It's game one of two in the Europa League as AZ Alkmaar host LASK Linz. This is a 16th Finals fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
LASK Linz have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
AZ Alkmaar form and stats
Last season, AZ Alkmaar's Europa League journey ended in the 2nd qualifying round against Kairat.AZ Alkmaar have performed here at AFAS Stadion this season with 8 wins from 11 Eredivisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
The fans are hoping that AZ Alkmaar will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Eredivisie game against FC Twente. Preceding that match was the home KNVB Beker game against NAC Breda that was lost 1-3.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Eredivisie game versus PEC Zwolle in only three days. This game is also played here at AFAS Stadion.
The AZ Alkmaar manager A. Slot has got the team scoring with 26 from 11 home games in the league. AZ Alkmaar have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
LASK Linz form and stats
LASK Linz's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 3rd qualifying round against Besiktas.The strength of LASK Linz on their travels this season is incredible with 30 points collected from 10 Tipico Bundesliga away games. LASK Linz has 10-0-0 on the road, with 22 goals scored and 5 conceded. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Salzburg game have they lost an away game, meaning LASK Linz has taken points from eleven away matches in a row.
It's the second away game in a row for LASK Linz, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Salzburg in the Tipico Bundesliga last time out. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Sturm Graz in the Austrian Cup.
A new game in only three days for LASK Linz, the Tipico Bundesliga home match versus St. Polten. Busy days.
The LASK Linz manager V. Ismaël has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 10 league matches. The LASK Linz defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (5 goals in 10 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Boadu 13 goals |  O. Idrissi 12 goals |  T. Koopmeiners 7 goals |
AZ Alkmaar missing players
LASK Linz missing players
| AZ Alkmaar | LASK Linz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 57 | 29 | Scored | S | 26 | 62 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 9 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 7.1 | 8.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.5 | 7.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 386 | 228 | Total Shots | T S | 225 | 440 | ||
| 145 | 67 | Shots on Target | S O | 104 | 186 | ||
| 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 43 | 50 |
| 2 | AZ Alkmaar | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 47 |
| 3 | PSV | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 42 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 40 |
| 5 | Willem II | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 40 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 34 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Heracles | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | FC Twente | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -9 | 27 |
| 13 | FC Emmen | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | -14 | 26 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 49 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 33 | -22 | 24 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -25 | 24 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -16 | 22 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -25 | 17 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 33 | -28 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | LASK Linz | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 22 | 45 |
| 2 | Salzburg | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 68 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 47 | 44 |
| 3 | Wolfsberger AC | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 21 | 34 |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 32 |
| 5 | Sturm Graz | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 28 |
| 6 | Hartberg | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 27 | -7 | 28 |
| 7 | Austria Wien | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 22 |
| 8 | Rheindorf Altach | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -9 | 20 |
| 9 | St. Polten | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | -26 | 15 |
| 10 | Admira | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 24 | -21 | 14 |
| 11 | Mattersburg | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 23 | -24 | 14 |
| 12 | Wattens | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | -27 | 12 |