FC Groningen 2-0 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 12 December 2010

Result

FC Groningen 2-0 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Sunday 12 December 2010, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Groningen 2-0 AZ Alkmaar: match report

FC Groningen beat AZ Alkmaar 2-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 12 December 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.

T. Matavž opened the scoring in the 11th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from T. Matavž (11') and T. Matavž (90+2'). AZ Alkmaar did not score.

Discipline: FC Groningen received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; AZ Alkmaar received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 4th on 33 points from 17 and AZ Alkmaar 5th on 32 points from 17. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 4th with 63 points, and AZ Alkmaar 6th with 59.

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

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · T. MatavžFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 16'Yellow card · Dirk MarcellisAZ Alkmaar
  • 61'Yellow card · Graziano PellèAZ Alkmaar
  • 63'Yellow card · D. HollaFC Groningen
  • 77'Red card · Tim SparvFC Groningen
  • 87'Yellow card · Héctor MorenoAZ Alkmaar
  • 89'Red card · Héctor MorenoAZ Alkmaar
  • 90+2'Goal · T. MatavžFC Groningen · 2-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Luciano, Jonas Ivens, Fredrik Stenman, Andreas Granqvist, Darryl Lachman, Danny Holla, Petter Andersson, Dusan Tadic, Tim Matavz, Tim Sparv, Gonzalo García

AZ Alkmaar expected line-up

Sergio Romero, Niklas Moisander, Dirk Marcellis, Ragnar Klavan, Héctor Moreno, Stijn Schaars, Pontus Wernbloom, Rasmus Elm, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Jonathas