Heerenveen vs AZ Alkmaar
Ref: Allard Lindhout, NetherlandsAbe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen · 27,224 cap
Match recap
Heerenveen beat AZ Alkmaar 3–1 in their Eredivisie fixture. Vente, van Overeem, and Brouwers scored for Heerenveen; Parrott replied for AZ Alkmaar. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 3.14 for Heerenveen versus 1.17 for AZ Alkmaar. Heerenveen sit 8th in the Eredivisie table while AZ Alkmaar are 7th.
First Half
⚽
Vente
Assist: Brouwers
⚽
van Overeem
Assist: Braude
Second Half
46'
⇄
Sadiq
46'
⇄
Patati
Kersten
Yellow Card
65'
⇄
de Wit
71'
⇄
Dekker
75'
⚽
Parrott
Assist: Bouziane
⚽
Brouwers
Assist: Trenskow
⇄
Trenskow
⇄
Meerveld
83'
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Koopmeiners
⇄
Vente
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 27 | 3 | 4 | +56 | 84 |
| 6 |  Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | +13 | 53 |
| 7 |  AZ Alkmaar | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | +7 | 52 |
| 8 |  Heerenveen | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | +4 | 51 |
| 9 |  Groningen | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | +4 | 48 |
As of 16 May 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
HeerenveenAZ Alkmaar
7Won
Statistical edge
7–8
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
3.14VS1.17
Attack6 · 0 won
21
Shots
9
9
Shots on target
5
15
Shots in the box
7
6
Shots outside box
2
6
Shots off goal
3
8
Corners
5
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
47%
Possession
53%
469
Total passes
532
375
Accurate passes
441
80%
Pass accuracy
83%
Discipline0 · 3 won
9
Fouls
4
1
Yellow cards
0
1
Offsides
0
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
4
Goalkeeper saves
6
6
Blocked shots
1
0.47
Goals prevented
0.47
Heerenveen
4-2-3-1
AZ Alkmaar
4-3-3
Heerenveen
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 3M. WillemsenD
- 4S. KerstenD
- 6J. van OvereemM
- 7M. RiveraM
- 8L. BrouwersM
- 9D. VenteF
- 10R. MeerveldM
- 19V. ZagaritisD
- 20J. TrenskowM
- 22B. KlaverboerG
- 45O. BraudeD
Substitutes
- 5P. BochniewiczD
- 15M. EgbringD
- 17N. HoplandD
- 27V. SejkF
- 28H. PetrovD
- 31N. BakkerG
- 33J. RijsselF
- 35Isaiah AhmedM
- 44A. NoppertG
- 50E. GürbüzF
AZ Alkmaar
4-3-3Starting XI
- 4M. DekkerD
- 5Alexandre PenetraD
- 6P. KoopmeinersM
- 7Weslley PatatiF
- 9T. ParrottF
- 10S. MijnansM
- 11I. SadiqF
- 22E. DijkstraD
- 26K. SmitM
- 34M. de WitD
- 41J. ZoetG
Substitutes
- 12H. VerhulstG
- 14A. NataliD
- 15M. ChávezD
- 21D. KwakmanM
- 23B. van DuijlD
- 25L. ZeefuikF
- 31D. DeenG
- 33M. ŠínM
- 48J. ZwartD
- 75W. BouzianeF
Heerenveen
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luuk Brouwers(C) | M | 90 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0/1 |
| Joris van Overeem | M | 90 | 8.3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1/1 |
| Jacob Trenskow | M | 80 | 8.3 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1/2 |
| Maas Willemsen | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 |
| Dylan Vente | F | 86 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Sam Kersten | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maxence Rivera | M | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 4/5 |
| Ringo Meerveld | M | 80 | 6.9 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1/3 |
| Bernt Klaverboer | G | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oliver Braude | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Vasilios Zagaritis | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/5 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Hristiyan Petrov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andries Noppert | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nordin Bakker | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paweł Bochniewicz | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jermaine Rijssel | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mats Egbring | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Isaiah Ahmed | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eser Gürbüz | F | 10 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Nikolai Soyset Hopland | D | 10 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Václav Sejk | F | 8 | 6.3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
AZ Alkmaar
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeroen Zoet | G | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Troy Parrott | F | 90 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1/1 |
| Peer Koopmeiners | M | 83 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kees Smit | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/2 |
| Weslley Patati | F | 45 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/3 |
| Ibrahim Sadiq | F | 45 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Mees de Wit | D | 65 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Sven Mijnans(C) | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Alexandre Penetra | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maxim Dekker | D | 71 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Elijah Dijkstra | D | 90 | 5.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Hobie Verhulst | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daniel Deen | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Billy van Duijl | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jesper Zwart | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andrea Natali | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wassim Bouziane | F | 45 | 7.3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1/2 |
| Dave Kwakman | M | 11 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Matěj Šín | M | 45 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mateo Chávez | D | 25 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Lequincio Zeefuik | F | 19 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |