Match Report
11 points and 16 places separated them: FC Utrecht 17th with 1, AZ 1st with 12. Scoring rates set the scale: FC Utrecht 1.5 scored and 3.75 conceded per game, AZ 3.25 and 0.75, with the league averaging 2.01.
Momentum sat with AZ, winners of their last four, having scored in 10 consecutive games. Over the last five, FC Utrecht had taken 6 of 15 points to AZ's 13.
Across 35 recorded meetings, FC Utrecht have 13 wins to AZ's 13, with 9 draws, at 3.46 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 69% of the meetings.
Stadion Galgenwaard staged the fixture, a ground that holds 23,750. On the scoreboard, AZ led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 1-4.
Goal scorers
FC Utrecht: Artem Stepanov (62') · AZ: Peer Koopmeiners (45'), Weslley Patati (47'), Mexx Meerdink (49'), Ayoub Oufkir (84')
Key stats
Possession: FC Utrecht 48% · AZ 52% · Total shots: 8-24 · On target: 2-9 · Corners: 3-9