Another intriguing match in the Eredivisie. Ajax is in the 12th place from playing four fixtures. They receive Feyenoord who are placed 4th from five matches.
- Feyenoord have the most scored goals (19) in Eredivisie
This fixture is called De Klassieker (The Classic) and it is the main football rivalry of the Netherlands. The two cities Amsterdam (the home town of Ajax) and Rotterdam (Feyenoord) have been rivals since the 13th century, with differences both in attitude and culture. Traditionally this clash has been seen as being between the artists of Amsterdam/Ajax versus the workers of Rotterdam/Feyenoord. There is always a heavy police presence at the derby.
These are active days for the team playing at home, as they had a game only three days ago in the Europa League. This match was also played here at Johan Cruijff Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Feyenoord have had more rest.
Ajax form and stats
The hosts won their first Eredivisie game here at Johan Cruijff Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Ajax last season were 10 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses from 17 games.
The home followers saw a 3-3 draw versus Olympique Marseille in the Europa League last time out and are hoping for a win here. The talented striker Borges outshone all the other players in that game and got a match rating of 8.73 out of 10. Borges scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 21 successful passes (of 23 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at FC Twente in the Eredivisie.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Eredivisie game versus FC Volendam in only three days. This game is also played here at Johan Cruijff Arena.
At Johan Cruijff Arena, Ajax has the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Feyenoord form and stats
Four points from two away games for Feyenoord, meaning one draw and one victory in the Eredivisie so far.
The club members enjoyed Feyenoord's previous fixture versus Celtic, a Champions League win (2-0) played at home. Stengs got a match rating of 7.9 in that game, top player of the team. Stengs scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Feyenoord secured a home win against SC Heerenveen with the score 6-1.{7 goals} so far away for Feyenoord, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Ajax-Feyenoord H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ajax seven wins, Feyenoord two wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Giménez 6 goals |   S. Bergwijn 2 goals |  B. Brobbey 2 goals |
Ajax missing players
Feyenoord missing players
| Ajax | Feyenoord | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 25% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 9.8 | 13 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 10 | 8.4 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 31 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 22.5 | 23.8 |
| 6.8 | 13 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 9.5 | 10.4 |
| 26% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 37% | 37% |
| 13.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7.5 | 8.4 |
| 4.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.8 |
- Feyenoord have the most scored goals (19) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have the the best goal difference (+14) in Eredivisie
| Ajax | Last season | Feyenoord | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Won | W | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 86 | 47 | Scored | S | 44 | 81 | ||
| 38 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 85% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 85% | ||
| 71% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 59% | ||
| 59% | 65% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 38% | ||
| 35% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 21% | ||
| 65% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 59% | ||
| 32% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 38% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 6% | ||
| 8 | 9.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18.8 | 22.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.6 | 19.7 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 7.2 | ||
| 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | ||
| 8.8 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 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 | PSV | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | AZ | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| 5 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | PEC Zwolle | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Heracles | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Ajax | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | NEC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
| 17 | Almere City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 1 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
