Dutch Eredivisie

FT Sunday, March 15, 2026
Heracles Almelo LLLLD 0
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AZ Alkmaar WLWLW 4
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Team Stats

19
Fouls
10
4
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
2
47.9
Possession
52.1
6
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
311
Accurate Passes
343
396
Passes
425
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
7
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.2
54
Long Balls
50
25
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
15
22
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
5
Interceptions
6
23
Effective Clearances
22
23
Clearances
22

Head to Head

AZ leads series 3-2

Lineups

AZ · 4-3-3

  1. 12Hobie VerhulstG
  2. 23Billy Van DuijlCD-L
  3. 3Wouter GoesCD-R
  4. 34Mees De WitLB
  5. 22Elijah DijkstraRB
  6. 6Peer KoopmeinersCM
  7. 10Sven MijnansLM
  8. 26Kees SmitRM
  9. 9Troy ParrottF
  10. 27Ro-Zangelo DaalLF
  11. 7Weslley PatatiRF

HER · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Remko PasveerG
  2. 18Alec Van HoorenbeeckCD-L
  3. 4Damon MiraniCD-R
  4. 24Ivan MesikLB
  5. 3Jannes WieckhoffRB
  6. 70Ajdin HrusticAM
  7. 20Rhys BozinovskiLM
  8. 13Jan ZamburekRM
  9. 25Lequincio ZeefuikF
  10. 9Naci ÜnüvarAM-L
  11. 14Erik AhlstrandAM-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! AZ 1, Heracles Almelo 0. Troy Parrott (AZ) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 32' Substitution, AZ. Isak Jensen replaces Ro-Zangelo Daal because of an injury.
  3. 43' Jannes Wieckhoff (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+1' Goal! AZ 2, Heracles Almelo 0. Sven Mijnans (AZ) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Troy Parrott with a through ball.
  5. 45' Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Mimeirhel Benita replaces Jannes Wieckhoff.
  6. 45' Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Sem Scheperman replaces Rhys Bozinovski.
  7. 56' Lequincio Zeefuik (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 56' Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Tristan van Gilst replaces Naci Ünüvar.
  9. 60' Substitution, AZ. Ibrahim Sadiq replaces Weslley Patati.
  10. 60' Substitution, AZ. Denso Kasius replaces Elijah Dijkstra.
  11. 70' Sem Scheperman (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 71' Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Thomas Bruns replaces Jan Zamburek.
  13. 74' Goal! AZ 3, Heracles Almelo 0. Mees de Wit (AZ) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Troy Parrott.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  14. 76' Substitution, AZ. Mexx Meerdink replaces Troy Parrott.
  15. 76' Substitution, AZ. Kasper Boogaard replaces Peer Koopmeiners.
  16. 82' Damon Mirani (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 84' Goal! AZ 4, Heracles Almelo 0. Isak Jensen (AZ) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.

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