It's Europa Conference League time and the hopeful contenders are FC Santa Coloma and AZ

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 10.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Nacional (5000 seats)

FC Santa Coloma host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League 3rd Qualifying Round game. AZ will try their very best to bring a solid result back to AFAS Stadion before the return leg in 10 days.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting AZ have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 4-2-4 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.

These teams have little in common geographically as AZ have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

FC Santa Coloma and AZ should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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FC Santa Coloma form and stats

Action has already taken place for FC Santa Coloma in Europa Conference League as they have defeated Penybont and Sutjeska to reach the 3rd Qualifying Round. Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round against Hibernian.

7 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what FC Santa Coloma have to build on here at Estadi Nacional in the Primera División. 2W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for FC Santa Coloma.

Coloma's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at their home, ending 3-0 against Sutjeska. The home side hope to to build on that result.

Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Sutjeska in the Europa Conference League.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (29 in 14 games), FC Santa Coloma's attacking play is working. Coloma have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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AZ form and stats

Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Anderlecht.

AZ's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed AZ collect 35 points from their 17 away matches in the Eredivisie. 11 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 4 defeats).

Home advantage was not enough for AZ in their previous game as they lost hosting PSV, 1-2. Late heartbreak for AZ in the PSV match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Midfielder Clasie was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.32. Clasie hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A loss against PSV was the result prior to that, in a Eredivisie home game.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Go Ahead Eagles in just three days.

AZ are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 32 times in 17 away games so far. AZ are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 17 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

FC Santa Coloma missing players

AZ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Santa Coloma AZ
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
14 8   Won W   6 14
5 1   Drew D   1 4
6 3   Lost L   4 7
53 27   Scored S   15 41
20 12   Conceded C   10 22
88% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
84% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 72%
64% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 56%
32% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 12%
16% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
32% 42%   BTTS BTTS   45% 48%
52% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   45% 40%
28% 17%   Failed to Score F T   18% 16%
 
3.5 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.6
3.1 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 3.1
1.6 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.5
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.6 9   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 13
3.8 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.6
51% 55%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 36%
 
7.6 9.4   Shots against (avg) S A   13.1 10.3
3.2 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 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 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
  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 34 25 7 2 81 30 17 12 4 1 37 10 17 13 3 1 44 20 51 82
2 PSV 34 23 6 5 89 40 17 14 2 1 54 14 17 9 4 4 35 26 49 75
3 Ajax 34 20 9 5 86 38 17 10 5 2 47 14 17 10 4 3 39 24 48 69
4 AZ 34 20 7 7 68 35 17 9 5 3 36 20 17 11 2 4 32 15 33 67
5 FC Twente 34 18 10 6 66 27 17 13 4 0 46 11 17 5 6 6 20 16 39 64
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 17 8 9 60 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 17 7 6 4 28 19 23 59
7 FC Utrecht 34 15 9 10 55 50 17 8 5 4 20 15 17 7 4 6 35 35 5 54
8 SC Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 44 50 17 6 3 8 21 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -6 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 11 8 15 50 64 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 2 5 10 16 38 -14 41
10 Vitesse 34 10 10 14 45 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 17 5 4 8 21 25 -5 40
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 10 14 46 56 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 3 4 10 18 33 -10 40
12 NEC 34 8 15 11 42 45 17 3 9 5 28 28 17 5 6 6 14 17 -3 39
13 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 6 18 39 62 17 5 4 8 21 28 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 36
14 FC Volendam 34 10 6 18 42 71 17 9 1 7 29 32 17 1 5 11 13 39 -29 36
15 Excelsior 34 9 5 20 32 71 17 8 2 7 22 26 17 1 3 13 10 45 -39 32
16 FC Emmen 34 6 10 18 33 65 17 3 9 5 16 23 17 3 1 13 17 42 -32 28
17 SC Cambuur 34 5 4 25 26 69 17 3 0 14 14 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -43 19
18 FC Groningen 34 4 6 24 31 75 17 3 3 11 20 34 17 1 3 13 11 41 -44 18

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 Feyenoord 34 25 7 2 81 30 17 12 4 1 37 10 17 13 3 1 44 20 51 82
2 PSV 34 23 6 5 89 40 17 14 2 1 54 14 17 9 4 4 35 26 49 75
3 Ajax 34 20 9 5 86 38 17 10 5 2 47 14 17 10 4 3 39 24 48 69
4 AZ 34 20 7 7 68 35 17 9 5 3 36 20 17 11 2 4 32 15 33 67
5 FC Twente 34 18 10 6 66 27 17 13 4 0 46 11 17 5 6 6 20 16 39 64
6 Sparta Rotterdam 34 17 8 9 60 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 17 7 6 4 28 19 23 59
7 FC Utrecht 34 15 9 10 55 50 17 8 5 4 20 15 17 7 4 6 35 35 5 54
8 SC Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 44 50 17 6 3 8 21 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -6 46
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 11 8 15 50 64 17 9 3 5 34 26 17 2 5 10 16 38 -14 41
10 Vitesse 34 10 10 14 45 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 17 5 4 8 21 25 -5 40
11 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 10 14 46 56 17 7 6 4 28 23 17 3 4 10 18 33 -10 40
12 NEC 34 8 15 11 42 45 17 3 9 5 28 28 17 5 6 6 14 17 -3 39
13 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 6 18 39 62 17 5 4 8 21 28 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 36
14 FC Volendam 34 10 6 18 42 71 17 9 1 7 29 32 17 1 5 11 13 39 -29 36
15 Excelsior 34 9 5 20 32 71 17 8 2 7 22 26 17 1 3 13 10 45 -39 32
16 FC Emmen 34 6 10 18 33 65 17 3 9 5 16 23 17 3 1 13 17 42 -32 28
17 SC Cambuur 34 5 4 25 26 69 17 3 0 14 14 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -43 19
18 FC Groningen 34 4 6 24 31 75 17 3 3 11 20 34 17 1 3 13 11 41 -44 18

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