FC Groningen 2-0 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 23 October 2016

Result

FC Groningen 2-0 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Sunday 23 October 2016, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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FC Groningen 2-0 AZ Alkmaar: match report

FC Groningen defeated AZ Alkmaar 2-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 23 October 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Bryan Linssen opened the scoring in the 18th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from Bryan Linssen (18') and Tom van Weert (45+2'). AZ Alkmaar did not score.

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

Going into the game FC Groningen were 18th on 6 points from 9 and AZ Alkmaar 7th on 14 points from 9. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 8th with 43 points, and AZ Alkmaar 5th with 56.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-4-2 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Hans Hateboer of FC Groningen (8.2), ahead of Kasper Larsen (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Groningen wins, 2 draws and 4 for AZ Alkmaar.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Bryan LinssenFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 45+2'Goal · Tom van WeertFC Groningen · 2-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Bryan LinssenFC Groningen
  • 77'Yellow card · Tom van WeertFC Groningen
  • 86'Yellow card · K. LarsenFC Groningen
  • 87'Yellow card · Wout WeghorstAZ Alkmaar

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Groningen 4, draws 2, AZ Alkmaar 4.

Team news

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

Sergio Padt, Jason Davidson, Kasper Larsen, Etienne Reijnen, Hans Hateboer, Ruben Yttergård Jenssen, Albert Rusnák, Simon Tibbling, Tom Hiariej, Bryan Linssen, Tom van Weert

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

Sergio Rochet, Mattias Johansson, Rens Van Eijden, Ron Vlaar, Ridgeciano Haps, Guus Til, Derrick Luckassen, Stijn Wuytens, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Dabney dos Santos, Fred Friday