Twente vs AZ Alkmaar
Ref: Jeroen Manschot, NetherlandsDe Grolsch Veste, Enschede · 30,205 cap
Match recap
Twente beat AZ Alkmaar 1–0 in their Eredivisie fixture. Rots scored for Twente. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 1.04 for Twente versus 1.31 for AZ Alkmaar. Twente sit 4th in the Eredivisie table while AZ Alkmaar are 7th.
First Half
VAR
Goal cancelled
Second Half
⇄
Pjaca
48'
Goes
Yellow Card
49'
Parrott
Yellow Card
62'
Smit
Yellow Card
66'
⇄
Patati
van Wolfswinkel
Yellow Card
⇄
van Wolfswinkel
⚽
Rots
Assist: van Rooij
78'
⇄
Goes
78'
⇄
Jensen
⇄
Ørjasæter
⇄
van Rooij
84'
⇄
Dijkstra
Martinho Peixoto
Yellow Card
⇄
Hlynsson
90+2'
Chávez
Yellow Card
Pröpper
Yellow Card
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 27 | 3 | 4 | +56 | 84 |
| 3 |  NEC Nijmegen | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | +24 | 59 |
| 4 |  Twente | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | +19 | 58 |
| 5 |  Ajax | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | +21 | 56 |
| 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 |
As of 16 May 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
TwenteAZ Alkmaar
6Won
Statistical edge
6–6
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
1.04VS1.31
Attack2 · 3 won
7
Shots
7
2
Shots on target
1
4
Shots in the box
6
3
Shots outside box
1
3
Shots off goal
4
2
Corners
3
Possession & Passing3 · 1 won
51%
Possession
49%
447
Total passes
431
354
Accurate passes
349
79%
Pass accuracy
81%
Discipline1 · 1 won
13
Fouls
9
3
Yellow cards
4
3
Offsides
3
Goalkeeping & Defence0 · 1 won
1
Goalkeeper saves
2
2
Blocked shots
2
-0.09
Goals prevented
-0.09
Twente
4-2-3-1
AZ Alkmaar
4-3-3
Twente
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1L. UnnerstallG
- 3R. PröpperD
- 6R. ZerroukiM
- 7M. PjacaM
- 9R. van WolfswinkelF
- 14K. HlynssonM
- 20T. van den BeltM
- 23S. LemkinD
- 27S. ØrjasæterM
- 28B. van RooijD
- 39M. RotsD
Substitutes
- 4M. KjøløM
- 5B. KuipersD
- 10S. LammersF
- 11D. RotsF
- 12Guilherme Martinho PeixotoD
- 21S. KarssiesG
- 22P. TytońG
- 25Lucas Vennegoor of HesselinkF
- 32A. VerschuerenM
- 33B. TitulaerD
- 43R. NijstadD
AZ Alkmaar
4-3-3Starting XI
- 1R. Owusu-OduroG
- 3W. GoesD
- 5Alexandre PenetraD
- 6P. KoopmeinersM
- 7Weslley PatatiF
- 9T. ParrottF
- 10S. MijnansM
- 17I. JensenF
- 22E. DijkstraD
- 26K. SmitM
- 34M. de WitD
Substitutes
- 4M. DekkerD
- 12H. VerhulstG
- 14A. NataliD
- 15M. ChávezD
- 21D. KwakmanM
- 25L. ZeefuikF
- 33M. ŠínM
- 41J. ZoetG
- 75W. BouzianeF
Twente
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Pröpper(C) | D | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Bart van Rooij | D | 83 | 7.3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Lars Unnerstall | G | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ramiz Zerrouki | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Sondre Ørjasæter | M | 82 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5/6 |
| Stav Lemkin | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mats Rots | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
| Marko Pjaca | M | 45 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/4 |
| Thomas Van den Belt | M | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Kristian Hlynsson | M | 86 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ricky van Wolfswinkel | F | 71 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Bjorn Titulaer | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bas Kuipers | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Przemysław Tytoń | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sam Karssies | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ruud Nijstad | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lucas Vennegoor of Hesselink | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daan Rots | F | 45 | 7.5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/2 |
| Arno Verschueren | M | 13 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sam Lammers | F | 19 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Guilherme Peixoto | D | 17 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Mathias Kjølø | M | 8 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
AZ Alkmaar
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Penetra | D | 90 | 7.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Wouter Goes | D | 78 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Mees de Wit | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kees Smit | M | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Peer Koopmeiners | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sven Mijnans(C) | M | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 |
| Isak Steiner Jensen | F | 78 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1/1 |
| Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro | G | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Weslley Patati | F | 66 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2/5 |
| Elijah Dijkstra | D | 84 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
| Troy Parrott | F | 90 | 5.9 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2/3 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Dave Kwakman | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jeroen Zoet | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andrea Natali | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hobie Verhulst | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maxim Dekker | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wassim Bouziane | F | 12 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Mateo Chávez | D | 16 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Matěj Šín | M | 24 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lequincio Zeefuik | F | 12 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |