Ajax and Midtjylland get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
It's no vacation for neither Ajax nor Midtjylland as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ajax form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.Overall Eredivisie stats at home this season for Ajax are 5-0-0 (wins-draw-losses). This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Ajax has won five games in a row. The FC Groningen match was the last time out without a victory. Ever since the AZ game Ajax has been unbeatable here at Johan Cruijff Arena producing five straight wins.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Andre Onana not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Ajax's last game was hosting Heracles and winning 5-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting FC Utrecht and winning 3-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Ajax played a great game against Heracles and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Ajax are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew zero and lost one.
Ajax are traveling soon after this match as the Eredivisie match at FC Emmen awaits in three days.
Ajax always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Johan Cruijff Arena with 20 goals in 5 league games. Ajax have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Midtjylland form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 3rd qualifying round.2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Midtjylland in their Superliga matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses both home and away.
Two travels in a row for Midtjylland, whose manager B. Priske Pedersen could celebrate last time after the Superliga win against AGF. Ahead of that match was the victory versus HB Køge at their stadium, the result 1-0.
A quick return to home after this game, as Midtjylland are hosting AaB in the Superliga only three days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Midtjylland's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. The Midtjylland manager B. Priske Pedersen has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Midtjylland - Ajax 1-2.Top Goalscorers
  D. Tadić 7 goals |   P. Sisto Ifolo Emirmija 5 goals |
Ajax missing players
Midtjylland missing players
| Ajax | Midtjylland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 77 | 47 | Scored | S | 14 | 46 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Conceded | C | 22 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 47% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 373 | 214 | Total Shots | T S | 148 | 327 | ||
| 154 | 90 | Shots on Target | S O | 45 | 117 | ||
| 47% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Ajax | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Midtjylland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 0 |
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 24 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 4 | PSV | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 20 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | AZ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Sparta Rotterdam | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | Willem II | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 13 | Heracles | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -9 | 8 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -14 | 8 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 6 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 4 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 3 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 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 | Midtjylland | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | SønderjyskE | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | Brøndby | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | AGF | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | AaB | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Vejle | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Nordsjælland | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | OB | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | København | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Randers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Lyngby | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 3 |
| 12 | Horsens | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 3 |