Dnipro-1 vs AZ Alkmaar Match Anaysis and Prediction

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Dnipro-1 and AZ Alkmaar kick off their respective 2022-23 Europa Conference League campaigns with an encounter at the Kosicka Futbalova Arena on Thursday.

These teams have been drawn in Group E of the sophomore edition of Europe’s third tier competition alongside debutants Apollon Limassol and Vaduz.

Dnipro-1 continued their fine start to the new league season through a 2-0 victory over Veres-Rine at the Avanhard Stadium on Saturday.

Oleksandr Kucher’s side took the lead on the stroke of half time thanks to Yanis Hamache before Volodynyr Adamyuk got on the scoresheet two minutes into the second half to seal the victory.

As a result, Ukraine’s most recently created top-flight team are sitting in fifth place in the standings, three points adrift of Zorya Luhansk albet with a game in hand.

Having lost just one of their five most recent matches on home turf, Kucher’s side will be looking to secure yet another impressive result in front of their supporters.

Meanwhile, AZ Alkmaar saw off the threat of FC Emmen in a 3-0 victory when the sides met at De Oude Meerdijk on Sunday.

The Cheeseheads flew out of the blocks and got the job done in the first half thanks to goals from Jens Odgaard, Dani de Wit and Tijjani Reijnders.

Consequently, AZ have moved up to third place in the Eredivisie table, level on points with Feyenoord and two behind Ajax at the top of the standings.

Awaiting Pascal Jansen’s side is the start of their continental commitment as they look to improve upon last season’s round-of-16 exit against Bodo/Glimt.

Off the back of four victories on the bounce away from home across all competitions, Jansen’s side make the trip to Slovakia with the wind in their sails as they will be looking to pick up a positive result.

Dnipro-1 vs AZ Alkmaar head to head

These two teams have not previously met on any occasion and this will be their first meeting in the Europa Conference League group stages.

Dnipro-1 latest home form

Dnipro-1 have recently been on a relatively good run of form at home, having lost just one of their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Veres Rivne 2-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded four.

Dnipro-1 1-1 Beitar Jerusalem 21/07/22

Dnipro-1 0-0 Al Nassr 22/07/22

Dnipro-1 1-1 Sharjah 06/08/22

Dnipro-1 1-2 AEK Larnaca 18/08/22

Dnipro-1 2-0 Veres Rivne 03/09/22

Dnipro-1 latest away form

Dnipro-1 have recently been on a relatively good run of form on the road, having lost just one of their five most recent matches. They defeated Dinamo Kiev 3-0 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 23 goals and conceded six.

Carda Martjanci 0-14 Dnipro-1 08/07/22

Beltinci 0-3 Dnipro-1 02/08/22

Varazdin 3-3 Dnipro-1 10/08/22

AEK Larnaca 3-0 Dnipro-1 25/08/22

Dinamo Kiev 0-3 Dnipro-1 28/08/22

AZ Alkmaar latest home form

AZ Alkmaar have recently been on a good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their 10 most recent matches. They played out a 1-1 draw with NEC in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 15 goals and conceded just one.

AZ 1-0 Bologna 24/07/22

AZ 2-0 Go Ahead Eagles 07/08/22

AZ 7-0 Dundee United 11/08/22

AZ 4-0 Gil Vicente 18/08/22

AZ 1-1 NEC 01/09/22

AZ Alkmaar latest away form

AZ Alkmaar have recently been on a good run of form on the road, as they have won each of their four most recent matches. They managed to defeat Emmen 3-0 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored nine goals and conceded four.

Dundee United 1-0 AZ 04/08/22

Sparta Rotterdam 2-3 AZ 14/08/22

Gil Vicente 1-2 AZ 25/08/22

Cambuur 0-1 AZ 28/08/22

Emmen 0-3 AZ 04/09/22

Dnipro-1 news

Algerian defender Yanis Hamache put on an impressive display on his debut for Dnipro-1 last time out, and he will be looking to deliver the goods once again.

Following their 2-0 victory over Veres last time out, Kucher could opt to select the same XI, with Artem Dovbyk and Artem Gromov starting up front.

AZ Alkmaar news

Zinho Vanheusden and Jesper Karlsson remain ruled out of action for AZ as they continue to nurse ankle and muscle injuries respectively.

Riechedly Bazoer is also set to miss out of this contest for the visitors through a muscle issue which has seen him miss each of the last six matches.