It's time for episode two of the AZ - Anderlecht Quarter-finals battle

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 20.April
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Stadion (17023 seats)

The first leg ended Anderlecht-AZ 2-0. All is set for the decider in this Europa Conference League Quarter-finals fixture!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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AZ form and stats

AZ participated in Europa Conference League the last season, where they reached the 8th finals and lost against Bodø / Glimt.

The story so far in the Eredivisie for AZ at their home stadium (AFAS Stadion) is 7 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. This match is a Europa Conference League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 13 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses in this competition.

AZ's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at their home, ending 2-0 against Anderlecht. The home side hope to to build on that result. Pavlidis, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the side in that game, and was presented with a rating of 7.82 (out of 10). Pavlidis scored two goals.

Before that match, a Eredivisie win away at Fortuna Sittard.

The AZ fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 14 league matches. AZ's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Anderlecht form and stats

7 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Anderlecht playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 8 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses both home and away.

Two away games in a row for Anderlecht, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 vs AZ in the Europa Conference League. Defender Debast was the best team player with a rating of 6.71. Debast won 3 of 3 duels.

A 2-5 defeat away at Genk before that.

Anderlecht find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Anderlecht have conceded 23 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams encountered each other before this season: Anderlecht - AZ 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): AZ two wins, zero draws and Anderlecht one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AZV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
12 goals
AZJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
9 goals
AnderlechtI. Slimani
I. Slimani
7 goals

AZ missing players

Anderlecht missing players

AZ Anderlecht
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   14 25
15 6   Won W   7 11
4 3   Drew D   2 7
6 2   Lost L   5 7
48 23   Scored S   15 31
27 13   Conceded C   14 26
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
80% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 64%
56% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   21% 32%
28% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 24%
16% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 8%
60% 64%   BTTS BTTS   29% 44%
32% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   43% 40%
8% 9%   Failed to Score F T   29% 24%
 
5.2 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.8
3.4 2.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.2
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
13.4 16.5   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 12.7
5 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.4
38% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 28%
 
11.6 9.5   Shots against (avg) S A   12.2 11.5
3.4 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Feyenoord 29 21 7 1 70 27 14 10 4 0 31 8 15 11 3 1 39 19 43 70
2 Ajax 29 18 8 3 79 29 15 9 4 2 44 13 14 9 4 1 35 16 50 62
3 PSV 29 19 5 5 78 35 14 12 1 1 46 10 15 7 4 4 32 25 43 62
4 AZ 29 17 6 6 56 32 14 7 5 2 27 17 15 10 1 4 29 15 24 57
5 Sparta Rotterdam 29 15 7 7 47 30 15 9 2 4 28 16 14 6 5 3 19 14 17 52
6 FC Twente 29 14 9 6 48 23 14 11 3 0 36 7 15 3 6 6 12 16 25 51
7 FC Utrecht 29 12 9 8 45 42 15 6 5 4 15 13 14 6 4 4 30 29 3 45
8 RKC Waalwijk 29 10 8 11 46 49 15 8 3 4 30 20 14 2 5 7 16 29 -3 38
9 SC Heerenveen 29 10 8 11 34 42 14 5 2 7 17 23 15 5 6 4 17 19 -8 38
10 NEC 29 7 14 8 38 34 15 3 9 3 26 22 14 4 5 5 12 12 4 35
11 Go Ahead Eagles 29 8 9 12 40 50 14 5 5 4 22 22 15 3 4 8 18 28 -10 33
12 Fortuna Sittard 29 9 5 15 35 54 15 4 3 8 18 27 14 5 2 7 17 27 -19 32
13 Vitesse 29 7 9 13 36 48 14 3 5 6 16 25 15 4 4 7 20 23 -12 30
14 FC Volendam 29 7 6 16 34 61 14 6 1 7 22 29 15 1 5 9 12 32 -27 27
15 Excelsior 29 8 3 18 27 66 15 7 2 6 19 24 14 1 1 12 8 42 -39 27
16 FC Emmen 29 5 10 14 26 49 15 3 9 3 15 17 14 2 1 11 11 32 -23 25
17 FC Groningen 29 4 5 20 28 59 14 3 3 8 18 25 15 1 2 12 10 34 -31 17
18 SC Cambuur 29 4 4 21 21 58 15 2 0 13 10 30 14 2 4 8 11 28 -37 16
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 33 23 5 5 76 35 17 14 1 2 44 15 16 9 4 3 32 20 41 74
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 33 22 6 5 66 39 17 13 2 2 33 16 16 9 4 3 33 23 27 72
3 Antwerp 33 21 6 6 58 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 16 8 4 4 22 15 32 69
4 Gent 33 16 8 9 63 36 16 9 4 3 27 14 17 7 4 6 36 22 27 56
5 Club Brugge 33 15 11 7 54 36 16 9 6 1 33 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 18 56
6 Standard Liege 33 16 7 10 56 42 17 10 3 4 34 17 16 6 4 6 22 25 14 55
7 Westerlo 33 14 8 11 60 52 17 8 4 5 40 26 16 6 4 6 20 26 8 50
8 Cercle Brugge 33 12 11 10 47 44 17 8 7 2 31 18 16 4 4 8 16 26 3 47
9 Sporting Charleroi 33 14 5 14 43 50 16 7 1 8 21 25 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 47
10 Anderlecht 33 13 7 13 47 43 16 6 4 6 25 20 17 7 3 7 22 23 4 46
11 OH Leuven 33 12 9 12 53 46 16 6 5 5 26 22 17 6 4 7 27 24 7 45
12 Sint-Truiden 33 11 9 13 37 39 16 6 4 6 20 18 17 5 5 7 17 21 -2 42
13 Mechelen 33 10 7 16 46 61 17 7 6 4 29 27 16 3 1 12 17 34 -15 37
14 Kortrijk 33 8 7 18 35 57 16 4 5 7 14 25 17 4 2 11 21 32 -22 31
15 AS Eupen 33 7 7 19 40 68 17 4 4 9 22 33 16 3 3 10 18 35 -28 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 33 6 9 18 48 75 16 3 4 9 25 43 17 3 5 9 23 32 -27 27
17 KV Oostende 33 6 6 21 35 75 17 5 1 11 18 33 16 1 5 10 17 42 -40 24
18 RFC Seraing 33 5 4 24 27 67 16 1 3 12 7 28 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 19