AZ Alkmaar beat FC Utrecht 4–1 — 2026 Eredivisie Regular Season

AZ Alkmaar beat FC Utrecht 4–1 at Stadion Galgenwaard on Saturday, August 15, 2026.

The goals

• 45'+1' — Peer Koopmeiners (AZ Alkmaar)
• 47' — Weslley Patati (AZ Alkmaar)
• 49' — Mexx Meerdink (AZ Alkmaar)
• 62' — Artem Stepanov (FC Utrecht)
• 84' — Ayoub Oufkir (AZ Alkmaar)

How it unfolded

1. —•First Half begins.
2. 6'•Delay in match because of an injury Peer Koopmeiners (AZ).
3. 7'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
4. 23'•Artem Stepanov (FC Utrecht) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
5. 45'+1'⚽Goal! FC Utrecht 0, AZ 1. Peer Koopmeiners (AZ) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the centre of the goal following a corner.
6. 45'•Substitution, FC Utrecht. Matisse Didden replaces Mike Eerdhuijzen.
7. 45'•Second Half begins FC Utrecht 0, AZ 1.
8. 46'•Ferdinand Pohl (FC Utrecht) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
9. 47'⚽Goal! FC Utrecht 0, AZ 2. Weslley Patati (AZ) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Kees Smit.
10. 49'⚽Goal! FC Utrecht 0, AZ 3. Mexx Meerdink (AZ) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mateo Chávez.
11. 54'•Guus Offerhaus (FC Utrecht) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
12. 55'•Substitution, FC Utrecht. Kevin Paredes replaces Dani de Wit because of an injury.
13. 56'•Weslley Patati (AZ) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
14. 62'⚽Goal! FC Utrecht 1, AZ 3. Artem Stepanov (FC Utrecht) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Yoann Cathline with a cross following a corner.
15. 62'•Substitution, FC Utrecht. Adrian Blake replaces Ferdinand Pohl.
16. 62'•Substitution, FC Utrecht. Davy van den Berg replaces Yoann Cathline.
17. 66'•Substitution, AZ. Calvin Stengs replaces Weslley Patati.
18. 69'•Arthur Zagré (FC Utrecht) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
19. 70'•Delay in match because of an injury Peer Koopmeiners (AZ).
20. 70'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
21. 80'•Substitution, FC Utrecht. Neville Ogidi Nwankwo replaces Arthur Zagré.
22. 80'•Substitution, AZ. Rion Ichihara replaces Kees Smit.
23. 81'•Substitution, AZ. Ayoub Oufkir replaces Ro-Zangelo Daal.
24. 84'⚽Goal! FC Utrecht 1, AZ 4. Ayoub Oufkir (AZ) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mateo Chávez following a fast break.
25. 85'•Substitution, AZ. Seiya Maikuma replaces Peer Koopmeiners.
26. 89'•Mateo Chávez (AZ) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

How they arrived

• FC Utrecht: 0W 0D 1L in their last 1 — 0% win rate, 1 scored and 2 conceded.
• AZ Alkmaar: 2W 0D 0L in their last 2 — 100% win rate, 6 scored and 0 conceded.

Full match statistics

Team records

Sources

• 2026 Eredivisie Regular Season — live match data

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