The first leg ended FC Santa Coloma-AZ 0-1. All is set for the decider in this Europa Conference League 3rd Qualifying Round fixture!
FC Santa Coloma play their home games on artifical turf, while this game will take part on grass. The latest data for FC Santa Coloma when playing on grass are 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from eight matches. They have scored {14 goals} and conceded 5 times on these occasions.
It's quite the trip for FC Santa Coloma when visiting AZ as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
These are busy days for the hosts, as they played only four days ago in the Eredivisie. This match was also played here at AFAS Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, FC Santa Coloma have had more rest.
AZ form and stats
Last season, AZ's Europa Conference League journey ended in the quarter-finals against Anderlecht.All-inclusive Eredivisie results at home this season for AZ are 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
AZ's previous game was also played at home, ending 5-1 versus Go Ahead Eagles. The home side are looking to build on that result. As indicated by the result mentioned above, AZ played a great game against Go Ahead Eagles and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfield player van Bommel got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Bommel scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that, a nice away win at FC Santa Coloma. A Europa Conference League game.
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.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the AZ at home in the league. 5 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
FC Santa Coloma form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Penybont and Sutjeska in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Europa Conference League. They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the 2nd qualifying round, when Hibernian drew the shortest straw.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 4 draws and only 2 losses in the Primera División. When we have look at the Europa Conference League statistics, we find 2W-1D-2L. This is both home and away.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Europa Conference League home loss versus AZ with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Rodriguez was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.12. The defender Rodriguez won 7 of 9 duels.
Before that game, the win at home hosting Sutjeska (after extra-time) in the Europa Conference League (3-0). Nobody expects FC Santa Coloma to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 17 times before, with the overall statistics of won 8, draw 5 and lost 4. When defeated, 3 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
The travelling fans enjoy Coloma's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 14 league matches away. FC Santa Coloma are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {6 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met earlier this season: FC Santa Coloma - AZ 0-1.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Clasie 1 goals |  D. de Wit 1 goals |  V. Pavlidis 1 goals |
AZ missing players
FC Santa Coloma missing players
| AZ | FC Santa Coloma | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 44 | 29 | Scored | S | 23 | 50 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.2 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 50% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.9 | 7.6 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 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 | AZ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | FC Twente | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Ajax | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | SC Heerenveen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | PSV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Excelsior | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Vitesse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Fortuna Sittard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Feyenoord | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | NEC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | FC Volendam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | FC Utrecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Heracles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | Almere City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Go Ahead Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -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 | Atletic Club d'Escaldes | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 68 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 49 | 63 |
| 2 | Inter Club d'Escaldes | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 76 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 16 | 53 | 61 |
| 3 | FC Santa Coloma | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 55 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 36 | 53 |
| 4 | UE Santa Coloma | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 40 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 42 |
| 5 | Penya Encarnada | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -21 | 27 |
| 6 | Ordino | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -22 | 23 |
| 7 | Engordany | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 67 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 30 | -46 | 22 |
| 8 | Sant Julia | 28 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 83 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 46 | -60 | 16 |
