It's time for episode two of the Ajax - Lille 16th Finals battle

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 25.February
Match begins: 17:55 (UTC)
Venue: Johan Cruijff Arena (54990 seats)

It's time to decide the outcome of the Europa League 16th Finals meeting between Ajax and Lille. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!

It's no vacation for neither Ajax nor Lille 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.

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Ajax form and stats

Ajax participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.

9-1-1 is the performance here at Johan Cruijff Arena so far in the Eredivisie, giving Ajax a total of 28 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results! Ajax haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus FC Twente, 81 days ago. Ajax are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Ajax's last game was hosting Sparta Rotterdam and winning 4-2. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Lille.

A goal frenzy last time out for Ajax, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Sparta Rotterdam. Fun stuff to watch!

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ajax handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and one defeat.

The manager E. ten Hag will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to PSV in only three days.

Ajax always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Johan Cruijff Arena with 35 goals in 11 league games. On the other hand, Ajax have conceded 11 goals.

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Lille form and stats

They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.

Lille have an excellent away record in the Ligue 1 so far with 9-3-1 from 13 games. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses both home and away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Brest game have they lost an away game, meaning Lille has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Two travels in a row for Lille, whose manager C. Galtier could celebrate last time after the Ligue 1 win against Lorient. A loss against Ajax was the result prior to that, in a Europa League home game.

We have checked recent matches where Lille have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were three victories, one draw and two defeats.

A new game in only three days for Lille, the Ligue 1 home match versus Strasbourg. Busy days.

Lille are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 25 times in 13 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Lille as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Lille - Ajax 1-2 earlier this season. Ajax-Lille H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Ajax three wins, Lille zero wins, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AjaxD. Tadić
D. Tadić
10 goals
LilleB. Yılmaz
B. Yılmaz
9 goals
AjaxA. dos Santos
A. dos Santos
8 goals

Ajax missing players

Lille missing players

Ajax Lille
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
19 9   Won W   9 15
3 1   Drew D   1 6
3 2   Lost L   2 4
65 35   Scored S   25 44
26 16   Conceded C   10 22
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
84% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 76%
76% 83%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 56%
48% 67%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 24%
24% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 16%
60% 67%   BTTS BTTS   42% 56%
32% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   58% 44%
8% 8%   Failed to Score F T   0% 8%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.4 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.8
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
16.9 17.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.3 12.8
7.1 7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.4
37% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   48% 40%

  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 22 18 2 2 72 17 11 9 1 1 35 11 11 9 1 1 37 6 55 56
2 PSV 23 15 5 3 54 25 11 10 0 1 27 7 12 5 5 2 27 18 29 50
3 AZ 23 13 7 3 52 33 11 6 2 3 21 15 12 7 5 0 31 18 19 46
4 Feyenoord 22 12 6 4 44 22 11 6 4 1 23 9 11 6 2 3 21 13 22 42
5 Vitesse 23 13 3 7 35 24 11 8 2 1 17 6 12 5 1 6 18 18 11 42
6 FC Groningen 22 11 5 6 30 24 11 6 3 2 14 8 11 5 2 4 16 16 6 38
7 FC Utrecht 22 8 10 4 36 28 12 5 6 1 21 16 10 3 4 3 15 12 8 34
8 FC Twente 23 9 7 7 37 30 12 3 4 5 16 17 11 6 3 2 21 13 7 34
9 Fortuna Sittard 23 9 4 10 35 41 12 4 2 6 19 23 11 5 2 4 16 18 -6 31
10 SC Heerenveen 23 7 9 7 31 31 11 5 3 3 17 12 12 2 6 4 14 19 0 30
11 Heracles 23 8 4 11 24 35 11 5 1 5 15 11 12 3 3 6 9 24 -11 28
12 Sparta Rotterdam 22 6 5 11 32 38 11 2 3 6 20 23 11 4 2 5 12 15 -6 23
13 PEC Zwolle 23 4 11 8 28 37 11 2 6 3 11 13 12 2 5 5 17 24 -9 23
14 RKC Waalwijk 23 5 7 11 22 35 12 3 4 5 14 17 11 2 3 6 8 18 -13 22
15 VVV-Venlo 22 6 4 12 36 56 11 3 3 5 16 32 11 3 1 7 20 24 -20 22
16 Willem II 22 3 4 15 24 53 11 3 1 7 15 27 11 0 3 8 9 26 -29 13
17 ADO Den Haag 22 2 7 13 19 49 11 0 5 6 11 23 11 2 2 7 8 26 -30 13
18 FC Emmen 23 1 6 16 20 53 12 1 3 8 16 33 11 0 3 8 4 20 -33 9
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lille 26 17 7 2 46 16 13 8 4 1 21 7 13 9 3 1 25 9 30 58
2 Olympique Lyonnais 26 16 7 3 54 24 13 8 3 2 28 12 13 8 4 1 26 12 30 55
3 PSG 26 17 3 6 57 17 14 10 1 3 34 8 12 7 2 3 23 9 40 54
4 Monaco 26 16 4 6 54 37 13 8 4 1 30 17 13 8 0 5 24 20 17 52
5 Lens 26 11 7 8 37 35 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 6 3 4 18 17 2 40
6 Metz 26 10 8 8 31 25 13 5 4 4 16 13 13 5 4 4 15 12 6 38
7 Olympique Marseille 25 10 8 7 33 29 12 5 3 4 18 16 13 5 5 3 15 13 4 38
8 Rennes 25 10 8 7 32 28 13 5 3 5 15 17 12 5 5 2 17 11 4 38
9 Montpellier 26 11 5 10 43 46 14 6 1 7 26 28 12 5 4 3 17 18 -3 38
10 Angers SCO 26 10 5 11 30 40 12 5 1 6 13 17 14 5 4 5 17 23 -10 35
11 Bordeaux 26 9 6 11 27 31 13 5 4 4 12 12 13 4 2 7 15 19 -4 33
12 Brest 26 9 4 13 39 47 13 7 1 5 26 24 13 2 3 8 13 23 -8 31
13 Reims 26 7 9 10 32 34 12 4 4 4 11 12 14 3 5 6 21 22 -2 30
14 Saint-Etienne 26 7 9 10 26 37 13 3 6 4 12 18 13 4 3 6 14 19 -11 30
15 Strasbourg 26 8 5 13 34 40 13 3 4 6 14 17 13 5 1 7 20 23 -6 29
16 Nice 26 8 5 13 31 38 13 3 2 8 14 24 13 5 3 5 17 14 -7 29
17 Nantes 26 4 11 11 26 41 13 2 7 4 13 20 13 2 4 7 13 21 -15 23
18 Lorient 25 6 5 14 31 49 13 5 1 7 19 25 12 1 4 7 12 24 -18 23
19 Nîmes 25 6 3 16 24 51 12 2 1 9 14 27 13 4 2 7 10 24 -27 21
20 Dijon 26 2 9 15 18 40 13 0 6 7 4 14 13 2 3 8 14 26 -22 15

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.