Europa Conference League betting and spectator preview: Zrinjski and AZ meet at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
AZ have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
The visiting AZ played their last game only four days ago, a Eredivisie match.
Zrinjski form and stats
Zrinjski was eliminated in the 1st qualifying round last season in the Champions League. Banants was too strong.Zrinjski must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Premier Liga games here at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg.
Stress levels are on the rise for Zrinjski's attacking players as they have now played 196 minutes without scoring in a league game. Bilbija was their last goal scorer.
Zrinjski are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Sarajevo.
Preceding that match was a Premier Liga defeat to Posusje (0-1).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Zrinjski, as the Premier Liga home game vs Zeljeznicar is only three days away.
Goals are plentiful at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg in the league this season as Zrinjski has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
AZ form and stats
They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when West Ham United drew the shortest straw.AZ are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Eredivisie.
The AZ goalkeeper Mathew Ryan is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 229 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
AZ are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Sparta Rotterdam. de Wit got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, top player of the team. Wit scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Prior to that result AZ won their away game at Vitesse in the Eredivisie. The scoreline was 2-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the AZ manager Martens as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against PEC Zwolle.
AZ have the goal stats of 5-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Pavlidis 6 goals |   N. Bilbija 5 goals |  D. de Wit 3 goals |
Zrinjski missing players
AZ missing players
| Zrinjski | AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 48 | 31 | Scored | S | 19 | 49 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 5.1 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.1 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 13.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | ||
| 8 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 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 | Aston Villa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | AZ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Legia Warszawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Zrinjski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Sarajevo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Siroki Brijeg | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Borac Banja Luka | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Velez | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | Posusje | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Zeljeznicar | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Igman Konjic | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 8 | Sloga Doboj | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 9 | GOSK Gabela | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | Zrinjski | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Sloga | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Zvijezda '09 Brgule | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | AZ | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| 5 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | PEC Zwolle | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Heracles | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Ajax | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | NEC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
| 17 | Almere City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 1 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
