Another intriguing game in the Eredivisie. FC Twente is in the 3rd place after playing three games. They greet Ajax who are placed 11th after three fixtures.
FC Twente and Ajax should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
FC Twente form and stats
FC Twente have only played one Eredivisie game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 13 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats from 17 matches.
A strong away win for FC Twente against FC Volendam the last match, as Steijn and van Wolfswinkel were on target. Vlap (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.81/10. Vlap served one assist, hit two key passes and had 55 successful passes (of 62 total).
Ahead of that match, a home loss in the Europa Conference League against Fenerbahce.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the FC Twente at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Ajax form and stats
Things could have gone better for Ajax in their Eredivisie away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Fortuna Sittard (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Gorter was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.9. The agile goalkeeper Gorter topped it up with a clean sheet.
A tough loss as clear favourites in the game before that one, the Europa League fixture home against Ludogorets.
After this away game Ajax return home for a Europa League game against Olympique Marseille. That game is only four sleeps after this.
{2 goals} so far away for Ajax, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (FC Twente wins - draws - Ajax wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. van Wolfswinkel 3 goals |  S. Steijn 2 goals |   S. Bergwijn 2 goals |
FC Twente missing players
Ajax missing players
| FC Twente | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 7.7 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8.5 | 10 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 1.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 19 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.5 | 19.3 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 8.3 |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 24% |
| 9.3 | 9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.5 | 10 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3 |
| FC Twente | Last season | Ajax | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 21 | 15 | Won | W | 10 | 20 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 74 | 51 | Scored | S | 39 | 86 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 24 | 38 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 82% | 95% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 85% | ||
| 55% | 74% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 71% | ||
| 26% | 37% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 59% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 47% | 35% | ||
| 39% | 37% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 65% | ||
| 50% | 63% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 12% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 8 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 18 | 19.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 18.8 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 6.8 | ||
| 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| 10.9 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AZ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | PSV | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| 5 | Sparta Rotterdam | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Fortuna Sittard | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Go Ahead Eagles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Heracles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | PEC Zwolle | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Ajax | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Excelsior | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | NEC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| 16 | FC Utrecht | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 0 |
| 17 | Almere City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 0 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -11 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 20 | 51 | 82 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 49 | 75 |
| 3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 48 | 69 |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 33 | 67 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 39 | 64 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 59 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 54 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 24 | -6 | 46 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 64 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 38 | -14 | 41 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -5 | 40 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 33 | -10 | 40 |
| 12 | NEC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 39 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 62 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -23 | 36 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 39 | -29 | 36 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 45 | -39 | 32 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 65 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 42 | -32 | 28 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -43 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Groningen | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 41 | -44 | 18 |
