Highlights

90+1'

T. Mercera (Foul)

79'

R. Daal (Argument)

76'

T. Land (assist M. Rente)

58'

T. van Bergen (assist D. van der Werff)

HT 1 - 0

36'

M. Peersman (on penalty)

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Substitutions

Starting eleven

88'

Rui Mendes (T. Land - tactical)

88'

T. Mercera (Y. Taha - injury)

82'

R. Ichihara (P. Koopmeiners - tactical)

77'

W. Prins (M. Peersman - tactical)

67'

I. Sadiq (I. Jensen - tactical)

66'

M. Meerdink (W. Goes - tactical)

57'

B. Willumsson (T. de Jonge - tactical)

46'

E. Dijkstra (D. Kasius - tactical)

46'

B. van Duijl (Alexandre Penetra - tactical)

Player of the match

Hidde Jurjus # 21 - Goalkeeper

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Table

Full table

	#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L
	7	AZ	52	34	14	10	10
	9	Groningen	48	34	14	6	14

Top scorers

Full table

#	Players	Goals
3	T. Parrott	16
11	S. Mijnans	11
15	J. Hornkamp	10
19	T. van Bergen	9

Line-ups

Confirmed line-ups

4-4-2

4-2-3-1

Stats

More stats

Possession percentage

47%

53%

Shots

Player stats

Tops & flops

Shots on target

Y. Taha

T. van Bergen 1
D. Kasius 1

Big chance created

S. Mijnans

D. van der Werff 1
R. Daal 1

Shots off target

I. Sadiq

M. Meerdink 1
B. Willumsson 1

Successful contests

B. van Duijl

I. Jensen 2
T. van Bergen 2

Fouls suffered

K. Smit

J. Schreuders 3
D. Janse 3

Dispossessed

T. van Bergen

T. Parrott 2
Y. Taha 2

Touches

K. Smit

M. de Wit 68
D. Janse 68

Duel won

K. Smit

B. van Duijl 9
M. Rente 8

Duel lost

Y. Taha

T. van Bergen 11
T. Parrott 9

Interceptions

W. Goes

M. Rente 2
D. van der Werff 2

Challenge lost

Y. Taha

T. van Bergen 3
J. Schreuders 2

Tackles

K. Smit

M. de Wit 4
M. Rente 3

Aerial duels won

M. Rente

T. Blokzijl 3
D. Janse 3

Aerial duels lost

B. Willumsson

T. Parrott 4
T. van Bergen 3

Fouls

B. Willumsson

W. Goes 3
D. Janse 2

Saves

H. Jurjus

J. Zoet 1

Passes

K. Smit

T. Land 55
D. Janse 49

Accurate passes

T. Land

K. Smit 51
D. Janse 42

Accurate crosses

D. van der Werff

M. Rente 2
S. Mijnans 2

Current form

Stats

D W L L L

W W W L L

Last matches

Stats & bet

10/08/25

11/05/25

25/08/24

11/03/23

01/10/22

Referees

Martijn Vos main referee

4.1

0.7

Average card count per match for 10 matches arbitrated
Erwin Zeinstra assistant referee
Richard Polman assistant referee
Joris Westhof VAR referee
Dennis Johan Higler VAR assistant referee
Clay Ruperti fourth referee

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Players injured / suspended

Groningen

Younes Taha El Idrissi Facial injury

Stije Resink ACL Knee Injury

Etienne Frans Jozef Vaessen Muscle Injury

Mark Hoekstra Unknown

Rui Jorge Monteiro Mendes Knee injury

Thom van Bergen Unknown

Oskar Zawada Unknown

Oskar Zawada Shoulder injury

Jizz Hornkamp Ankle Injury

Seiya Maikuma Unknown

Mateo Chávez García Shoulder injury

Jordy Clasie Ankle Injury

Mexx Meerdink Groin Injury

Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro Unknown

Match venue

Euroborg - Groningen

Year of construction: 2006
Surface: grass
Capacity: 22579
Average attendance: 16170
Maximum attendance: 22568
% sold: 71

Match result Groningen AZ

Date 22 March 2026 15:45
Competition Eredivisie
Season 2025/2026
Stage Regular Season - week 28
Match attendance 22219
Code GRO-AZ
Area Netherlands
Home team Groningen
Away team AZ

FAQ

What is the result between Groningen AZ?

Groningen won the match with a 3-0 score

What are the official lineups for Groningen AZ?

Groningen : Coached by D. Lukkien, the lineup starts off in a 4-4-2 formation: H. Jurjus, M. Peersman, D. Janse, T. Blokzijl, M. Rente (C), J. Schreuders, T. Land, T. de Jonge, Y. Taha, D. van der Werff, T. van Bergen

AZ : On the other side of the pitch, the team trained by L. Echteld, is positioning themselves in a 4-2-3-1 : J. Zoet, M. de Wit, Alexandre Penetra, W. Goes, D. Kasius, K. Smit, P. Koopmeiners, R. Daal, S. Mijnans (C), I. Jensen, T. Parrott

Who is the referee of the match Groningen AZ ?

