Ajax are listed as probable winners of this home fixture vs FC Groningen, if the league positions are to be trusted. Or are we looking at a possible?
- Ajax have the most scored goals (27) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have scored more than double the goals of FC Groningen.
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
As mentioned below, Ajax are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Eredivisie games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Ajax has won four games in a row. The FC Twente match was the last time out without a victory.
The Ajax goalkeeper Remko Pasveer is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 364 minutes without conceding a goal in the Eredivisie.
Ajax are returning here after visiting Fortuna Sittard in a Eredivisie game and winning with a 5-0 scoreline. Steven Berghuis, Dušan Tadić, Mohammed Kudus, Noussair Mazraoui and Nicolás Tagliafico scored the goal(s). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Ajax played a great game against Fortuna Sittard and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfield player Dušan Tadić got a match rating of 9.11 in that game, the max score being 10. Tadić scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit five key passes.
Ahead of that match, Ajax won a home game hosting SC Cambuur (9-0).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: 16 games found in the database showing 15 Ajax wins, zero draws and one defeat.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Champions League game versus Besiktas in only three days. This game is also played here at Johan Cruijff Arena.
Ajax always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Johan Cruijff Arena with 19 goals in 3 league games. As for guarding their own goal, Ajax have only let in 0 goals at home.
FC Groningen form and stats
Things could have gone better for FC Groningen in their Eredivisie away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Groningen have lost on their last two travels.
Home advantage was not enough for Groningen in their previous game, as they lost their Eredivisie-match, hosting Vitesse, 0-1. Defender Neraysho Kasanwirjo was the best team player with a rating of 7.4. Kasanwirjo won 6 of 7 duels.
Prior to that match, the Groningen manager D. Buijs faced defeat when travelling to Willem II and losing 1-2.FC Groningen are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found one match where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were zero wins, zero draws and one defeat. Of the defeats, one game were lost by at least two goals margin.
FC Groningen are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that FC Groningen concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ajax seven wins, one draw and FC Groningen two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Haller 5 goals |  D. Tadić 4 goals |  N. Mazraoui 3 goals |
Ajax missing players
FC Groningen missing players
| Ajax | FC Groningen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 27 | 19 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 7.2 | 7.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
| 1.8 | 0.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 0.8 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 21.7 | 27 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.7 |
| 8.7 | 11.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 52% | 56% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 24% |
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have scored in all their matches so far.
- Ajax have scored more than double the goals of FC Groningen.
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (3) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (5) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most points (9) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (19) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (27) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+26) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won all their matches at home so far.
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ajax is in the best form (5-1-0)
- All of Ajax's home-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- All of FC Groningen's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- FC Groningen have scored in all their away matches so far.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 16 |
| 2 | PSV | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Willem II | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 12 |
| 5 | FC Utrecht | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 9 |
| 8 | NEC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 9 | FC Twente | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | -8 | 6 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | FC Groningen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Heracles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 17 | AZ | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 1 |