AZ Alkmaar 1-0 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Tuesday 21 December 2021

Result

AZ Alkmaar 1-0 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Tuesday 21 December 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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AZ Alkmaar 1-0 FC Groningen: match report

AZ Alkmaar won against FC Groningen 1-0 in Eredivisie on Tuesday 21 December 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Jesper Karlsson of AZ Alkmaar in the 68th minute.

Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received no yellow cards; FC Groningen received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 6th on 29 points from 17 and FC Groningen 12th on 19 points from 17. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and FC Groningen 12th with 36.

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 Jesper Karlsson of AZ Alkmaar (8.4), ahead of Bruno Martins Indi (8.0).

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

Going into the match AZ Alkmaar's last five read W-W-W-W-D and FC Groningen's L-D-D-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Red card · Neraysho KasanwirjoFC Groningen
  • 5'Yellow card · Danny BuijsFC Groningen
  • 28'Yellow card · Michael de LeeuwFC Groningen
  • 68'Goal · Jesper KarlssonAZ Alkmaar · 1-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Laros DuarteFC Groningen
  • 87'Yellow card · Wessel DammersFC Groningen
  • 87'Yellow card · Wessel DammersFC Groningen

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Peter Vindahl, Aslak Witry, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Bruno Martins Indi, Owen Wijndal, Jordy Clasie, Dani de Wit, Tijjani Reijnders, Yukinari Sugawara, Albert Gudmundsson, Jesper Karlsson

FC Groningen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Peter Leeuwenburgh, Mike te Wierik, Neraysho Kasanwirjo, Bart van Hintum, Bjorn Meijer, Tomas Suslov, Laros Duarte, Paulos Abraham, Michael de Leeuw, Daniël van Kaam, Jørgen Strand Larsen