Match Report
AZ comfortably beat Utrecht 4-1 on 15 August 2026. Peer Koopmeiners opened the scoring 46 minutes into the game for AZ to make it 1-0. Weslley Patati added to the tally 47 minutes into the game for AZ, set up by Kees Smit, to make it 2-0. Mexx Meerdink added to the tally 49 minutes into the game for AZ, set up by Mateo Chávez, to make it 3-0. Artem Stepanov got one back 62 minutes into the game for Utrecht, set up by Yoann Cathline, to make it 1-3. Ayoub Oufkir added to the tally late on, in the 84th minute for AZ, set up by Mateo Chávez, to make it 4-1. Artem Stepanov (23'), Ferdinand Pohl (46'), Guus Offerhaus (54'), Weslley Patati (57'), Arthur Zagre (69') and Mateo Chávez (89') were booked. Ayoub Oufkir scored after coming off the bench. Our current Elo ratings make Utrecht slightly the stronger side, by 45 rating points over AZ, even though it was AZ who won this one. Every goal came after the interval. On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives AZ only a 22.7% chance in this pairing, the least likely of the three outcomes. On current ratings the model puts AZ at around 1.47 goals in this pairing; they scored 4 here. AZ are unbeaten in the latest 10 matches of their recorded form.