Fortuna Sittard 1-2 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 16 January 2022

Result

Fortuna Sittard 1-2 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Sunday 16 January 2022, 15:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Fortuna Sittard · AZ Alkmaar · Eredivisie predictions

Fortuna Sittard 1-2 AZ Alkmaar: match report

Fortuna Sittard were beaten by AZ Alkmaar 1-2 in Eredivisie on Sunday 16 January 2022. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Sam Beukema opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Fortuna Sittard's goal came from Ben Rienstra (85'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Sam Beukema (14') and Y. Sugawara (61').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Fortuna Sittard were 17th on 13 points from 18 and AZ Alkmaar 6th on 32 points from 18. Fortuna Sittard went on to finish that season 15th with 35 points, and AZ Alkmaar 5th with 67.

Fortuna Sittard lined up in a 5-3-2 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dani de Wit of AZ Alkmaar (7.8), level with Tesfaldet Tekie (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Fortuna Sittard wins, 1 draw and 3 for AZ Alkmaar.

Going into the match Fortuna Sittard's last five read L-D-W-L-L and AZ Alkmaar's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Sam BeukemaAZ Alkmaar · 0-1
  • 61'Goal · Y. SugawaraAZ Alkmaar · 0-2
  • 85'Goal · Ben RienstraFortuna Sittard · 1-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Fortuna Sittard 0, draws 1, AZ Alkmaar 3.

Team news

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Fortuna Sittard line-up (5-3-2)

Michael Verrips, Mickaël Tirpan, Martin Angha, Andreas Samaris, Roel Janssen, George Cox, Deroy Duarte, Arianit Ferati, Ben Rienstra, Mats Seuntjens, Zian Flemming

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

Peter Vindahl, Aslak Witry, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Sam Beukema, Owen Wijndal, Fredrik Midtsjø, Jordy Clasie, Yukinari Sugawara, Dani de Wit, Jesper Karlsson, Vangelis Pavlidis