It's time for episode two of the AZ - West Ham United Semi-finals battle

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 18.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: AFAS Stadion (17023 seats)

It's time to decide the outcome of the Europa Conference League Semi-finals meeting between AZ and West Ham United. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!

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 West Ham United.

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AZ form and stats

AZ was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Europa Conference League. Bodø / Glimt was too strong.

AZ are steadily winning Eredivisie games and points here at AFAS Stadion. 9 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 16 games. On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, AZ has performed like this (both home and away): 13 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses.

The AZ followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host FC Emmen and win 5-1. As indicated by the result mentioned above, AZ played a great game against FC Emmen and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfield player Clasie got a match rating of 9.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Clasie scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 78 successful passes (of 84 total).

Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against West Ham United in the Europa Conference League.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for AZ as they are travelling to their away game against NEC in the Eredivisie. That match is three days after this one.

The AZ manager Jansen has got the team scoring with 35 from 16 home games in the league. On the other hand, AZ have conceded 18 goals. 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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West Ham United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for West Ham United so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-12 (win-draw-lose). Total Europa Conference League statistics for West Ham United: 12 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

There might be some fixture complaints from West Ham United as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-2 against Brentford. It is a bit worrying for West Ham that their goalie Fabiański pulled off seven saves in the Brentford match, but still couldn't hinder a defeat.

Before that game, the win at home hosting AZ in the Europa Conference League (2-1).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Leeds United in just three days.

The attacking power of West Ham United when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 18 league matches away. In the opposite end, West Ham have conceded 29 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have fought earlier this season: West Ham United - AZ 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

AZV. Pavlidis
V. Pavlidis
12 goals
AZJ. Odgaard
J. Odgaard
9 goals
AZJ. Karlsson
J. Karlsson
6 goals

AZ missing players

West Ham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AZ West Ham United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
14 8   Won W   4 11
5 3   Drew D   2 5
6 2   Lost L   7 9
51 31   Scored S   15 39
26 14   Conceded C   21 34
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 84%
60% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 48%
24% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 36%
20% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 12%
60% 62%   BTTS BTTS   31% 44%
32% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 36%
12% 8%   Failed to Score F T   38% 20%
 
5.9 7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 4.7
3.1 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   7 5.6
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.1
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
15.4 18.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.8 11.4
5.4 6.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.1
38% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 38%
 
12 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   16.7 14.1
3.4 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.3 4.4

