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16:45

Omonia Nicosia

Celta de Vigo

16:45

Ararat-Armenia

Sparta Praha

19:00

Anderlecht

Olympique Lyonnais 19:00

Olympiacos F.C.

Jagiellonia Białystok 19:00

AC Milan

Benfica

19:00

Sturm Graz

Rennes

19:00

Sunderland

AZ Alkmaar

19:00

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Torreense

AFC Bournemouth 19:00

Beşiktaş

Olympique Marseille 19:00

19:00

Viktoria Plzeň

Union Saint-Gilloise

Football› Europa League› Round 1› Sunderland vs AZ Alkmaar

Sunderland vs AZ Alkmaar — preview, stats & head-to-head, 16 Sep 2026

Sunderland vs AZ AlkmaarEuropa League · Round 1 · Stadium of Light

Matches

Sunderland 19:00 Wed 16 Sep · Europa League

AZ Alkmaar

How the market moved Sunderland win %

57% −1 since open at 58%

59%58%57%

57

Market openedNow

The market moved away from Sunderland, from 58% at open to 57% — a fall of 1 points.

Real traded prices, since the market opened. Not a forecast: what the market believed, when.

Starting XI

Confirmed lineups appear about an hour before kick-off.

Timeline

Goals, cards and substitutions appear once the match kicks off.

Periods

Goals by half appear once the match kicks off.

Match statistics

Match statistics appear once the game kicks off.

Match information

Europa LeagueCompetition

1Round

Wed 16 Sep · 19:00 UTCKickoff

Stadium of LightVenue

48,707Capacity

Possession

Breakdown

Goalscorers

No scorers on record.

Bench

Managers

Previous meetings

No prior meetings on record.

Recent form

Sunderland WLLW

AZ Alkmaar WWWW

Europa League

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AFC Bournemouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Celta de Vigo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Crystal Palace	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	NEC Nijmegen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Torreense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Benfica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	AC Milan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Juventus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Real Sociedad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Dinamo Zagreb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	AZ Alkmaar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Salzburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Olympique Marseille	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Olympiacos F.C.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Rennes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Celtic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Viktoria Plzeň	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Union Saint-Gilloise	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Ferencvárosi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Olympique Lyonnais	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Sparta Praha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Anderlecht	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Sturm Graz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Lech Poznań	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Omonia Nicosia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	TSG Hoffenheim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Beşiktaş	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Celje	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Jagiellonia Białystok	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Ararat-Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	OFI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Lillestrøm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Levski Sofia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0