Ajax are placed 1st, while AZ are loitering 13 points behind in the table. Will they cut the gap?
- Ajax have the most scored goals (48) in Eredivisie
- AZ have the most points from losing position (13) in Eredivisie
AZ could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax are steadily winning Eredivisie games and points here at Johan Cruijff Arena. 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
The Ajax goalkeeper Remko Pasveer is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 643 minutes without conceding a goal in the Eredivisie.
Ajax's previous game was a Champions League match also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Sporting CP. The home side are looking to build on that result. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Midfield player Antony got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, the max score being 10. Antony scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 37 successful passes (of 38 total).
Before that, Ajax had a Eredivisie home game versus Willem II which ended with a victory 5-0.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the KNVB Beker game versus Barendrecht in only three days. This game is also played here at Johan Cruijff Arena.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Ajax is on fire here. A stunning 32 from 8 league matches. Defensively Ajax have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
AZ form and stats
AZ have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 2-1-5 (8 played).
AZ won their last game, 1-0 versus Randers played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Jansen when Oosting scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute. Midfielder Fredrik Midtsjø was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.71. Midtsjø hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 48 successful passes (of 53 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Sparta Rotterdam.A new game in only three days for AZ, the KNVB Beker home match versus Heracles Almelo. Busy days.
AZ have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, AZ rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Ajax-AZ H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ajax seven wins, AZ three wins, zero draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Haller 9 goals |   J. Karlsson 7 goals |  D. Tadić 6 goals |
Ajax missing players
AZ missing players
| Ajax | AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 48 | 32 | 17 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 28 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 87% | 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 93% |
| 73% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 62% | 80% |
| 53% | 75% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 67% |
| 47% | 62% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 53% |
| 47% | 62% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 27% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 60% |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 13% |
| 20% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 33% |
| 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
| 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20.4 | 23.5 | 26 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 13.4 | 13.7 |
| 7.6 | 8.6 | 9.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 42% | 46% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 26% | 35% |
| 7.5 | 6.4 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 12.1 | 9.7 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | 3.8 |
- AZ have the most points from losing position (13) in Eredivisie
- AZ have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ajax have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals at home as AZ have scored away.
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (13) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (32) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (48) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+31) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+46) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 46 | 36 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 24 | 35 |
| 3 | PSV | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | FC Utrecht | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | SC Cambuur | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 8 | AZ | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | NEC | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Willem II | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Heracles Almelo | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 10 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -23 | 9 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -19 | 6 |