International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both AZ and Dnipro-1 are looking forward to this Europa Conference League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Dnipro-1, who are travelling more than 2400 kilometers to play this game.
It's no vacation for neither AZ nor Dnipro-1 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
Last season, AZ's Europa Conference League journey ended in the 8th finals against Bodø / Glimt.AZ have collected 11 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 3-2-1. 9W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for AZ.
AZ's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus FC Volendam. The home side are looking to build on that result. de Wit was on the receiving end of a red card in the AZ-FC Volendam match, being sent off in the 14th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 2-1 victory. The attacker Sugawara was declared "man of the match" for AZ with the rating of 7.84/10. Sugawara served one assist and hit one key pass.
In the game before, a nice away win at Vaduz. A Europa Conference League match. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for AZ home games with this odds we find 11 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.
There will be little rest for AZ after this match as they are travelling to RKC Waalwijk for a Eredivisie game in only three days.
A decent goal production from AZ in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. AZ's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dnipro-1 form and stats
The visitors are W4-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Total Europa Conference League statistics for Dnipro-1: 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Dnipro-1 goalkeeper Max Walef Araujo da Silva is eager to challenge this, with his 204 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Pikhalyonok scored in Dnipro-1's previous match, the home game against Chornomorets that ended 1-0.
Before that one, the victory at home against Apollon in the Europa Conference League (1-0). We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Dnipro-1 played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 3 times.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Minai in just three days.
Dnipro-1 have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 10 goals from 4 away matches. Dnipro-1 are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Amazingly enough, Dnipro-1 have found the net in every league match they've had since failing to score against today's home team; the Dnipro-1 - AZ 0-1 game five rounds ago.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Odgaard 6 goals |   A. Dovbyk 6 goals |  D. de Wit 3 goals |
AZ missing players
Dnipro-1 missing players
| AZ | Dnipro-1 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 15 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 53 | 29 | Scored | S | 38 | 60 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 10 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 91% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 12.9 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 36% | ||
| 8.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 6.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AZ | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Dnipro-1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Apollon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 4 | Vaduz | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 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 | Ajax | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | PSV | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 27 |
| 3 | AZ | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 24 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | -16 | 13 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | NEC | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | SC Cambuur | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -15 | 7 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -20 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dnipro-1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 25 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Zorya | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Oleksandria | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Kolos Kovalivka | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Veres | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Metal Kharkiv | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 8 | Dynamo Kyiv | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Vorskla | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | Minai | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Rukh Vynnyky | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 13 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | Lviv | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
| 15 | Inhulets | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Chornomorets | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
