It's Europa Conference League time and the hopeful contenders are Celje and Vitória SC

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 27.Jul
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Z'dežele (13059 seats)

The first of two encounters in the Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Celje will try to edge Vitória SC in their own ballpark.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Vitória SC, who are travelling more than 2400 kilometers to play this game.

There have been limited time to rest for the home side, as they had a 1. SNL fixture only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Aluminij.

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Celje form and stats

An away draw last time out for Celje, facing Aluminij in a game that ended 2-2.

Before that match, a 1. SNL win away at Olimpija.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Celje as they have a new game in only three days, a 1. SNL match thankfully also at home. Mura are visiting.

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Vitória SC form and stats

Vitória SC was sent out of Europa Conference League in the 3rd qualifying round last season, when Hajduk Split turned out to be too strong.

Playing away, Vitória SC have won 6 games, drawn 2 and suffered 9 defeats in the Liga Portugal this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Vitória, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Porto. Vitória SC lost heavily in their last match (against Porto as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations. Vitória SC goalkeeper Varela was happy for a fine day at work vs Porto, but despite making six saves the defeat could not be stopped. Bamba, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Bamba won 4 of 9 duels.

Prior to that match, the Vitória manager Moreno faced defeat when travelling to Porto and losing 0-3.

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Vitória SC rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

CeljeL. Bobičanec
L. Bobičanec
1 goals
CeljeA. Matko
A. Matko
1 goals

Celje missing players

Vitória SC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Celje Vitória SC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 16   Played P   13 25
11 6   Won W   5 10
10 7   Drew D   2 4
4 3   Lost L   6 11
36 23   Scored S   16 27
22 16   Conceded C   20 31
92% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
72% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 68%
44% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 48%
24% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 12%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 8%
48% 56%   BTTS BTTS   62% 48%
40% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 32%
20% 19%   Failed to Score F T   15% 28%
 
4.3 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.7
3.7 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 4.6
1 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.4
0 0   Red cards R C   4 5
 
10.5 10.8   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 10.9
4 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.5
36% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 31%
 
10.3 8.9   Shots against (avg) S A   13.1 11.3
3.4 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Maribor 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
2 Bravo 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Domzale 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
4 Koper 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Aluminij 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Celje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Mura 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
8 Olimpija 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
9 Rogaska 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
10 Radomlje 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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 Benfica 34 28 3 3 82 20 17 15 1 1 48 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 62 87
2 Porto 34 27 4 3 73 22 17 15 0 2 44 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 51 85
3 Sporting Braga 34 25 3 6 75 30 17 13 2 2 40 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 45 78
4 Sporting CP 34 23 5 6 71 32 17 13 2 2 42 12 17 10 3 4 29 20 39 74
5 Arouca 34 15 9 10 36 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 17 5 7 5 14 20 -1 54
6 Vitória SC 34 16 5 13 34 39 17 10 3 4 18 12 17 6 2 9 16 27 -5 53
7 Chaves 34 12 10 12 35 40 17 6 5 6 20 21 17 6 5 6 15 19 -5 46
8 Famalicao 34 13 5 16 39 47 17 9 1 7 21 19 17 4 4 9 18 28 -8 44
9 Boavista 34 12 8 14 43 54 17 8 6 3 23 21 17 4 2 11 20 33 -11 44
10 Casa Pia 34 11 8 15 31 40 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 5 3 9 13 23 -9 41
11 Vizela 34 11 7 16 34 38 17 5 4 8 18 19 17 6 3 8 16 19 -4 40
12 Rio Ave 34 10 10 14 36 43 17 8 3 6 18 14 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 40
13 Gil Vicente 34 10 7 17 32 41 17 6 6 5 15 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -9 37
14 Estoril 34 10 5 19 33 49 17 7 2 8 20 24 17 3 3 11 13 25 -16 35
15 Portimonense 34 10 4 20 25 48 17 6 3 8 14 21 17 4 1 12 11 27 -23 34
16 Maritimo 34 7 5 22 32 63 17 6 3 8 21 23 17 1 2 14 11 40 -31 26
17 Pacos de Ferreira 34 6 5 23 26 62 17 3 2 12 13 33 17 3 3 11 13 29 -36 23
18 Santa Clara 34 5 7 22 26 58 17 4 5 8 18 29 17 1 2 14 8 29 -32 22

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 Benfica 34 28 3 3 82 20 17 15 1 1 48 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 62 87
2 Porto 34 27 4 3 73 22 17 15 0 2 44 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 51 85
3 Sporting Braga 34 25 3 6 75 30 17 13 2 2 40 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 45 78
4 Sporting CP 34 23 5 6 71 32 17 13 2 2 42 12 17 10 3 4 29 20 39 74
5 Arouca 34 15 9 10 36 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 17 5 7 5 14 20 -1 54
6 Vitória SC 34 16 5 13 34 39 17 10 3 4 18 12 17 6 2 9 16 27 -5 53
7 Chaves 34 12 10 12 35 40 17 6 5 6 20 21 17 6 5 6 15 19 -5 46
8 Famalicao 34 13 5 16 39 47 17 9 1 7 21 19 17 4 4 9 18 28 -8 44
9 Boavista 34 12 8 14 43 54 17 8 6 3 23 21 17 4 2 11 20 33 -11 44
10 Casa Pia 34 11 8 15 31 40 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 5 3 9 13 23 -9 41
11 Vizela 34 11 7 16 34 38 17 5 4 8 18 19 17 6 3 8 16 19 -4 40
12 Rio Ave 34 10 10 14 36 43 17 8 3 6 18 14 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 40
13 Gil Vicente 34 10 7 17 32 41 17 6 6 5 15 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -9 37
14 Estoril 34 10 5 19 33 49 17 7 2 8 20 24 17 3 3 11 13 25 -16 35
15 Portimonense 34 10 4 20 25 48 17 6 3 8 14 21 17 4 1 12 11 27 -23 34
16 Maritimo 34 7 5 22 32 63 17 6 3 8 21 23 17 1 2 14 11 40 -31 26
17 Pacos de Ferreira 34 6 5 23 26 62 17 3 2 12 13 33 17 3 3 11 13 29 -36 23
18 Santa Clara 34 5 7 22 26 58 17 4 5 8 18 29 17 1 2 14 8 29 -32 22

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