Wednesday , 30 September 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 7 games · 19 pts (2026/27)
  • FC Groningen 7 games · 11 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

  • Referee Serdar Gozubuyuk
6 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 9.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AZ 7 19
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 7 17
3 PSV 7 16
4 FC Twente '65 7 16
5 AFC Ajax 7 14
6 Fortuna Sittard 7 13
7 SBV Excelsior 7 11
8 FC Groningen 7 11
9 Go Ahead Eagles 7 10
10 SC Heerenveen 7 9
11 NEC 7 8
12 Sparta Rotterdam 7 5
13 Telstar 1963 7 5
14 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 7 5
15 FC Utrecht 7 5
16 PEC Zwolle 7 4
17 ADO Den Haag 7 2
18 Willem II Tilburg 7 2

Head-to-Head

7
3
3
AZ 13 games · Avg 2.2 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
#1 Position #8
19 Points 11
7 Played 7
6 / 1 / 0 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 2
18 Scored 15
6 Conceded 13
+12 GD +2
2.71 PPG 1.57
86% Win % 43%

Key Stats

31% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)
46% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
43% Clean Sheets
AZ this season
14% Clean Sheets
FC Groningen this season

AZ are 1st (19 pts). FC Groningen are 8th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

AZ
Ro-Zangelo Daal 4 G
Mexx Meerdink 3 G 2 A
Jizz Hornkamp 2 G
Ayoub Oufkir 2 G
Calvin Stengs 1 G 1 A
FC Groningen
Thom van Bergen 4 G 2 A
Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson 4 G
David van der Werff 2 G 3 A
Tygo Land 2 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: AZ gets underway.
  • Another three points for AZ.

Lineups

AZ Lineups

FC Groningen Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Jesper Karlsson 4
Ahmed El Messaoudi 2
Ernest Poku 1
Teun Koopmeiners 1
Mexx Meerdink 1
Adam Maher 1
Michael de Leeuw 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
3 / 4
2.8 AZ xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.73 FC Groningen xG
I would bet for: AZ to win 75% + Over 2.5 goals 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct
AZ75% Draw16% FC Groningen9%
Actual: AZ win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes49% 0% No51%
Avg goals/match: 3.53
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 86%
14%
± 2.5 67%
33%
± 3.5 46%
54%
± 4.5 28%
72%

Double Chance

AZ or Draw
91%
Draw or FC Groningen
25%
AZ or FC Groningen
84%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
AZ59% Draw34% FC Groningen7%
Actual: AZ win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
11.6%
3 – 0
10.5%
1 – 0
8.2%
2 – 1
8.2%
3 – 1
7.6%
4 – 0
7.2%
1 – 1
6.6%
4 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
4.1%
5 – 0
4.1%
5 – 1
3.1%
2 – 2
3%

Asian Handicap — AZ

Handicap AZ covers Push FC Groningen covers
-2.5 38% — 62%
-2 38% 22% 41%
-1.5 59% — 41%
-1 59% 20% 21%
-0.5 79% — 21%
+0.5 93% — 7%
+1 93% 5% 2%
+1.5 98% — 2%
+2 98% 2% 0%
+2.5 100% — 0%

Clean Sheet

AZ keeps clean sheet
48% ✓
FC Groningen keeps clean sheet
7% ✓

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