LASK vs AZ Prediction Betting Tips & Match Prediction
LASK vs AZ Prediction
LASK are unbeaten competitively in their last six fixtures in all competitions, going toe-to-toe with Salzburg to win the Austrian league title, while drawing 1-1 with AZ in the 1st leg of their Europa League tie. Their last home defeat came at the very start of December 2019, with only three all season. A notable 3-2 away win over this season’s Champions League side Salzburg in the last couple of weeks has underlined how dangerous they can be in the ‘big’ matches. LASK have won four out of seven Europa League matches, drawing twice and losing just once.
AZ haven’t really found any consistency this year, with defeats domestically against Willem II, NAC and Heerenveen, their title-charge against Ajax has stumbled somewhat, but they remain in contention. In Europe AZ have won just twice in seven matches, but have proven how hard to beat they are with four draws (including one against Man Utd) and losing just the once.
LASK vs AZ Recent Meetings
Austrian side LASK Linz rocked up to the AZ Stadion last Thursday and certainly impressed in the first ever meeting between the two sides – ending 1-1. A 26th minute opener was eventually cancelled out by a penalty to AZ with just four minutes to go, but no doubt the momentum is with the Austrians who take a precious away goal back to the Linzer Stadion.
AZ Alkmaar’s run in the Europa League is now hanging in the balance, with the former tournament finalists needing a big performance in Austria, with LASK Linz having lost just once at home in the Europa League, and twice in the league this season.
LASK vs AZ Stats & Analysis
LASK Linz have undoubtedly been one of the surprise packages of this season’s Europa League, and with just one loss in seven games, the Austrians have put down a real marker that they want further progression into the final 16. The numbers look good for LASK, with an average of 1.71 goals per game, and only conceding around 0.7 per match.
AZ are the second-best performing Dutch side domestically winning around 68% of their matches this season. The club’s away form has been impressive with manager manager Arne Slot’s at the helm, averaging 2.64 points per game. Their Europa League stats will also give the former finalists cause for optimism, with an average of 2.29 goals scored over their seven games this season, on top of a passing accuracy of 85%, AZ will head to LASK confident of getting a result.
The line-ups in the 1-1 draw in the 1st leg had an interesting sub-plot in terms of flying the flags for their respective countries. LASK played nine Austrians in their starting XI, with a further four on the bench. AZ also impressively started with eight Dutch players, with six more on the bench.
LASK vs AZ Bets
AZ were favoured to go over in the betting prior to the first leg, but now all the odds point to LASK qualifying for the next round of the Europa League, a short price of 40/85 is on-offer for the Austrains. AZ now looks like a profitable option to go through with odds of 13/5.
So by what means will one of these teams go through? If it’s as tight as the first leg, and previous results in the group stage such as LASK’s 0-0 against PSV, and AZ’s 0-0 with Man Utd, penalties may be required. A whopping 22/1 is on-offer of LASK to win this tie on penalties, while 25/1 is the price for AZ Alkmaar to progress to the last 16.
