Match events

1. 2'Goal! AZ 0, Groningen 1. Jacob Ondrejka (Groningen) header from very close range to the bottom left corner.
2. 9'Goal! AZ 1, Groningen 1. Mexx Meerdink (AZ) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ro-Zangelo Daal.
3. 47'Goal! AZ 1, Groningen 2. Brynjólfur Willumsson (Groningen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jacob Ondrejka.
4. 54'Goal! AZ 1, Groningen 3. Thom van Bergen (Groningen) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
5. 58'Marco Rente (Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
6. 59'Penalty missed. Mexx Meerdink (AZ) left footed shot is too high.
7. 61'Pelle Clement (Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
8. 61'Goal! AZ 2, Groningen 3. Ayoub Oufkir (AZ) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mexx Meerdink.
9. 76'Goal! AZ 3, Groningen 3. Mateo Chávez (AZ) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
10. 85'Etienne Vaessen (Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
11. 88'Second yellow card to Etienne Vaessen (Groningen).
12. 90'+1'Goal! AZ 4, Groningen 3. Mexx Meerdink (AZ) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
13. 90'+5'Peer Koopmeiners (AZ) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
14. 90'+10'Hans Hateboer (Groningen) is shown the red card.

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League table

Head to head

AZ 3 · draws 1 · Groningen 1

• 8 Nov 2026AZ 4 – 3 Groningen
• 22 Mar 2026Groningen 3 – 0 AZ
• 10 Aug 2025AZ 4 – 1 Groningen
• 11 May 2025AZ 3 – 0 Groningen
• 25 Aug 2024Groningen 0 – 0 AZ