This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Beşiktaş at Vodafone Park when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Ajax with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
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 Beşiktaş and Ajax.
These teams have little in common geographically as Ajax have to travel 2700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Beşiktaş form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round.Beşiktaş have performed here at Vodafone Park this season with 5 wins from 7 Super Lig matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. 0W-0D-4L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Beşiktaş. Beşiktaş has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager A. Yalçın and the players.
Beşiktaş are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Alanyaspor. Domagoj Vida, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Vida hit two key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sporting CP (0-4).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Giresunspor are coming to town in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (15 in 7 games), Beşiktaş's attacking play is working. 7 goals have been conceded.
Ajax form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.Ajax have an excellent away record in the Eredivisie so far with 4-2-0 from 6 games. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 4W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the FC Groningen game have they lost an away game, meaning Ajax has taken points from 21 away matches in a row.
The Ajax goalkeeper Remko Pasveer is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 463 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Ajax play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-0 victory visiting RKC Waalwijk. As you can tell from the results above, Ajax was very dominant against RKC Waalwijk, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Jurriën Timber, Steven Berghuis (2) and Sébastien Haller (2) providing the goals. Steven Berghuis got a match rating of 8.85 in that game, top player of the team. Berghuis scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Go Ahead Eagles in the Eredivisie.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Eredivisie trip to Sparta Rotterdam.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 15 goals in 6 league games away this season. Ajax are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H encounter ended Ajax - Beşiktaş 2-0, played this season.Top Goalscorers
  S. Haller 9 goals |  D. Tadić 5 goals |  S. Berghuis 5 goals |
Beşiktaş missing players
Ajax missing players
| Beşiktaş | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 37 | 26 | Scored | S | 29 | 76 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 0.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.4 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 17.4 | ||
| 5 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 6.7 | ||
| 28% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 45% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -10 | 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 | Trabzonspor | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | Hatayspor | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Konyaspor | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 26 |
| 4 | Alanyaspor | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| 5 | Fenerbahce | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Fatih Karagumruk | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Galatasaray | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Beşiktaş | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 10 | Adana Demirspor | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 19 |
| 11 | Altay | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -2 | 15 |
| 13 | Kayserispor | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Antalyaspor | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 15 | Sivasspor | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 16 | Giresunspor | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 12 |
| 18 | Goztepe | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 19 | Kasimpasa | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 20 | Rizespor | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -16 | 7 |
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 40 | 30 |
| 2 | PSV | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 28 |
| 4 | FC Utrecht | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 22 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | SC Cambuur | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 21 |
| 8 | NEC | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Willem II | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | AZ | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | Heracles | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | FC Groningen | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 9 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 4 |