FC Groningen 1-4 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 1 October 2022

Result

FC Groningen 1-4 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Saturday 1 October 2022, 16:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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FC Groningen 1-4 AZ Alkmaar: match report

FC Groningen lost to AZ Alkmaar 1-4 in Eredivisie on Saturday 1 October 2022. The half-time score was 1-2.

D. de Wit opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. FC Groningen's goal came from Ricardo Pepi (42'). AZ Alkmaar scored through D. de Wit (3'), Jesper Karlsson (19'), M. Kerkez (61') and Mayckel Lahdo (85').

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

Going into the game FC Groningen were 12th on 8 points from 7 and AZ Alkmaar 3rd on 17 points from 7. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 18th with 18 points, and AZ Alkmaar 5th with 67.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-4-2 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tijjani Reijnders of AZ Alkmaar (8.5), ahead of Peer Koopmeiners (7.7).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · D. de WitAZ Alkmaar · 0-1
  • 19'Goal · Jesper KarlssonAZ Alkmaar · 0-2
  • 42'Goal · Ricardo PepiFC Groningen · 1-2
  • 61'Goal · M. KerkezAZ Alkmaar · 1-3
  • 80'Yellow card · Joey PelupessyFC Groningen
  • 84'Yellow card · M. KerkezAZ Alkmaar
  • 85'Goal · Mayckel LahdoAZ Alkmaar · 1-4

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Michael Verrips, Liam van Gelderen, Neraysho Kasanwirjo, Radinio Balker, Isak Dybvik Määttä, Tomas Suslov, Joey Pelupessy, Laros Duarte, Ragnar Oratmangoen, Ricardo Pepi, Florian Krüger

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

Hobie Verhulst, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Sam Beukema, Maxim Dekker, Milos Kerkez, Tijjani Reijnders, Dani de Wit, Jordy Clasie, Yukinari Sugawara, Jesper Karlsson, Myron van Brederode