AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Sparta Praha: result and report

Europa Conference League · Thursday 12 March 2026

Result

AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Sparta Praha

Europa Conference League · Thursday 12 March 2026, 17:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

AZ Alkmaar · Sparta Praha · Europa Conference League predictions

AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Sparta Praha: match report

AZ Alkmaar beat Sparta Praha 2-1 in the Europa Conference League on Thursday 12 March 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Troy Parrott opened the scoring in the 29th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Troy Parrott (29') and Troy Parrott (87'). Sparta Praha scored through Matyas Vojta (50').

Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card; Sparta Praha received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 2nd on 28 points from 14 and Sparta Praha 3rd on 26 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa Conference League season and is kept for reference.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sparta Praha in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Troy Parrott of AZ Alkmaar (8.9), ahead of Ro-Zangelo Daal (8.7).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Troy ParrottAZ Alkmaar · 1-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Kaan KairinenSparta Praha
  • 49'Yellow card · Denso KasiusAZ Alkmaar
  • 50'Goal · Matyas VojtaSparta Praha · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Jaroslav ZelenýSparta Praha
  • 87'Goal · Troy ParrottAZ Alkmaar · 2-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Pavel KaderabekSparta Praha

Team news

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

Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro, Denso Kasius, Wouter Goes, Alexandre Penetra, Mees de Wit, Peer Koopmeiners, Kees Smit, Sven Mijnans, Isak Jensen, Troy Parrott, Ro-Zangelo Daal

Sparta Praha line-up (3-4-3)

Jakub Surovcik, Adam Ševínský, Filip Panák, Jaroslav Zelený, Oliver Sonne, Andrew Irving, Kaan Kairinen, Matej Rynes, Garang Kuol, Matyáš Vojta, Lukas Haraslin