The magic of the cup as Ajax greet Rangers visitors in Champions League tie

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 07.September
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Johan Cruijff Arena (54990 seats)

Champions League betting and spectator preview: Ajax and Rangers meet at Johan Cruijff Arena to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.

These teams have little in common geographically as Rangers have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ajax and Rangers.

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Ajax form and stats

Ajax was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Champions League. Benfica was too strong.

As mentioned below, Ajax are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Eredivisie games.

Ajax's last game was hosting SC Cambuur and winning 4-0. As mentioned above, Ajax "killed" SC Cambuur in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The gifted forward Bergwijn outdid all teammates in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.94 out of 10. Bergwijn scored two goals, hit four key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 45 total).

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting FC Utrecht.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Ajax as they have a new game in only three days, a Eredivisie match thankfully also at home. SC Heerenveen are visiting.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Ajax at home in the league. 10 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Rangers form and stats

Rangers was sent out of Champions League in the 3rd qualifying round last season, when Malmö FF turned out to be too strong.

When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 2W-1D-1L. This is both home and away.

Rangers lost away at Celtic (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Celtic was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Midfield player Davis was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.15/10. Davis hit one key pass and had 55 successful passes (of 61 total).

A home win as anticipated against Queen of the South preceding that, in the League Cup.

The schedule is very tough for Rangers now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at Aberdeen is waiting in only three days.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

AjaxS. Bergwijn
S. Bergwijn
6 goals
RangersA. Čolak
A. Čolak
4 goals
AjaxD. Rensch
D. Rensch
2 goals

Ajax missing players

Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ajax Rangers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   13 25
17 10   Won W   6 16
4 1   Drew D   3 4
4 3   Lost L   4 5
63 41   Scored S   17 50
33 19   Conceded C   17 25
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 88%
76% 86%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 64%
56% 57%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 44%
36% 43%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
64% 57%   BTTS BTTS   62% 56%
32% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 28%
4% 7%   Failed to Score F T   31% 16%
 
6.5 7.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.8
3.2 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4
1.3 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2
2 2   Red cards R C   3 3
 
16.7 18.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 13.7
6.6 7.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 4.7
38% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 44%
 
9.1 7.9   Shots against (avg) S A   10.8 8.2
3.6 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3 2.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Napoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 5 5 0 0 16 3 2 2 0 0 10 1 3 3 0 0 6 2 13 15
2 Feyenoord 5 4 1 0 14 5 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 3 0 0 10 5 9 13
3 PSV 5 4 0 1 23 7 2 2 0 0 11 2 3 2 0 1 12 5 16 12
4 FC Twente 5 4 0 1 10 2 3 3 0 0 9 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 8 12
5 AZ 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 10
6 SC Heerenveen 4 2 2 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 5 8
7 Sparta Rotterdam 5 2 1 2 7 4 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 7
8 Excelsior 4 2 0 2 6 11 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 1 0 1 2 4 -5 6
9 NEC 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 5
10 FC Utrecht 5 1 2 2 8 10 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 1 1 8 8 -2 5
11 FC Groningen 4 1 2 1 5 9 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 7 -4 5
12 SC Cambuur 5 1 1 3 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 1 4 5 -4 4
13 FC Emmen 4 1 1 2 5 11 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 8 -6 4
14 FC Volendam 5 1 1 3 5 17 2 1 0 1 2 4 3 0 1 2 3 13 -12 4
15 RKC Waalwijk 4 0 3 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 3
16 Vitesse 4 0 1 3 5 14 3 0 1 2 4 11 1 0 0 1 1 3 -9 1
17 Go Ahead Eagles 5 0 0 5 5 13 3 0 0 3 5 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 -8 0
18 Fortuna Sittard 5 0 0 5 7 16 3 0 0 3 6 11 2 0 0 2 1 5 -9 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Napoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table
  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Napoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.