  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 32 24 7 1 78 28 16 12 4 0 37 9 16 12 3 1 41 19 50 79
2 PSV 32 22 5 5 84 36 16 14 1 1 51 11 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 71
3 Ajax 32 19 9 4 82 34 16 9 5 2 44 13 16 10 4 2 38 21 48 66
4 AZ 32 19 7 6 64 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 16 10 2 4 29 15 31 64
5 FC Twente 32 16 10 6 58 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 16 4 6 6 15 16 32 58
6 Sparta Rotterdam 32 15 8 9 51 36 16 9 2 5 28 17 16 6 6 4 23 19 15 53
7 FC Utrecht 32 14 9 9 51 45 16 7 5 4 17 13 16 7 4 5 34 32 6 51
8 SC Heerenveen 32 11 9 12 39 47 16 5 3 8 19 26 16 6 6 4 20 21 -8 42
9 RKC Waalwijk 32 11 8 13 50 55 16 9 3 4 34 21 16 2 5 9 16 34 -5 41
10 NEC 32 8 14 10 41 41 16 3 9 4 28 25 16 5 5 6 13 16 0 38
11 Go Ahead Eagles 32 9 10 13 43 54 16 6 6 4 25 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -11 37
12 Fortuna Sittard 32 10 5 17 38 58 16 5 3 8 20 27 16 5 2 9 18 31 -20 35
13 Vitesse 32 8 10 14 38 50 16 4 6 6 18 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -12 34
14 FC Volendam 32 9 6 17 39 66 16 8 1 7 26 30 16 1 5 10 13 36 -27 33
15 Excelsior 32 8 5 19 27 68 16 7 2 7 19 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -41 29
16 FC Emmen 32 6 10 16 30 59 16 3 9 4 15 20 16 3 1 12 15 39 -29 28
17 FC Groningen 32 4 6 22 31 64 16 3 3 10 20 29 16 1 3 12 11 35 -33 18
18 SC Cambuur 32 4 4 24 21 65 16 2 0 14 10 33 16 2 4 10 11 32 -44 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 Manchester City 35 27 4 4 92 31 18 16 1 1 59 17 17 11 3 3 33 14 61 85
2 Arsenal 36 25 6 5 83 42 18 13 3 2 48 25 18 12 3 3 35 17 41 81
3 Newcastle United 35 18 12 5 63 31 17 10 5 2 32 13 18 8 7 3 31 18 32 66
4 Manchester United 35 20 6 9 51 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 18 7 3 8 21 33 10 66
5 Liverpool 36 19 8 9 70 42 18 13 4 1 45 16 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 65
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 17 7 10 66 45 17 9 3 5 33 19 17 8 4 5 33 26 21 58
7 Tottenham Hotspur 36 17 6 13 65 59 18 12 1 5 36 22 18 5 5 8 29 37 6 57
8 Aston Villa 36 17 6 13 48 44 18 11 2 5 31 20 18 6 4 8 17 24 4 57
9 Brentford 36 13 14 9 54 45 18 9 7 2 34 18 18 4 7 7 20 27 9 53
10 Fulham 36 15 6 15 52 49 18 8 4 6 29 27 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 51
11 Chelsea 35 11 10 14 36 41 18 6 6 6 19 18 17 5 4 8 17 23 -5 43
12 Crystal Palace 36 11 10 15 37 46 18 7 6 5 20 22 18 4 4 10 17 24 -9 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 11 7 18 30 52 18 9 2 7 18 19 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 40
14 AFC Bournemouth 36 11 6 19 37 69 18 6 4 8 20 27 18 5 2 11 17 42 -32 39
15 West Ham United 36 10 7 19 38 52 18 7 4 7 23 23 18 3 3 12 15 29 -14 37
16 Nottingham Forest 36 8 10 18 36 67 18 7 6 5 26 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -31 34
17 Everton 36 7 11 18 32 56 18 5 3 10 15 27 18 2 8 8 17 29 -24 32
18 Leeds United 36 7 10 19 46 71 18 5 7 6 25 33 18 2 3 13 21 38 -25 31
19 Leicester City 36 8 6 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 18 4 2 12 28 41 -18 30
20 Southampton 36 6 6 24 31 66 18 2 4 12 15 33 18 4 2 12 16 33 -35 24

West Ham United:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 35 27 4 4 92 31 18 16 1 1 59 17 17 11 3 3 33 14 61 85
2 Arsenal 36 25 6 5 83 42 18 13 3 2 48 25 18 12 3 3 35 17 41 81
3 Newcastle United 35 18 12 5 63 31 17 10 5 2 32 13 18 8 7 3 31 18 32 66
4 Manchester United 35 20 6 9 51 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 18 7 3 8 21 33 10 66
5 Liverpool 36 19 8 9 70 42 18 13 4 1 45 16 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 65
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 17 7 10 66 45 17 9 3 5 33 19 17 8 4 5 33 26 21 58
7 Tottenham Hotspur 36 17 6 13 65 59 18 12 1 5 36 22 18 5 5 8 29 37 6 57
8 Aston Villa 36 17 6 13 48 44 18 11 2 5 31 20 18 6 4 8 17 24 4 57
9 Brentford 36 13 14 9 54 45 18 9 7 2 34 18 18 4 7 7 20 27 9 53
10 Fulham 36 15 6 15 52 49 18 8 4 6 29 27 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 51
11 Chelsea 35 11 10 14 36 41 18 6 6 6 19 18 17 5 4 8 17 23 -5 43
12 Crystal Palace 36 11 10 15 37 46 18 7 6 5 20 22 18 4 4 10 17 24 -9 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 11 7 18 30 52 18 9 2 7 18 19 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 40
14 AFC Bournemouth 36 11 6 19 37 69 18 6 4 8 20 27 18 5 2 11 17 42 -32 39
15 West Ham United 36 10 7 19 38 52 18 7 4 7 23 23 18 3 3 12 15 29 -14 37
16 Nottingham Forest 36 8 10 18 36 67 18 7 6 5 26 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -31 34
17 Everton 36 7 11 18 32 56 18 5 3 10 15 27 18 2 8 8 17 29 -24 32
18 Leeds United 36 7 10 19 46 71 18 5 7 6 25 33 18 2 3 13 21 38 -25 31
19 Leicester City 36 8 6 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 18 4 2 12 28 41 -18 30
20 Southampton 36 6 6 24 31 66 18 2 4 12 15 33 18 4 2 12 16 33 -35 24

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