Martijn Vos is the referee for this match

Where is the match Groningen AZ?

The venue Euroborg in Groningen is hosting the match

At what time is Groningen AZ?

Fixture in live on Football Today on 22 March 2026. Kick-off at 15:45

Who is the man of the match Groningen - AZ ?

Hidde Jurjus had the best performance of the match Groningen - AZ. The stats reinforce this view:

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Confirmed line-ups

Groningen 4-4-2

- 8.3 21 H. Jurjus
- 7.1 43 M. Peersman
- 7.1 4 D. Janse
- 7.6 3 T. Blokzijl
- 8.1 5 (C) M. Rente
- 7.3 14 J. Schreuders
- 8.0 18 T. Land
- 5.5 8 T. de Jonge
- 4.3 10 Y. Taha
- 7.1 17 D. van der Werff
- 7.4 26 T. van Bergen
- 4.2 41 J. Zoet
- 4.7 34 M. de Wit
- 3.7 5 Alexandre Penetra
- 5.3 3 W. Goes
- 5.0 30 D. Kasius
- 5.6 26 K. Smit
- 4.3 6 P. Koopmeiners
- 5.4 27 R. Daal
- 5.0 10 (C) S. Mijnans
- 3.8 17 I. Jensen
- 4.1 9 T. Parrott

AZ 4-2-3-1

- D. Lukkien Coach
Substitutes
- R. Kelder #48 - Defender
- S. Bouland #22 - Defender
- D. Baron #24 - Goalkeeper
- 88'
  
  Rui Mendes #27 - Striker
- E. van der Laan #15 - Defender
- L. Štubljar #13 - Goalkeeper
- 88'
  
  T. Mercera #16 - Defender
- R. Metu #34 - Striker
- J. Dillema #44 - Midfielder
- M. Seuntjens #20 - Midfielder
- 77'
  
  W. Prins #2 - Defender
- 57'
  
  B. Willumsson #9 - Striker
- L. Echteld Coach
Substitutes
- 82'
  
  R. Ichihara #18 - Defender
- 46'
  
  E. Dijkstra #22 - Defender
- K. Boogaard #20 - Midfielder
- B. Kovács #45 - Striker
- Weslley Patati #7 - Striker
- M. Šín #33 - Midfielder
- 66'
  
  M. Meerdink #35 - Striker
- D. Deen #31 - Goalkeeper
- H. Verhulst #12 - Goalkeeper
- A. Oufkir #24 - Striker
- 46'
  
  B. van Duijl #23 - Defender
- 67'
  
  I. Sadiq #11 - Striker

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Team stats Player stats

Main

Possession percentage

47%

53%

Duel won

40%

60%

Accurate passes

80%

83%

Attacking

Shots

Big chance created

Attempts blocked

Offsides

Throws

Shots hitting woodwork

Passing

400

Passes

454

Accurate crosses

Crosses

Corner taken

Defending

Duel won

Clearances

Tackles

Aerial duels won

Clearance off line

Penalties conceded

Successful tackles

Successful interception

Foul

Free kicks conceded

Yellow cards

Goalkeeper

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Match stats comparison

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Attacking - Tops

Big chance created

S. Mijnans

D. van der Werff 1
R. Daal 1
M. Rente 1

Shots (%)

Y. Taha

50% 2/4

I. Jensen 50% (1/2)

Successful contests

B. van Duijl

I. Jensen 2
T. van Bergen 2
R. Daal 2

Fouls suffered

K. Smit

J. Schreuders 3
D. Janse 3
R. Daal 3
I. Sadiq 2

Attacking - Flops

Shots (%)

M. Meerdink

0% 0/2

T. van Bergen 25% (1/4)

Dispossessed

T. van Bergen

Defending - Tops

Duel won (%)

T. Blokzijl

100% 5/5

M. Rente 89% (8/9)
B. van Duijl 82% (9/11)
W. Prins 80% (4/5)
K. Smit 77% (10/13)

Interceptions

W. Goes

M. Rente 2
D. van der Werff 2
D. Janse 2
R. Daal 2

Aerial duels won (%)

M. Rente

100% 5/5

T. Blokzijl 100% (3/3)
W. Goes 100% (2/2)
R. Ichihara 100% (2/2)
D. Janse 75% (3/4)

Defending - Flops

Duel won (%)

Y. Taha

0% 0/15

B. Willumsson 0% (0/9)
T. Parrott 0% (0/9)
M. Peersman 0% (0/6)
D. van der Werff 0% (0/6)

Challenge lost

Y. Taha

T. van Bergen 3

Aerial duels won (%)

