AZ Alkmaar 1-0 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 11 March 2023

Result

AZ Alkmaar 1-0 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Saturday 11 March 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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AZ Alkmaar 1-0 FC Groningen: match report

AZ Alkmaar beat FC Groningen 1-0 in Eredivisie on Saturday 11 March 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Jesper Karlsson of AZ Alkmaar in the 4th minute.

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

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 3rd on 50 points from 24 and FC Groningen 17th on 17 points from 24. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and FC Groningen 18th with 18.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Groningen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Djordje Mihailovic of AZ Alkmaar (7.8), ahead of Vangelis Pavlidis (7.7).

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-L-W-D and FC Groningen's L-W-D-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Jesper KarlssonAZ Alkmaar · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Liam van GelderenFC Groningen

Head-to-head

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

Team news

AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mathew Ryan, Fedde de Jong, Wouter Goes, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Milos Kerkez, Tijjani Reijnders, Jordy Clasie, Jens Odgaard, Sven Mijnans, Jesper Karlsson, Vangelis Pavlidis

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

Michael Verrips, Liam van Gelderen, Thijmen Blokzijl, Radinio Balker, Jetro Willems, Tomas Suslov, Laros Duarte, Johan Hove, Thom van Bergen, Ricardo Pepi, Elvis Manu