  • 62'Goal · C. StengsAZ Alkmaar · 3-1
  • 82'Goal · J. van OvereemAZ Alkmaar · 4-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Ruben JenssenFC Groningen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: AZ Alkmaar 5, draws 2, FC Groningen 3.

Team news

AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-3-3)

Tim Krul, Ron Vlaar, Ridgeciano Haps, Jonas Svensson, Derrick Luckassen, Joris van Overeem, Mats Seuntjens, Stijn Wuytens, Wout Weghorst, Dabney dos Santos, Calvin Stengs

FC Groningen line-up (4-4-2)

Sergio Padt, Jason Davidson, Etienne Reijnen, Tom Hiariej, G. Bijl, Ruben Yttergård Jenssen, Juninho Bacuna, J. Drost, Oussama Idrissi, Bryan Linssen, Tom van Weert