Dutch Eredivisie

FC Groningen vs AZ Alkmaar, 2021-22 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
FC Groningen
  • 20': Cyril Ngonge
  • 71': Michael de Leeuw
FT
2 - 0
AZ Alkmaar

    About

    FC Groningen are hosting AZ Alkmaar at Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the Dutch Eredivisie.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 6': Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Jesper Karlsson with a cross.
    • 9': Albert Gudmundsson (AZ) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 9': Foul by Mohamed El Hankouri (FC Groningen).
    • 10': Attempt saved. Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Albert Gudmundsson.
    • 11': Attempt saved. Paulos Abraham (FC Groningen) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Damil Dankerlui.
    • 12': Foul by Wessel Dammers (FC Groningen).
    • 12': Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 13': Attempt missed. Michael de Leeuw (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Damil Dankerlui.
    • 15': Foul by Michael de Leeuw (FC Groningen).
    • 15': Owen Wijndal (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Attempt blocked. Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jesper Karlsson with a cross.
    • 16': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Wessel Dammers.
    • 17': Attempt saved. Jesper Karlsson (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dani de Wit.
    • 17': Attempt missed. Dani de Wit (AZ) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Dani de Wit (AZ) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dani de Wit.
    • 17': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Bart van Hintum.
    • 17': Attempt missed. Dani de Wit (AZ) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Fredrik Midtsjø with a cross following a corner.
    • 20': Goal! FC Groningen 1, AZ 0. Cyril Ngonge (FC Groningen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mohamed El Hankouri with a cross.
    • 22': Offside, FC Groningen. Cyril Ngonge tries a through ball, but Paulos Abraham is caught offside.
    • 23': Foul by Cyril Ngonge (FC Groningen).
    • 23': Owen Wijndal (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Attempt saved. Laros Duarte (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 26': Foul by Paulos Abraham (FC Groningen).
    • 26': Fredrik Midtsjø (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Foul by Dani de Wit (AZ).
    • 28': Paulos Abraham (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Damil Dankerlui.
    • 30': Attempt blocked. Pantelis Hatzidiakos (AZ) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 31': Foul by Dani de Wit (AZ).
    • 31': Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Foul by Paulos Abraham (FC Groningen).
    • 33': Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Yukinari Sugawara (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Fredrik Midtsjø.
    • 35': Foul by Yukinari Sugawara (AZ).
    • 35': Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Bart van Hintum (FC Groningen) left footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 40': Albert Gudmundsson (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by Michael de Leeuw (FC Groningen).
    • 43': Foul by Pantelis Hatzidiakos (AZ).
    • 43': Laros Duarte (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 43': Pantelis Hatzidiakos (AZ) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 44': Hand ball by Albert Gudmundsson (AZ).
    • 45': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Yukinari Sugawara.
    • 45': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Bruno Martins Indi.
    • 45'+3': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Wessel Dammers.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, FC Groningen 1, AZ 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins FC Groningen 1, AZ 0.
    • 48': Dani de Wit (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Foul by Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen).
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Owen Wijndal (AZ) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 50': Bruno Martins Indi (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 50': Foul by Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen).
    • 52': Attempt blocked. Mohamed El Hankouri (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael de Leeuw.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Owen Wijndal (AZ) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dani de Wit.
    • 56': Foul by Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen).
    • 56': Fredrik Midtsjø (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 57': Offside, AZ. Pantelis Hatzidiakos tries a through ball, but Jesper Karlsson is caught offside.
    • 60': Foul by Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen).
    • 60': Owen Wijndal (AZ) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 62': Attempt blocked. Jesper Karlsson (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 62': Tomás Suslov (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card.
    • 65': Albert Gudmundsson (AZ) is shown the yellow card.
    • 66': Corner, FC Groningen. Conceded by Yukinari Sugawara.
    • 68': Attempt saved. Albert Gudmundsson (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruno Martins Indi.
    • 68': Substitution, AZ. Tijjani Reijnders replaces Pantelis Hatzidiakos.
    • 71': Goal! FC Groningen 2, AZ 0. Michael de Leeuw (FC Groningen) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Damil Dankerlui with a through ball.
    • 72': Foul by Tijjani Reijnders (AZ).
    • 72': Paulos Abraham (FC Groningen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 72': Tijjani Reijnders (AZ) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 73': Foul by Michael de Leeuw (FC Groningen).
    • 73': Jordy Clasie (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 74': Substitution, FC Groningen. Romano Postema replaces Cyril Ngonge.
    • 74': Substitution, FC Groningen. Jørgen Strand Larsen replaces Michael de Leeuw.
    • 75': Attempt saved. Jesper Karlsson (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Albert Gudmundsson.
    • 77': Attempt blocked. Yukinari Sugawara (AZ) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fredrik Midtsjø.
    • 77': Substitution, AZ. Zakaria Aboukhlal replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Zakaria Aboukhlal (AZ) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruno Martins Indi with a through ball.
    • 81': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Mohamed El Hankouri.
    • 85': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Bart van Hintum.
    • 85': Attempt missed. Bruno Martins Indi (AZ) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Owen Wijndal with a cross following a corner.
    • 85': Attempt blocked. Dani de Wit (AZ) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Martins Indi.
    • 85': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Wessel Dammers.
    • 85': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Romano Postema.
    • 86': Attempt saved. Jesper Karlsson (AZ) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Fredrik Midtsjø with a cross.
    • 86': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Peter Leeuwenburgh.
    • 86': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Bart van Hintum.
    • 86': Attempt saved. Bruno Martins Indi (AZ) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesper Karlsson with a cross.
    • 87': Romano Postema (FC Groningen) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Jørgen Strand Larsen.
    • 88': Substitution, FC Groningen. Marin Sverko replaces Paulos Abraham.
    • 89': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Romano Postema.
    • 89': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Peter Leeuwenburgh.
    • 90'+1': Offside, AZ. Owen Wijndal tries a through ball, but Zakaria Aboukhlal is caught offside.
    • 90'+2': Substitution, FC Groningen. Daniël van Kaam replaces Tomás Suslov because of an injury.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Albert Gudmundsson (AZ).
    • 90'+2': Wessel Dammers (FC Groningen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+8': Second Half ends, FC Groningen 2, AZ 0.
    • 0': Match ends, FC Groningen 2, AZ 0.