T. Parrott

0% 0/4

Y. Taha 0% (0/3)
T. van Bergen 0% (0/3)
M. de Wit 0% (0/2)
R. Daal 0% (0/2)

Passing - Tops

Passes (%)

W. Goes

95% 41/43

T. Land 95% (52/55)
K. Smit 93% (51/55)
S. Mijnans 91% (30/33)
T. Blokzijl 90% (35/39)

Successful final third passes

T. Land

Passing - Flops

Passes (%)

H. Jurjus

49% 22/45

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Regular Season

Advanced standings

General Home Away Halftime total

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	84	34	27	3	4	101	45	56
2	Feyenoord	65	34	19	8	7	70	44	26
3	NEC	59	34	16	11	7	77	53	24
4	Twente	58	34	15	13	6	59	40	19
5	Ajax	56	34	14	14	6	62	41	21
6	Utrecht	53	34	15	8	11	55	42	13
7	AZ	52	34	14	10	10	58	51	7
8	Heerenveen	51	34	14	9	11	57	53	4
9	Groningen	48	34	14	6	14	49	45	4
10	Sparta	43	34	12	7	15	40	62	-22
11	Fortuna	39	34	11	6	17	49	63	-14
12	Go Ahead	38	34	8	14	12	54	53	1
13	Excelsior	38	34	10	8	16	43	56	-13
14	Telstar	37	34	9	10	15	49	55	-6
15	Zwolle	37	34	9	10	15	44	71	-27
16	Volendam	32	34	8	8	18	35	55	-20
17	NAC	29	34	6	11	17	35	58	-23
18	Heracles	19	34	5	4	25	35	85	-50

UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Conference League Play-offs
Relegation Play-off
Relegation

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	41	17	13	2	2	58	26	32
2	Feyenoord	36	17	11	3	3	39	23	16
3	Utrecht	33	17	10	3	4	31	13	18
4	NEC	32	17	9	5	3	41	25	16
5	Twente	32	17	9	5	3	29	16	13
6	Ajax	31	17	9	4	4	32	17	15
7	AZ	31	17	8	7	2	39	26	13
8	Heerenveen	30	17	8	6	3	33	24	9
9	Zwolle	28	17	8	4	5	21	21	0
10	Go Ahead	25	17	6	7	4	34	24	10
11	Groningen	25	17	7	4	6	27	18	9
12	Fortuna	25	17	7	4	6	28	29	-1
13	Volendam	23	17	6	5	6	24	23	1
14	Sparta	23	17	6	5	6	21	27	-6
15	Telstar	20	17	5	5	7	31	28	3
16	NAC	20	17	5	5	7	20	23	-3
17	Excelsior	18	17	5	3	9	20	22	-2
18	Heracles	15	17	4	3	10	23	36	-13

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	43	17	14	1	2	43	19	24
2	Feyenoord	29	17	8	5	4	31	21	10
3	NEC	27	17	7	6	4	36	28	8
4	Twente	26	17	6	8	3	30	24	6
5	Ajax	25	17	5	10	2	30	24	6
6	Groningen	23	17	7	2	8	22	27	-5
7	Heerenveen	21	17	6	3	8	24	29	-5
8	AZ	21	17	6	3	8	19	25	-6
9	Utrecht	20	17	5	5	7	24	29	-5
10	Excelsior	20	17	5	5	7	23	34	-11
11	Sparta	20	17	6	2	9	19	35	-16
12	Telstar	17	17	4	5	8	18	27	-9
13	Fortuna	14	17	4	2	11	21	34	-13
14	Go Ahead	13	17	2	7	8	20	29	-9
15	NAC	9	17	1	6	10	15	35	-20
16	Volendam	9	17	2	3	12	11	32	-21
17	Zwolle	9	17	1	6	10	23	50	-27
18	Heracles	4	17	1	1	15	12	49	-37

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	65	34	19	8	7	50	23	27
2	Ajax	61	34	16	13	5	36	17	19
3	Feyenoord	56	34	16	8	10	32	20	12
4	Utrecht	54	34	15	9	10	23	16	7
5	AZ	50	34	12	14	8	32	24	8
6	Heerenveen	49	34	13	10	11	25	25	0
7	Twente	48	34	11	15	8	22	15	7
8	NEC	46	34	12	10	12	30	30	0
9	Excelsior	46	34	11	13	10	21	22	-1
10	Groningen	46	34	9	19	6	21	18	3
11	Sparta	45	34	11	12	11	15	18	-3
12	Zwolle	42	34	10	12	12	23	33	-10
13	Fortuna	41	34	10	11	13	25	31	-6
14	Telstar	39	34	9	12	13	19	24	-5
15	Go Ahead	37	34	8	13	13	23	27	-4
16	NAC	32	34	7	11	16	14	29	-15
17	Volendam	28	34	5	13	16	13	32	-19
18	Heracles	27	34	6	9	19	18	38	-20