Eredivisie preview: Home team members expecting a victory when Ajax host FC Groningen

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 14.August
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Johan Cruijff Arena (54990 seats)

It's the second window of opportunity for points this season as Ajax and FC Groningen cross swords at Johan Cruijff Arena.

This has all the signs of an appealing game with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Ajax form and stats

The previous season, Ajax's league statistics were 26 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, ending with 1st spot in the Eredivisie. From these 34 matches they scored 98 goals and conceded 19. Performing as the home team in the previous season Ajax delivered 14-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 62 goals and 8 conceded.

It's back home for Ajax, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Fortuna Sittard away with the result 3-2. Brobbey, Rensch and Taylor found the net in that victory. Manager Schreuder felt very clever after Brobbey scored the winning goal against Fortuna Sittard, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute. The versatile forward Brobbey outperformed all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 8.33 out of 10. Brobbey scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Ajax played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Vitesse.

It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Ajax have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 18 games found in the database showing 17 Ajax wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

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FC Groningen form and stats

Let's have a look at how FC Groningen performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 9 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 55 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 23/34 goals scored/conceded.

FC Groningen's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus FC Volendam that finished 2-2. It looked so good for Groningen vs FC Volendam, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Ngonge has found the net for the visitors three games in a row. The ability! Midfielder Ngonge was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.41. Ngonge scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against SC Cambuur.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the previous ten meetings between these two participants are: eight wins for Ajax, zero draws and two wins for FC Groningen. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

AjaxD. Rensch
D. Rensch
1 goals
AjaxK. Taylor
K. Taylor
1 goals
AjaxB. Brobbey
B. Brobbey
1 goals

Ajax missing players

FC Groningen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ajax FC Groningen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
10 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 7
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 17
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
60% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
13 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 12
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Ajax Last season FC Groningen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
26 14   Won W   5 9
5 1   Drew D   3 9
3 2   Lost L   9 16
98 62   Scored S   23 41
19 8   Conceded C   34 55
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
82% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 76%
71% 88%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 50%
47% 59%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 29%
38% 59%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 15%
32% 24%   BTTS BTTS   71% 65%
65% 71%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 12%
9% 12%   Failed to Score F T   24% 26%
 
7.2 7.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.1
2.6 1.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5 5.1
1 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.6
1 1   Red cards R C   2 5
 
19.9 22.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 11.6
7.4 9.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.2
39% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 29%
 
7.9 6.9   Shots against (avg) S A   14.4 13.2
2.2 1.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.6 4.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Feyenoord 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
2 PSV 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 AZ 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Ajax 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
6 FC Twente 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 FC Groningen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 FC Volendam 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 SC Heerenveen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sparta Rotterdam 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 SC Cambuur 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Vitesse 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 FC Emmen 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
Last season 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 34 26 5 3 98 19 17 14 1 2 62 8 17 12 4 1 36 11 79 83
2 PSV 34 26 3 5 86 42 17 14 0 3 49 22 17 12 3 2 37 20 44 81
3 Feyenoord 34 22 5 7 76 34 17 11 3 3 39 17 17 11 2 4 37 17 42 71
4 FC Twente 34 20 8 6 55 37 17 10 5 2 28 13 17 10 3 4 27 24 18 68
5 AZ 34 18 7 9 64 44 17 11 3 3 36 20 17 7 4 6 28 24 20 61
6 Vitesse 34 15 6 13 42 51 17 6 3 8 20 29 17 9 3 5 22 22 -9 51
7 FC Utrecht 34 12 11 11 51 46 17 8 6 3 32 20 17 4 5 8 19 26 5 47
8 SC Heerenveen 34 11 8 15 37 50 17 6 3 8 23 26 17 5 5 7 14 24 -13 41
9 SC Cambuur 34 11 6 17 53 70 17 5 3 9 29 35 17 6 3 8 24 35 -17 39
10 RKC Waalwijk 34 9 11 14 40 51 17 6 3 8 17 25 17 3 8 6 23 26 -11 38
11 NEC 34 10 8 16 38 52 17 3 5 9 13 22 17 7 3 7 25 30 -14 38
12 FC Groningen 34 9 9 16 41 55 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 3 9 23 34 -14 36
13 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 6 18 37 51 17 7 1 9 25 24 17 3 5 9 12 27 -14 36
14 Sparta Rotterdam 34 8 11 15 30 48 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 5 19 36 67 17 6 2 9 20 31 17 4 3 10 16 36 -31 35
16 Heracles 34 9 7 18 33 49 17 7 5 5 22 21 17 2 2 13 11 28 -16 34
17 Willem II 34 9 6 19 32 57 17 7 3 7 18 20 17 2 3 12 14 37 -25 33
18 PEC Zwolle 34 7 6 21 26 52 17 3 5 9 13 20 17 4 1 12 13 32 -26 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Feyenoord 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
2 PSV 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 AZ 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Ajax 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
6 FC Twente 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 FC Groningen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 FC Volendam 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 SC Heerenveen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sparta Rotterdam 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 SC Cambuur 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Vitesse 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 FC Emmen 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.