FC Utrecht 1-1 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 21 August 2016

Result

FC Utrecht 1-1 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Sunday 21 August 2016, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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FC Utrecht 1-1 AZ Alkmaar: match report

FC Utrecht drew with AZ Alkmaar 1-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 21 August 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Markus Henriksen opened the scoring in the 25th minute. FC Utrecht's goal came from P. Joosten (53'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Markus Henriksen (25') and Alireza Jahanbakhsh (84').

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

Going into the game FC Utrecht were 15th on 1 point from 2 and AZ Alkmaar 16th on 1 point from 2. FC Utrecht went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and AZ Alkmaar 5th with 56.

FC Utrecht lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ron Vlaar of AZ Alkmaar (8.1), ahead of Alireza Jahanbakhsh (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Utrecht wins, 0 draws and 1 for AZ Alkmaar.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Markus HenriksenAZ Alkmaar · 0-1
  • 29'Yellow card · R. HapsAZ Alkmaar
  • 53'Goal · P. JoostenFC Utrecht · 1-1
  • 84'Goal · Alireza JahanbakhshAZ Alkmaar · 1-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: FC Utrecht 3, draws 0, AZ Alkmaar 1.

Team news

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

Robbin Ruiter, Ramon Leeuwin, Kevin Conboy, Willem Janssen, Giovanni Troupée, Yassin Ayoub, Rico Strieder, Patrick Joosten, Sofyan Amrabat, R. Rubín, Sébastien Haller

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

Sergio Rochet, Mattias Johansson, Rens Van Eijden, Ron Vlaar, Ridgeciano Haps, Markus Henriksen, Derrick Luckassen, Stijn Wuytens, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Fred Friday, Levi García