Dutch Eredivisie

AZ Alkmaar vs Heracles 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

  • 5': Troy Parrott
  • 45'+1': Sven Mijnans
Halftime
2 - 0

Introduction

AZ Alkmaar are hosting Heracles Almelo at AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the Dutch Eredivisie.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Goal! AZ 1, Heracles Almelo 0. Troy Parrott (AZ) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mees de Wit.
  • 32': Substitution, AZ. Isak Jensen replaces Ro-Zangelo Daal because of an injury.
  • 43': Jannes Wieckhoff (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': Goal! AZ 2, Heracles Almelo 0. Sven Mijnans (AZ) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Troy Parrott with a through ball.
  • 45'+6': First Half ends, AZ 2, Heracles Almelo 0.

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: AFAS Stadion
Location: Alkmaar, Netherlands

Dutch Eredivisie Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+43 PSV Eindhoven 27 68 3
+20 Feyenoord Rotterdam 26 49 7
+22 NEC Nijmegen 27 49 6
+18 Ajax Amsterdam 27 47 4
Full Table

Statistics

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10 Fouls 4
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 2
1 Saves 1
38.1 POSSESSION 61.9
2 SHOTS 6
1 ON GOAL 3
0.5 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
116 Accurate Passes 217
163 Passes 262
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
0 Accurate Crosses 1
3 Crosses 7
0.0 Cross % 0.1
31 Long Balls 23
11 Accurate Long Balls 7
0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
1 Blocked Shots 2
7 Effective Tackles 6
10 Tackles 11
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
6 Interceptions 1
14 Effective Clearances 7
14 Clearances 7

Line-Ups

AZ AZ Alkmaar (4-3-3)

No. Name
12 Hobie Verhulst (GK)
23 Billy Van Duijl
3 Wouter Goes
34 Mees De Wit
22 Elijah Dijkstra
6 Peer Koopmeiners
10 Sven Mijnans
26 Kees Smit
9 Troy Parrott
27 Ro-Zangelo Daal
7 Weslley Patati

HER Heracles Almelo (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
22 Remko Pasveer (GK)
18 Alec Van Hoorenbeeck
4 Damon Mirani
24 Ivan Mesik
3 Jannes Wieckhoff Yellow Card
70 Ajdin Hrustic
20 Rhys Bozinovski
13 Jan Zamburek
25 Lequincio Zeefuik
9 Naci Ünüvar
14 Erik Ahlstrand

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