AZ Alkmaar 5-5 FC Utrecht: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 28 January 2023

Result

AZ Alkmaar 5-5 FC Utrecht

Eredivisie · Saturday 28 January 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-3

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AZ Alkmaar 5-5 FC Utrecht: match report

AZ Alkmaar drew with FC Utrecht 5-5 in Eredivisie on Saturday 28 January 2023. The half-time score was 3-3.

Anastasios Douvikas opened the scoring in the 12th minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from M. Dekker (20'), Vangelis Pavlidis (30'), Vangelis Pavlidis (34'), Mees de Wit (70') and Vangelis Pavlidis (78'). FC Utrecht scored through Anastasios Douvikas (12'), Anastasios Douvikas (16'), Nick Viergever (41'), Anastasios Douvikas (65') and Sander van de Streek (80').

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

Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 2nd on 39 points from 18 and FC Utrecht 7th on 29 points from 18. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and FC Utrecht 7th with 57.

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Utrecht in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Anastasios Douvikas of FC Utrecht (10.0), ahead of Vangelis Pavlidis (8.8).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Anastasios DouvikasFC Utrecht · 0-1
  • 16'Goal · Anastasios DouvikasFC Utrecht · 0-2
  • 20'Goal · M. DekkerAZ Alkmaar · 1-2
  • 30'Goal · Vangelis PavlidisAZ Alkmaar · 2-2
  • 34'Goal · Vangelis PavlidisAZ Alkmaar · 3-2
  • 41'Goal · Nick ViergeverFC Utrecht · 3-3
  • 65'Goal · Anastasios DouvikasFC Utrecht · 3-4
  • 70'Goal · Mees de WitAZ Alkmaar · 4-4
  • 78'Goal · Vangelis PavlidisAZ Alkmaar · 5-4
  • 80'Goal · Sander van de StreekFC Utrecht · 5-5
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Nick ViergeverFC Utrecht

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Mathew Ryan, Yukinari Sugawara, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Maxim Dekker, Milos Kerkez, Tijjani Reijnders, Jordy Clasie, Jens Odgaard, Djordje Mihailovic, Jesper Karlsson, Vangelis Pavlidis

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

Vasilios Barkas, Sean Klaiber, Mike van der Hoorn, Modibo Sagnan, Nick Viergever, Can Bozdogan, Jens Toornstra, Taylor Booth, Sander van de Streek, Othmane Boussaid, Anastasios Douvikas