There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa Conference League Play-offs meeting between Gil Vicente and AZ. Game on!
It's quite the trip for AZ when visiting Gil Vicente as the cities are 2100 kilometers apart.
There haven't been much to rest for the home side, as they were involved in a Primeira Liga game only three days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Famalicao, was also a home game here at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos. The away team is better rested.
Gil Vicente form and stats
Action has already taken place for Gil Vicente in Europa Conference League as they have defeated Riga to reach the Play-offs.Only two Primeira Liga home games for Gil Vicente so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat. On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, Gil Vicente has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Vicente are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 185 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Alipour).
Gil Vicente drew their last game, also a home match. Famalicao was the opponent, 0-0 the score. The goalie Andrew was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.83 out of ten. Andrew topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against AZ in the Europa Conference League.
There will be little rest for Gil Vicente after this match as they are travelling to Vizela for a Primeira Liga game in only four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Gil Vicente at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
AZ form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Dundee United and Sloga in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League. They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Bodø / Glimt drew the shortest straw.The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
The followers enjoyed AZ's previous match versus Gil Vicente, a Europa Conference League win (4-0) played at home. Midfield player Wit was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.8/10. Wit scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sparta Rotterdam at their stadium, the result 3-2.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Eredivisie trip to SC Cambuur.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, AZ has managed 3 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
AZ - Gil Vicente 4-0 was the output when this pair of contenders previously met, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Pavlidis 2 goals |   A. Alipour 1 goals |  D. de Wit 1 goals |
Gil Vicente missing players
AZ missing players
| Gil Vicente | AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 17 | 55 | ||
| 30 | 6 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 8% | ||
| 5.8 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.2 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 14.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 43% | ||
| 12.7 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 8.2 | ||
| 4 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 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 | Porto | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 3 | Benfica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Portimonense | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Boavista | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Arouca | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | Estoril | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Sporting CP | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Chaves | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Vizela | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Rio Ave | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 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 | Ajax | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Excelsior | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | FC Emmen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 11 | NEC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | FC Utrecht | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Go Ahead Eagles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 |
| 18 | Vitesse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -9 | 0 |
