Ajax and Olympique Marseille get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ajax form and stats
Last season, Ajax's Europa League journey ended in the knockout round play-offs against Union Berlin.1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for Ajax so far this season.
Ajax lost their last game at FC Twente after a 1-3 scoreline. Ajax's goalkeeper Gorter was extremely busy against FC Twente, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Brobbey, a natural forward, was the champion player for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 7.63 (out of 10). Brobbey scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
0-0 away at Fortuna Sittard before that.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Feyenoord are coming to town in three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Ajax at home in the league. 4 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
Olympique Marseille's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.Olympique Marseille are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ligue 1, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Olympique's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Toulouse that finished 0-0. Defender Clauss was the best team player with a rating of 8.85. Clauss hit the woodwork once, hit six key passes and won 8 of 12 duels.
Ahead of that match was the Ligue 1 away draw versus Nantes that ended 1-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Olympique Marseille playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 5 Olympique Marseille wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The schedule is very tough for Olympique Marseille now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligue 1 game at Paris Saint Germain is waiting in only three days.
Olympique Marseille have the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Ajax zero wins, two draws and Olympique Marseille one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 3 red cards from the last three duels.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Bergwijn 2 goals |  B. Brobbey 2 goals |   V. Carvalho Oliveira 2 goals |
Ajax missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Ajax | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 11 | 34 | ||
| 40 | 14 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 72% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15.2 | 17.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 14.8 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 30% | ||
| 10.2 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olympique Marseille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Ajax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 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 | PSV | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 11 |
| 3 | AZ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | PEC Zwolle | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Heracles Almelo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 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 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
| 18 | Almere City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -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 | Monaco | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Nice | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Metz | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 5 | Paris Saint Germain | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Lille | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Rennes | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Reims | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Brest | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Le Havre | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Lorient | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Toulouse | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Nantes | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 16 | Clermont | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 17 | Lens | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 1 |
| 18 | Olympique Lyonnais | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 1 |
