UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa League
League Stage - 4• 5 Nov 2026

AZ Alkmaar 1–2 Juventus

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Match Recap

Juventus looked in control early as Teun Koopmeiners and Randal Kolo Muani struck inside the first 37 minutes to put the Italians 2-0 up away at AZ Alkmaar. The hosts dug in and got a lifeline through Mexx Meerdink in the 88th minute, setting up a nervy finish, but it arrived too late to rescue a point in this Europa League clash. The result lifts Juventus to seventh with seven points from three games and a DWW run, while AZ sit 13th on six points despite two wins in three. With K. Zachariassen still topping the league's scoring charts, none of the night's goalscorers from either side feature anywhere near that conversation, a reminder of how spread the goals have been across this Europa League campaign so far. Alkmaar will point to the late surge as proof they never stopped competing, but Juventus managed the game well enough to never look troubled until Meerdink's strike arrived. Watch how Koopmeiners and Kolo Muani combine to blow the game open in the first half, then see exactly how close AZ came to pulling off a grandstand finish in stoppage time.

Match Statistics

AZ Alkmaar
VS
Juventus
56% Ball Possession 44%
2.18 Expected goals (xG) 0.63
18 Total Shots 9
3 Shots on target 3
4 Shots off target 3
11 Blocked Shots 3
9 Shots inside box 6
9 Shots outside box 3
4 Corner Kicks 2
3 Offsides 0
13 Fouls 20
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0 Goalkeeper Saves 2
584 Total passes 452
524 Accurate passes 377
18 Free Kicks 12

Lineups

AZ Alkmaar
L. Echteld 4-3-3
VS
Juventus
L. Spalletti 4-2-3-1

Substitutes — AZ Alkmaar

8J. Clasie 5M. Chávez 22E. Dijkstra 29W. Hoedt 31R. Ichihara 18B. Kovacs 2S. Maikuma 24A. Oufkir 1R. Owusu-Oduro 10K. Smit 12H. Verhulst 27Wassim bouziane

Substitutes — Juventus

13J. Boga 3Bremer 32J. Cabal 12Douglas Luiz 18J. Ekhator 48D. Elimoghale 51A. Merola 33Neto 41A. Owusu 43F. Pagnucco 23C. Pinsoglio