Saturday , 14 November 2026

AZ vs FC Groningen, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

Eredivisie · 2025-26
AZ
4 – 1
Full Time
FC Groningen
Sun 10 Aug 2025 · 12:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

AZ vs FC Groningen — Eredivisie .

  • AZ 12 games · 23 pts (2026/27)
  • FC Groningen 12 games · 15 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

  • Referee Serdar Gozubuyuk
12 games this season 🟨 4.2/game ⚽ 13.9 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 PSV 12 26
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 12 25
3 AFC Ajax 12 25
4 FC Twente '65 12 24
5 AZ 12 23
6 SC Heerenveen 12 21
7 Fortuna Sittard 12 20
8 Go Ahead Eagles 12 17
9 FC Groningen 12 15
10 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 12 15
11 NEC 12 14
12 Sparta Rotterdam 12 12
13 PEC Zwolle 12 12
14 FC Utrecht 12 12
15 SBV Excelsior 12 11
16 Telstar 1963 12 10
17 ADO Den Haag 12 9
18 Willem II Tilburg 12 3

Head-to-Head

8
3
3
AZ 14 games · Avg 2.5 goals FC Groningen
Last 5 meetings
2025-08-10 AZ 4–1 FC Groningen 2025-05-11 AZ 3–0 FC Groningen 2024-08-25 FC Groningen 0–0 AZ 2023-03-11 AZ 1–0 FC Groningen 2022-10-01 FC Groningen 1–4 AZ

Recent Form

AZ
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Aug FC Groningen H 4–1 W
18 May Almere City FC H 1–1 D
14 May FC Twente '65 A 3–2 W
11 May FC Groningen H 3–0 W
04 May Go Ahead Eagles A 3–0 W
24 Apr NAC Breda H 1–1 D
FC Groningen
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Aug AZ A 1–4 L
18 May PEC Zwolle A 0–2 L
14 May AFC Ajax H 2–2 D
11 May AZ A 0–3 L
03 May RKC Waalwijk H 6–1 W
23 Apr Heracles Almelo H 4–1 W

Season Stats

AZ FC Groningen
#5 Position #9
23 Points 15
12 Played 12
7 / 2 / 3 W / D / L 4 / 3 / 5
24 Scored 29
16 Conceded 28
+8 GD +1
1.92 PPG 1.25
58% Win % 33%

Key Stats

36% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
25% Clean Sheets
AZ this season
8% Clean Sheets
FC Groningen this season

AZ are 5th (23 pts). FC Groningen are 9th (15 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

AZ
0-15
3/4
16-30
2/3
31-45
3/1
46-60
4/3
61-75
5/1
76+
7/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
FC Groningen
0-15
7/4
16-30
6/3
31-45
4/5
46-60
4/5
61-75
3/5
76+
3/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AZ
Mexx Meerdink 6 G 3 A
Ro-Zangelo Daal 5 G 1 A
Ayoub Oufkir 3 G
Jizz Hornkamp 2 G
Calvin Stengs 1 G 1 A
FC Groningen
Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson 9 G 1 A
Thom van Bergen 8 G 3 A
David van der Werff 2 G 3 A
Tygo Land 2 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. AZ kicks off things out of here…
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for AZ players.

Lineups

AZ Lineups

FC Groningen Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Jesper Karlsson 4
Mexx Meerdink 3
Ahmed El Messaoudi 2
Teun Koopmeiners 1
Adam Maher 1
Michael de Leeuw 1
Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson 1
Fredrik Midtsjo 1

Head to Head

2025-08-10 AZ 4–1 FC Groningen 2025-05-11 AZ 3–0 FC Groningen 2024-08-25 FC Groningen 0–0 AZ 2023-03-11 AZ 1–0 FC Groningen 2022-10-01 FC Groningen 1–4 AZ

AZ Form

2025-08-10 AZ 4–1 FC Groningen W 2025-05-18 AZ 1–1 Almere City FC D 2025-05-14 FC Twente '65 2–3 AZ W 2025-05-11 AZ 3–0 FC Groningen W 2025-05-04 Go Ahead Eagles 0–3 AZ W 2025-04-24 AZ 1–1 NAC Breda D

FC Groningen Form

2025-08-10 AZ 4–1 FC Groningen L 2025-05-18 PEC Zwolle 2–0 FC Groningen L 2025-05-14 FC Groningen 2–2 AFC Ajax D 2025-05-11 AZ 3–0 FC Groningen L 2025-05-03 FC Groningen 6–1 RKC Waalwijk W 2025-04-23 FC Groningen 4–1 Heracles Almelo W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.74 AZ xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.07 FC Groningen xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + AZ to win 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct
AZ70% Draw18% FC Groningen12%
Actual: AZ win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes61% 0% No39%
Avg goals/match: 3.81
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 89%
11%
± 2.5 72%
28%
± 3.5 52%
48%
± 4.5 33%
67%

Double Chance

AZ or Draw
87%
Draw or FC Groningen
30%
AZ or FC Groningen
82%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
AZ53% Draw35% FC Groningen12%
Actual: AZ win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
8.7%
2 – 0
8.5%
3 – 1
7.8%
3 – 0
7.5%
1 – 1
7.3%
1 – 0
5.9%
4 – 1
Actual
4 – 0
5.1%
2 – 2
4.6%
3 – 2
4.2%
1 – 2
3.4%
0 – 0
3.3%

Asian Handicap — AZ

Handicap AZ covers Push FC Groningen covers
-2.5 31% — 69%
-2 31% 20% 49%
-1.5 51% — 49%
-1 51% 20% 29%
-0.5 71% — 29%
+0.5 88% — 12%
+1 88% 8% 4%
+1.5 96% — 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

AZ keeps clean sheet
35% ✓
FC Groningen keeps clean sheet
7% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.