AZ and Brann will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Europa Conference League Play-offs battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
Brann have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither AZ nor Brann as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
AZ form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Europa Conference League for AZ, as the manager Jansen led his troops to eliminate FC Santa Coloma, and reach the Play-offs. Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the semi-finals against West Ham United.The total Eredivisie stats at home this season for AZ are 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for AZ against RKC Waalwijk the last match, as de Wit and Pavlidis (2) were on target. Pavlidis, an attacker, was the top player for the team in that match, collecting a rating of 8.42 (out of 10). Pavlidis scored two goals.
A victory at home ahead of that match, as expected. The team were solid favourites against FC Santa Coloma and won 2-0.
At AFAS Stadion, AZ has the goal stats of 5-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Brann form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Arouca in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League.The visitors are W3-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Eliteserien.
Impressive finishing from Myhre, Børsting, Castro, Finne and Heggebø secured the home win 5-1 against Aalesund in their previous game. As mentioned above, Brann was the only team on the pitch versus Aalesund in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Nilsen got a match rating of 8.63 in that game, top player of the team. Nilsen hit the woodwork once, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 77 successful passes (of 92 total).
Before that, the win at home hosting Arouca in the Europa Conference League (3-1).
Brann find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Brann's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Finne 12 goals |  S. Heltne Nilsen 6 goals |  N. Castro 4 goals |
AZ missing players
Brann missing players
| AZ | Brann | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 46 | 31 | Scored | S | 40 | 63 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Conceded | C | 23 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 12% | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 8.1 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.7 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.4 | 17.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 6.7 | ||
| 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| 9.2 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.1 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | FC Twente | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | SC Heerenveen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Ajax | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Excelsior | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Heracles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Feyenoord | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | NEC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | PEC Zwolle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Almere City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | FC Utrecht | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bodø / Glimt | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 26 | 44 |
| 2 | Viking | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 44 |
| 3 | Tromsø | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 39 |
| 4 | Molde | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| 5 | Brann | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 33 |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Sarpsborg 08 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | Odd | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Rosenborg | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 25 |
| 10 | Strømsgodset | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | HamKam | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -14 | 22 |
| 12 | Haugesund | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 19 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | Vålerenga | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -8 | 16 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -13 | 16 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 27 | -30 | 10 |
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