FC Twente 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 19 March 2023

Result

FC Twente 2-1 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Sunday 19 March 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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FC Twente 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: match report

FC Twente defeated AZ Alkmaar 2-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 19 March 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

M. Ugalde opened the scoring in the 8th minute. FC Twente's goals came from M. Ugalde (8') and M. Ugalde (11'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Jesper Karlsson (66').

Discipline: FC Twente received 2 yellow cards; AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Twente were 6th on 44 points from 25 and AZ Alkmaar 4th on 53 points from 25. FC Twente went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and AZ Alkmaar 5th with 67.

FC Twente lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Manfred Ugalde of FC Twente (8.7), ahead of Vaclav Cerny (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Twente wins, 1 draw and 6 for AZ Alkmaar.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · M. UgaldeFC Twente · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · M. UgaldeFC Twente · 2-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Julio PleguezueloFC Twente
  • 66'Goal · Jesper KarlssonAZ Alkmaar · 2-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Jesper KarlssonAZ Alkmaar
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Vaclav CernyFC Twente

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Twente 3, draws 1, AZ Alkmaar 6.

Team news

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

Lars Unnerstall, Joshua Brenet, Mees Hilgers, Robin Pröpper, Gijs Smal, Ramiz Zerrouki, Michel Vlap, Anass Salah-Eddine, Vaclav Cerny, Manfred Ugalde, Ricky van Wolfswinkel

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

Mathew Ryan, Yukinari Sugawara, Wouter Goes, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Milos Kerkez, Tijjani Reijnders, Jordy Clasie, Jens Odgaard, Sven Mijnans, Jesper Karlsson, Vangelis Pavlidis