Dutch Eredivisie

FT Tuesday, December 21, 2021
FC Groningen WDDWL 0
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AZ Alkmaar WWWWW 1
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Team Stats

7
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
3
17
Possession
83
12
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
96
Accurate Passes
785
176
Passes
862
0.5
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
7
7
Crosses
33
0.1
Cross %
0.2
80
Long Balls
58
27
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
4
4
Effective Tackles
7
11
Tackles
10
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
5
26
Effective Clearances
18
26
Clearances
18

Head to Head

GRO leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

AZ · 4-3-3

  1. 1Peter Vindahl JensenG
  2. 4Bruno Martins IndiCD-L
  3. 3Pantelis HatzidiakosCD-R
  4. 5Owen WijndalLB
  5. 15Aslak WitryRB
  6. 10Dani de WitCM
  7. 24Tijjani ReijndersLM
  8. 20Jordy ClasieRM
  9. 28Albert GudmundssonF
  10. 11Jesper KarlssonLF
  11. 2Yukinari SugawaraRF

Substitutes

  1. 44Yusuf BarasiSUB
  2. 23Mohamed TaabouniSUB
  3. 16Beau ReusSUB
  4. 18Hakon EvjenSUB
  5. 14Peer KoopmeinersSUB
  6. 34Zico BuurmeesterSUB
  7. 7Zakaria AboukhlalSUB
  8. 36Ernest PokuSUB
  9. 31Sam BeukemaSUB
  10. 12Hobie VerhulstSUB

GRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Peter LeeuwenburghG
  2. 3Bart Van HintumCD-L
  3. 21Neraysho KasanwirjoCD-R
  4. 40Bjorn MeijerLB
  5. 5Mike te WierikRB
  6. 8Michael de LeeuwAM
  7. 6Laros DuarteLM
  8. 7Tomás SuslovRM
  9. 9Jørgen Strand LarsenF
  10. 26Daniel Van KaamAM-L
  11. 19Paulos AbrahamAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Wessel DammersSUB
  2. 15Yahya KalleySUB
  3. 27Cyril NgongeSUB
  4. 2Damil DankerluiSUB
  5. 29Romano PostemaSUB
  6. 14Patrick JoostenSUB
  7. 20Marin SverkoSUB
  8. 25Jan de BoerSUB
  9. 16Jan HoekstraSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Neraysho Kasanwirjo (FC Groningen) is shown the red card.
  2. 11' Substitution, FC Groningen. Damil Dankerlui replaces Paulos Abraham.
  3. 28' Michael de Leeuw (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, AZ. Sam Beukema replaces Pantelis Hatzidiakos because of an injury.
  5. 53' Substitution, AZ. Yusuf Barasi replaces Aslak Fonn Witry.
  6. 68' Goal! AZ 1, FC Groningen 0. Jesper Karlsson (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Owen Wijndal.
  7. 69' Substitution, FC Groningen. Wessel Dammers replaces Daniël van Kaam.
  8. 69' Substitution, FC Groningen. Romano Postema replaces Michael de Leeuw.
  9. 78' Laros Duarte (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 83' Substitution, FC Groningen. Cyril Ngonge replaces Laros Duarte.
  11. 83' Substitution, AZ. Zakaria Aboukhlal replaces Owen Wijndal.
  12. 83' Substitution, FC Groningen. Marin Sverko replaces Bart van Hintum.
  13. 87' Wessel Dammers (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card.

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