The first leg ended AZ-Brann 1-1. All is set for the decider in this Europa Conference League Play-offs fixture!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for AZ, who are travelling more than 1500 kilometers to play this game.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Brann form and stats
Brann have not come this way in the Europa Conference League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Arouca.23 points is a decent return from 10 Eliteserien games here at Brann Stadion for Brann. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, Brann has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The Brann manager Horneland and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus AZ in the Europa Conference League.
Previous to that game, a Eliteserien home match hosting Aalesund in a game that was won 5-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Eliteserien game versus Sarpsborg 08 in only three days. This game is also played here at Brann Stadion.
Brann can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 23 times. Brann have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
AZ form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated FC Santa Coloma in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League. AZ's mission in Europa Conference League last season failed in the semi-finals against West Ham United.The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Total Europa Conference League statistics for AZ: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
AZ delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Brann in their previous match; a Europa Conference League duel. Hatzidiakos, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.61. Hatzidiakos scored one goal and won 3 of 5 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at RKC Waalwijk.AZ have another fixture that requires travelling in just three days, a Eredivisie fixture against Vitesse. A strenuous programme for the guests!
It's early days yet, but AZ has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Brann and AZ have faced each other previously this season: AZ - Brann 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Finne 12 goals |  S. Heltne Nilsen 6 goals |  N. Castro 4 goals |
Brann missing players
AZ missing players
| Brann | AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 61 | 20 | Scored | S | 15 | 46 | ||
| 33 | 9 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 8 | 7.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16.8 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 13.8 | ||
| 6.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | ||
| 10.3 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 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 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Rosenborg | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Odd | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
| 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 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 20 |
| 13 | Sandefjord | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -9 | 18 |
| 14 | Vålerenga | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -8 | 17 |
| 15 | Stabæk | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -13 | 16 |
| 16 | Aalesund | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 31 | -34 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sparta Rotterdam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | SC Heerenveen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Feyenoord | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Ajax | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | NEC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Vitesse | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Heracles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | PEC Zwolle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | FC Utrecht | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 17 | RKC Waalwijk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| 18 | Almere City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 0 |
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