Dutch Eredivisie

AZ Alkmaar vs Heerenveen, 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
AZ Alkmaar
  • 7': Sven Mijnans
  • 8': Sven Mijnans
  • 71': Troy Parrott
FT
3 - 0
Heerenveen

    About

    AZ Alkmaar are hosting Heerenveen at AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the Dutch Eredivisie.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Attempt saved. Ro-Zangelo Daal (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Bernt Klaverboer (sc Heerenveen). Assisted by Sven Mijnans.
    • 3': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Bernt Klaverboer.
    • 4': Foul by Mees de Wit (AZ).
    • 4': Bernt Klaverboer (sc Heerenveen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Troy Parrott (AZ) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Elijah Dijkstra.
    • 6': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Sam Kersten.
    • 7': Goal! AZ 1, sc Heerenveen 0. Sven Mijnans (AZ) left footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mees de Wit following a corner.
    • 8': Goal! AZ 2, sc Heerenveen 0. Sven Mijnans (AZ) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Ringo Meerveld (sc Heerenveen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jacob Trenskow.
    • 14': Foul by Oliver Braude (sc Heerenveen).
    • 14': Ro-Zangelo Daal (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Attempt blocked. Sven Mijnans (AZ) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mees de Wit with a headed pass.
    • 19': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Sam Kersten.
    • 20': Handball by Lasse Nordås (sc Heerenveen).
    • 21': Offside, AZ. Alexandre Penetra is caught offside.
    • 21': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Alexandre Penetra (AZ) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
    • 22': VAR Decision: No Goal AZ 2-0 sc Heerenveen.
    • 23': Attempt saved. Sven Mijnans (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Bernt Klaverboer (sc Heerenveen).
    • 23': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Bernt Klaverboer.
    • 24': Foul by Sam Kersten (sc Heerenveen).
    • 24': Troy Parrott (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Delay in match because of an injury Bernt Klaverboer (sc Heerenveen).
    • 27': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 29': Attempt saved. Troy Parrott (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Bernt Klaverboer (sc Heerenveen). Assisted by Ro-Zangelo Daal.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Kees Smit (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Isak Jensen.
    • 33': Foul by Lasse Nordås (sc Heerenveen).
    • 33': Alexandre Penetra (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Foul by Ro-Zangelo Daal (AZ).
    • 33': Oliver Braude (sc Heerenveen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Foul by Marcus Linday (sc Heerenveen).
    • 34': Ro-Zangelo Daal (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 37': Attempt missed. Troy Parrott (AZ) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 42': Corner, sc Heerenveen. Conceded by Elijah Dijkstra.
    • 42': Ro-Zangelo Daal (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Foul by Oliver Braude (sc Heerenveen).
    • 42': Oliver Braude (sc Heerenveen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, AZ 2, sc Heerenveen 0.
    • 45': Substitution, AZ. Kasper Boogaard replaces Jordy Clasie.
    • 45': Second Half begins AZ 2, sc Heerenveen 0.
    • 45': Substitution, sc Heerenveen. Dylan Vente replaces Lasse Nordås.
    • 46': Offside, AZ. Sven Mijnans is caught offside.
    • 48': Corner, sc Heerenveen. Conceded by Alexandre Penetra.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Vasilios Zagaritis (sc Heerenveen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jacob Trenskow.
    • 50': Foul by Kees Smit (AZ).
    • 50': Ringo Meerveld (sc Heerenveen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 51': Corner, sc Heerenveen. Conceded by Mees de Wit.
    • 52': Delay in match because of an injury Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro (AZ).
    • 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 55': Oliver Braude (sc Heerenveen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Foul by Mees de Wit (AZ).
    • 55': Mees de Wit (AZ) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 56': Attempt blocked. Maxence Rivera (sc Heerenveen) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oliver Braude with a cross.
    • 56': Corner, sc Heerenveen. Conceded by Wouter Goes.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Kees Smit (AZ) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ro-Zangelo Daal.
    • 58': Wouter Goes (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Foul by Maxence Rivera (sc Heerenveen).
    • 59': Delay in match because of an injury Wouter Goes (AZ).
    • 59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Ro-Zangelo Daal (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Troy Parrott.
    • 60': Sven Mijnans (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 60': Foul by Marcus Linday (sc Heerenveen).
    • 61': Foul by Sam Kersten (sc Heerenveen).
    • 61': Sven Mijnans (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 62': Attempt saved. Isak Jensen (AZ) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Bernt Klaverboer (sc Heerenveen). Assisted by Elijah Dijkstra.
    • 62': Attempt blocked. Elijah Dijkstra (AZ) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 62': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Vasilios Zagaritis.
    • 63': Attempt saved. Mees de Wit (AZ) with an attempt from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal by Bernt Klaverboer (sc Heerenveen). Assisted by Isak Jensen with a cross.
    • 63': Attempt saved. Ro-Zangelo Daal (AZ) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Bernt Klaverboer (sc Heerenveen).
    • 66': Attempt missed. Elijah Dijkstra (AZ) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Isak Jensen following a fast break.
    • 67': Oliver Braude (sc Heerenveen) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Ringo Meerveld.
    • 68': Delay in match because of an injury Mees de Wit (AZ).
    • 68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 71': Goal! AZ 3, sc Heerenveen 0. Troy Parrott (AZ) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kees Smit.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Ringo Meerveld (sc Heerenveen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 73': Corner, sc Heerenveen. Conceded by Elijah Dijkstra.
    • 75': Substitution, AZ. Mateo Chávez replaces Mees de Wit.
    • 75': Substitution, AZ. Weslley Patati replaces Ro-Zangelo Daal.
    • 76': Substitution, sc Heerenveen. Mats Egbring replaces Vasilios Zagaritis.
    • 76': Substitution, sc Heerenveen. Luuk Brouwers replaces Ringo Meerveld.
    • 78': Delay in match because of an injury Luuk Brouwers (sc Heerenveen).
    • 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 80': Substitution, sc Heerenveen. Hristiyan Petrov replaces Maas Willemsen because of an injury.
    • 80': Substitution, sc Heerenveen. Luca Oyen replaces Maxence Rivera.
    • 81': Attempt saved. Dylan Vente (sc Heerenveen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro (AZ). Assisted by Luca Oyen with a cross.
    • 81': Corner, sc Heerenveen. Conceded by Wouter Goes.
    • 82': Attempt missed. Dylan Vente (sc Heerenveen) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Luca Oyen with a cross following a corner.
    • 83': Substitution, AZ. Mexx Meerdink replaces Troy Parrott.
    • 83': Substitution, AZ. Matej Sín replaces Kees Smit.
    • 84': Foul by Dylan Vente (sc Heerenveen).
    • 84': Wouter Goes (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Oliver Braude (sc Heerenveen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Foul by Elijah Dijkstra (AZ).
    • 86': Offside, sc Heerenveen. Luuk Brouwers is caught offside.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Mexx Meerdink (AZ) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Matej Sín.
    • 88': Corner, AZ. Conceded by Bernt Klaverboer.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Mexx Meerdink (AZ) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Isak Jensen with a cross following a corner.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Weslley Patati (AZ) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kasper Boogaard.
    • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Isak Jensen (AZ) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Bernt Klaverboer (sc Heerenveen). Assisted by Elijah Dijkstra.
    • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Sven Mijnans (AZ) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Isak Jensen.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Mateo Chávez (AZ) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
    • 90'+4': Offside, sc Heerenveen. Luuk Brouwers is caught offside.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, AZ 3, sc Heerenveen 0.
    • 0': Match ends, AZ 3, sc Heerenveen 0.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 5
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 2
    6 Corner Kicks 6
    7 Saves 1
    42.3 Possession 57.7
    7 SHOTS 23
    1 ON GOAL 10
    0.1 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    316 Accurate Passes 458
    389 Passes 537
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    5 Accurate Crosses 4
    10 Crosses 9
    0.5 Cross % 0.4
    54 Long Balls 59
    24 Accurate Long Balls 35
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
    3 Blocked Shots 4
    4 Effective Tackles 10
    13 Tackles 17
    0.3 Tackle % 0.6
    12 Interceptions 7
    14 Effective Clearances 12
    14 Clearances 12

