Europa Conference League match preview: Jablonec versus AZ

The hosts Jablonec saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Fortuna Liga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Slavia Praha.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Jablonec form and stats

When playing at home in the Fortuna Liga, Jablonec have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 7 games. 3W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for Jablonec. Jablonec have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

T. Cvancara was the last player to score a league goal for Jablonec and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Jablonec haven't scored in 260 minutes.

No payout for Jablonec in their previous match, an away game at Slavia Praha that ended in defeat 0-5. As you see from the result above, Jablonec suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Varnsdorf.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Jablonec, as the Fortuna Liga home game vs Mlada Boleslav is only three days away.

The Jablonec fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. On the other hand, Jablonec have conceded 7 goals.

AZ form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for AZ so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-5 (win-draw-lose). When we have look at the Europa Conference League statistics, we find 3W-1D-0L. This is both home and away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as AZ have lost on their last two travels.

AZ's last game was the home draw against NEC (1-1). As mentioned above, AZ drew the match against NEC. Manager P. Jansen brought on Zakaria Aboukhlal to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfield player Jesper Karlsson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.02/10. Karlsson hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 46 successful passes (of 54 total).

It was a Eredivisie defeat before that one as the away game against Feyenoord wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

AZ have another match away from home in just three nights, a Eredivisie game vs Vitesse. A strenuous schedule for the guests!

The visiting AZ have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as AZ have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have played earlier this season: AZ - Jablonec 1-0. Previous three meetings involving these teams: Jablonec won zero, AZ were winners in two and we saw one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

D. de Wit 6 goals

T. Čvančara 4 goals

J. Karlsson 4 goals

Jablonec missing players

AZ missing players