It's game one of two in the Europa Conference League as AZ host Gil Vicente. This is a Play-offs fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
It's quite the trip for Gil Vicente when visiting AZ as the cities are 2100 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for AZ and Gil Vicente.
AZ form and stats
AZ have reached this Europa Conference League stage through battling and winning against Dundee United and Sloga. Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Bodø / Glimt.AZ have collected 3 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 1-0-0. 3W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for AZ.
AZ enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sparta Rotterdam's place. The match ended 3-2 with Wit, Kerkez and Pavlidis scoring. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Pavlidis, having scored in three consecutive games. Pavlidis, who usually features in attack, was the top player for the team in that match, receiving a rating of 8.15 (out of 10). Pavlidis scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
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 10 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 8 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.
At AFAS Stadion, AZ has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Gil Vicente form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Riga in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League.0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gil Vicente in their Primeira Liga matches away.
There might be some fixture complaints from Gil Vicente as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Arouca. Midfield player Bueno was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. Bueno dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 42 successful passes (of 47 total).
A new game in only four days for Gil Vicente, the Primeira Liga home match versus Famalicao. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Gil Vicente has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Pavlidis 2 goals |  D. de Wit 1 goals |  K. Milos 1 goals |
AZ missing players
Gil Vicente missing players
| AZ | Gil Vicente | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 51 | 34 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14.5 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 41% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 34% | ||
| 8.4 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Excelsior | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Feyenoord | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | NEC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | FC Emmen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Vitesse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 18 | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 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 | Porto | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Benfica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Boavista | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Sporting CP | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Portimonense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Estoril | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Chaves | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Vizela | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Arouca | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Casa Pia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Pacos de Ferreira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Rio Ave | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| 18 | Famalicao | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
