Eredivisie Women: FC Twente - Ajax preview and statistics

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie Women
Date: Sun 09.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark de Zweede (30205 seats)

FC Twente will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Ajax.

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FC Twente form and stats

2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what FC Twente have to build on here at Sportpark de Zweede in the Eredivisie Women.

The fans are hoping that FC Twente will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Eredivisie Women game against PSV (placed 1st). Previous to that game, a home match hosting ADO Den Haag in a game that was won 4-0.

FC Twente are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (15 goals in 5 games). FC Twente have conceded 8 from these games.

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Ajax form and stats

As the visiting team in Eredivisie Women matches, Ajax, who have the most clean sheets (5) in Eredivisie Women, have produced an overall stat of 4-0-1 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Ajax hope to make it five in this match. Momentum is building for Ajax in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

372 minutes! That's how long the Ajax goalkeeper Lize Kop and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

The supporters enjoyed Ajax's previous game versus PEC Zwolle (placed 7th), a Eredivisie Women 4-0 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against SC Heerenveen with the score of 1-0.

As you can tell from the results above, Ajax was very dominant against PEC Zwolle, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with M. van den Bighelaar (3) and V. Lewerissa providing the goals. M. van den Bighelaar certainly enjoyed Ajax's last game versus PEC Zwolle, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-0 victory.

The travelling fans enjoy Ajax's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. Ajax are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

FC Twente and Ajax have met before this season: Ajax - FC Twente 2-1. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one FC Twente victory, two draws and four Ajax wins. five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

 
F. Kalma
9 goals
 
R. Jansen
8 goals
 
M. van den Bighelaar
7 goals

FC Twente missing players

Ajax missing players

FC Twente Ajax
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 2 5 10
5 2 0 Won W 1 4 7
2 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 1 Lost L 1 1 2
24 15 2 Scored S 1 9 20
14 8 3 Conceded C 1 4 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 70%
80% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 60%
70% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 40%
30% 40% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
60% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 40%
30% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 50%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 20%
 
5.3 7 0 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4 4.7
4.4 8 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.5 3 2.4
0.6 1.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 0.7
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
89 31 0 Total Shots T S 16 67 128
42 16 0 Shots on Target S O 5 26 56
38% 44% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 35% 36%
Key stats in Eredivisie Women this season:
  • Ajax has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
  • Ajax has the most clean sheets (5)
  • Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • All of FC Twente's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Twente have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • FC Twente have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • FC Twente haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 10 8 2 0 36 7 6 4 2 0 21 3 4 4 0 0 15 4 29 26
2 Ajax 10 7 1 2 20 9 5 3 1 1 11 5 5 4 0 1 9 4 11 22
3 FC Twente 10 5 2 3 24 14 5 2 2 1 15 8 5 3 0 2 9 6 10 17
4 SC Heerenveen 10 3 3 4 15 17 4 1 0 3 5 9 6 2 3 1 10 8 -2 12
5 ADO Den Haag 10 3 3 4 12 14 5 1 1 3 3 5 5 2 2 1 9 9 -2 12
6 Alkmaar W 10 2 4 4 18 25 5 2 2 1 11 7 5 0 2 3 7 18 -7 10
7 PEC Zwolle 10 1 4 5 15 30 5 0 2 3 9 17 5 1 2 2 6 13 -15 7
8 Excelsior Barendrecht W 10 0 3 7 9 33 5 0 1 4 6 14 5 0 2 3 3 19 -24 3

Read more about Eredivisie Women

The Eredivisie Vrouwen (Dutch for “Honour Division Women”) is the professional women’s football league in the Netherlands. It has nine teams playing two fixtures against each other to decide a final league table. After that the top five teams qualify for a championship playoff and the bottom four for a placement playoff.