    Statistics

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    7 Fouls 12
    3 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 1
    12 Corner Kicks 3
    2 Saves 7
    64.6 Possession 35.4
    21 SHOTS 8
    9 ON GOAL 4
    0.4 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    530 Accurate Passes 242
    625 Passes 336
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
    6 Accurate Crosses 1
    26 Crosses 14
    0.2 Cross % 0.1
    51 Long Balls 75
    28 Accurate Long Balls 28
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    6 Blocked Shots 1
    7 Effective Tackles 11
    17 Tackles 14
    0.4 Tackle % 0.8
    14 Interceptions 15
    9 Effective Clearances 25
    9 Clearances 25

    Game Information

    Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

    Venue: Euroborg
    Location: Groningen, Netherlands
    Attendance: 11,300

    Eredivisie Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 PSV Eindhoven 12 +31 33
    2 FC Utrecht 11 +9 28
    3 Ajax Amsterdam 11 +14 26
    4 Feyenoord Rotterdam 12 +15 25
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    GRO FC Groningen (3-4-3)

    No. Name
    1 Peter Leeuwenburgh (GK)
    4 Wessel Dammers
    3 Bart Van Hintum
    21 Neraysho Kasanwirjo
    7 Tomás Suslov Yellow Card
    6 Laros Duarte
    11 Mohamed El Hankouri
    2 Damil Dankerlui
    8 Michael de Leeuw
    19 Paulos Abraham
    27 Cyril Ngonge
    FC Groningen Substitutes:
    Romano Postema, Marin Sverko, Daniel Van Kaam, Jørgen Strand Larsen, Daleho Irandust, Yahya Kalley, Jan de Boer, Jan Hoekstra, Patrick Joosten, Bjorn Meijer.

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

    No. Name
    1 Peter Vindahl Jensen (GK)
    4 Bruno Martins Indi
    3 Pantelis Hatzidiakos Yellow Card
    5 Owen Wijndal
    2 Yukinari Sugawara
    10 Dani de Wit
    20 Jordy Clasie
    6 Fredrik Midtsjo
    9 Vangelis Pavlidis
    11 Jesper Karlsson
    28 Albert Gudmundsson Yellow Card
    AZ Alkmaar Substitutes:
    Hakon Evjen, Hobie Verhulst, Peer Koopmeiners, Beau Reus, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Timo Letschert, Mohamed Taabouni, Aslak Fonn Witry, Jelle Duin, Sam Beukema, Tijjani Reijnders.

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