FC Twente 3-1 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Thursday 23 September 2021

Result

FC Twente 3-1 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Thursday 23 September 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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FC Twente 3-1 AZ Alkmaar: match report

FC Twente won against AZ Alkmaar 3-1 in Eredivisie on Thursday 23 September 2021. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Ricky van Wolfswinkel opened the scoring in the 1st minute. FC Twente's goals came from Ricky van Wolfswinkel (1'), D. Rots (17') and Dimitrios Limnios (90+1'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Jesper Karlsson (44').

Discipline: FC Twente received 1 yellow card; AZ Alkmaar received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Twente were 10th on 7 points from 5 and AZ Alkmaar 17th on 3 points from 4. FC Twente went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and AZ Alkmaar 5th with 67.

FC Twente lined up in a 4-3-3 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dimitrios Limnios of FC Twente (7.8), level with Jesper Karlsson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Twente win, 1 draw and 8 for AZ Alkmaar.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Ricky van WolfswinkelFC Twente · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · D. RotsFC Twente · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Bruno Martins IndiAZ Alkmaar
  • 44'Goal · Jesper KarlssonAZ Alkmaar · 2-1
  • 51'Yellow card · D. de WitAZ Alkmaar
  • 56'Yellow card · Robin PröpperFC Twente
  • 84'Yellow card · Albert GudmundssonAZ Alkmaar
  • 90'Yellow card · Pantelis ChatzidiakosAZ Alkmaar
  • 90+1'Goal · Dimitrios LimniosFC Twente · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Twente 1, draws 1, AZ Alkmaar 8.

Team news

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FC Twente line-up (4-3-3)

Lars Unnerstall, Giovanni Troupée, Mees Hilgers, Robin Pröpper, Michal Sadílek, Wout Brama, Ramiz Zerrouki, Michel Vlap, Daan Rots, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Dimitrios Limnios

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

Peter Vindahl, Yukinari Sugawara, Timo Letschert, Bruno Martins Indi, Owen Wijndal, Tijjani Reijnders, Fredrik Midtsjø, Albert Gudmundsson, Dani de Wit, Jesper Karlsson, Vangelis Pavlidis