    Game Information

    Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

    Venue: AFAS Stadion
    Location: Alkmaar, Netherlands
    Attendance: 18,554

    Eredivisie Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 AZ Alkmaar 7 +12 19
    2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 7 +18 17
    3 PSV Eindhoven 7 +14 16
    4 FC Twente 7 +8 16
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

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

    No. Name
    1 Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro (GK)
    5 Alexandre Penetra
    3 Wouter Goes
    34 Mees De Wit
    22 Elijah Dijkstra
    10 Sven Mijnans
    26 Kees Smit
    8 Jordy Clasie
    9 Troy Parrott
    27 Ro-Zangelo Daal
    17 Isak Jensen
    AZ Alkmaar Substitutes:
    Weslley Patati, Mexx Meerdink, Mateo Chávez, Rion Ichihara, Seiya Maikuma, Ibrahim Sadiq, Jeroen Zoet, Ayoub Oufkir, Matej Sin, Hobie Verhulst, Kasper Boogaard, Billy Van Duijl.

    HEE Heerenveen (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    22 Bernt Klaverboer (GK)
    3 Maas Willemsen
    4 Sam Kersten
    19 Vasilios Zagaritis
    45 Oliver Braude Yellow Card
    10 Ringo Meerveld
    6 Joris van Overeem
    16 Marcus Linday
    18 Lasse Nordas
    7 Maxence Rivera
    20 Jacob Trenskow
    Heerenveen Substitutes:
    Dylan Vente, Luuk Brouwers, Isaiah Ahmed, Mats Egbring, Nikolai Hopland, Hristiyan Petrov, Timo Schreuder, Ingmar Mulder, Luca Oyen, Nolhan Courtens, Eser Gürbüz, Nordin Bakker.

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