It's Europa League time and the hopeful contenders are Ajax and Young Boys

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 11.March
Match begins: 17:55 (UTC)
Venue: Johan Cruijff Arena (54990 seats)

The first of two encounters in the Europa League 8th Finals, as the hometeam Ajax will try to edge Young Boys in their own ballpark.

The hosts Ajax saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Eredivisie. Thankfully the previous game, versus FC Groningen, was also a home game here at Johan Cruijff Arena. The away team is better rested.

18 - 13 - 8 with 73-48. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Young Boys when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Young Boys play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Ajax form and stats

Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 16th finals.

10-1-1 is the performance here at Johan Cruijff Arena so far in the Eredivisie, giving Ajax a total of 31 from their 12 games here. Outstanding results! Ajax has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the FC Twente defeat 95 days ago. After failing to beat PSV here at Johan Cruijff Arena, Ajax has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

A nice win for Ajax last time playing, versus FC Groningen. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Dušan Tadić, Sébastien Haller and Ryan Gravenberch scoring for the victors. Before that match, a KNVB Beker win away at SC Heerenveen.

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

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Ajax is on fire here. A stunning 38 from 12 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Young Boys form and stats

Young was sent out of Europa League in the group stage last season.

Young Boys's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Young Boys collect 26 points from their 12 away matches in the Super League. 7 victories and 5 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away. Things are running smoothly for Young who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 14 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Servette. Young Boys are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 15 in a row without losing.

Young played 1-1 against Vaduz in their previous match. Before that, Young travelled to Basel and returned home with a draw after the Super League game finished 1-1.

The schedule is very tough for Young Boys now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at St. Gallen is waiting in only three days.

Young are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 12 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

AjaxD. Tadić
D. Tadić
12 goals
Young BoysJ. Nsamé
J. Nsamé
12 goals
Young BoysT. Siebatcheu
T. Siebatcheu
9 goals

Ajax missing players

Young Boys missing players

Ajax Young Boys
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
19 10   Won W   9 18
3 1   Drew D   3 5
3 2   Lost L   1 2
62 35   Scored S   26 57
24 16   Conceded C   11 27
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
84% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 88%
72% 85%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 64%
44% 62%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 44%
20% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 28%
60% 69%   BTTS BTTS   54% 68%
32% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 32%
8% 8%   Failed to Score F T   8% 4%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.4 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
1 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
16.8 16.7   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 13
6.9 6.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.4
36% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 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 24 19 3 2 76 19 12 10 1 1 38 12 12 9 2 1 38 7 57 60
2 PSV 25 16 6 3 58 27 12 10 1 1 28 8 13 6 5 2 30 19 31 54
3 AZ 25 14 7 4 57 37 12 7 2 3 25 17 13 7 5 1 32 20 20 49
4 Vitesse 25 15 3 7 41 26 13 10 2 1 23 8 12 5 1 6 18 18 15 48
5 Feyenoord 25 13 7 5 52 26 12 7 4 1 29 9 13 6 3 4 23 17 26 46
6 FC Groningen 25 12 6 7 32 27 13 7 4 2 15 8 12 5 2 5 17 19 5 42
7 FC Utrecht 24 9 10 5 38 30 13 5 6 2 21 17 11 4 4 3 17 13 8 37
8 FC Twente 25 9 9 7 40 33 13 3 5 5 17 18 12 6 4 2 23 15 7 36
9 SC Heerenveen 25 8 9 8 35 35 12 6 3 3 20 12 13 2 6 5 15 23 0 33
10 Heracles 25 9 5 11 28 38 13 6 2 5 19 14 12 3 3 6 9 24 -10 32
11 Fortuna Sittard 25 9 4 12 36 45 13 4 2 7 20 26 12 5 2 5 16 19 -9 31
12 PEC Zwolle 25 5 11 9 33 40 12 3 6 3 15 14 13 2 5 6 18 26 -7 26
13 Sparta Rotterdam 24 6 6 12 33 41 12 2 3 7 20 25 12 4 3 5 13 16 -8 24
14 RKC Waalwijk 25 5 8 12 23 37 13 3 4 6 15 19 12 2 4 6 8 18 -14 23
15 VVV-Venlo 24 6 4 14 37 66 11 3 3 5 16 32 13 3 1 9 21 34 -29 22
16 Willem II 25 4 6 15 28 55 12 3 2 7 16 28 13 1 4 8 12 27 -27 18
17 ADO Den Haag 25 2 9 14 20 53 12 0 6 6 11 23 13 2 3 8 9 30 -33 15
18 FC Emmen 25 2 7 16 22 54 13 1 4 8 17 34 12 1 3 8 5 20 -32 13
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Young Boys 24 15 8 1 42 19 12 8 3 1 20 11 12 7 5 0 22 8 23 53
2 Servette 24 9 7 8 28 30 12 5 6 1 19 14 12 4 1 7 9 16 -2 34
3 Basel 24 9 6 9 34 35 12 4 6 2 18 18 12 5 0 7 16 17 -1 33
4 Zurich 24 9 5 10 35 33 12 4 3 5 15 13 12 5 2 5 20 20 2 32
5 Luzern 24 8 7 9 43 38 12 4 6 2 24 15 12 4 1 7 19 23 5 31
6 St. Gallen 24 8 7 9 29 30 12 5 2 5 15 14 12 3 5 4 14 16 -1 31
7 Lausanne Sport 24 8 6 10 31 31 12 6 0 6 18 15 12 2 6 4 13 16 0 30
8 Lugano 24 6 12 6 26 27 12 3 4 5 11 15 12 3 8 1 15 12 -1 30
9 Sion 24 5 10 9 28 37 12 3 5 4 14 17 12 2 5 5 14 20 -9 25
10 Vaduz 24 5 8 11 22 38 12 3 3 6 12 20 12 2 5 5 10 18 -16 23

Read more about Europa League

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.