AZ Alkmaar 3-2 FC Groningen: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 18 March 2018
Result
AZ Alkmaar 3-2 FC Groningen
Eredivisie · Sunday 18 March 2018, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
AZ Alkmaar 3-2 FC Groningen: match report
AZ Alkmaar defeated FC Groningen 3-2 in Eredivisie on Sunday 18 March 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Jonas Svensson opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Jonas Svensson (53'), Guus Til (66') and Alireza Jahanbakhsh (90+2'). FC Groningen scored through Tom van Weert (70') and Ritsu Doan (83').
Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received no yellow cards; FC Groningen received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 3rd on 56 points from 27 and FC Groningen 13th on 29 points from 27. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and FC Groningen 12th with 38.
AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Groningen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alireza Jahanbakhsh of AZ Alkmaar (10.0), ahead of Ritsu Doan (8.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 AZ Alkmaar wins, 2 draws and 3 for FC Groningen.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · J. Bacuna
- 53'Goal · Jonas Svensson
- 66'Goal · Guus Til
- 70'Goal · Tom van Weert
- 83'Goal · Ritsu Doan
- 90'Yellow card · D. Zeefuik
- 90+2'Goal · Alireza Jahanbakhsh
- 90+3'Yellow card · Mike te Wierik
Head-to-head
Team news
AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-3-3)
Marco Bizot, Jonas Svensson, Thomas Ouwejan, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Stijn Wuytens, Fredrik Midtsjø, Teun Koopmeiners, Guus Til, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Wout Weghorst, Oussama Idrissi
FC Groningen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Padt, Deyovaisio Zeefuik, Mike te Wierik, Samir Memisevic, Django Warmerdam, Juninho Bacuna, Mimoun Mahi, Ajdin Hrustic, Ritsu Doan, Tom van de Looi, Tom van Weert