Ajax expected to show superhero qualities when FC Groningen visits

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Johan Cruijff Arena (53502 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and 14th place in the table will show on the pitch.

It's no vacation for neither Ajax nor FC Groningen as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Ajax form and stats

Perfect Eredivisie season at home so far for Ajax, who have the most scored goals (25) in Eredivisie, 3 wins from 3 appearances. It’s been three wins in a row for Ajax here at Johan Cruijff Arena, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Ajax's last game was hosting Fortuna Sittard (placed 17th) and winning 5-0. 1-1 away at PSV before that.

Everyone expects Ajax to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 24 games: 21 home wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Ajax have won with at least two goals margin 18 times in similar situations.

There will be little rest for Ajax after this match as they are travelling to Valencia for a Champions League game in only four days.

It's goals goals goals for Ajax who have scored 14 goals from 3 league home games. Defensively Ajax have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FC Groningen form and stats

The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie. FC Groningen seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

It might be tough going out on the road again for FC Groningen, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus PSV (placed 2nd). Before that, FC Groningen secured a home win against PEC Zwolle with the score 2-0.

Nobody expects FC Groningen to collect points from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath ten times before, with the overall statistics of won 2, draw 2 and lost 6. When defeated, 2 matches have been lost by two or more goals.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, FC Groningen have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 8 - 1 - 1 (Ajax wins - draws - FC Groningen wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Tadić
5 goals / 8 assists
Q. Promes
5 goals / 2 assists
H. Ziyech
4 goals / 2 assists

Ajax missing players

FC Groningen missing players

Ajax FC Groningen
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 2 4 7
5 3 2 Won W 0 1 2
2 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
25 14 10 Scored S 1 3 7
6 1 0 Conceded C 3 5 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 75% 86%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 71%
86% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 57%
86% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 29%
71% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
71% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 57%
29% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 43%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 14%
 
9 7.7 6 Corners For (avg) C F 4 7 6.1
2.7 2.7 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5.2 4.1
1.3 0.7 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.2 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
Key stats This season:
  • 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 won all their home matches so far.
  • Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Ajax's home matches have had more than 4,5 goals.

Ajax
All Champions League Eredivisie Super Cup Florida Cup Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
01-09-19 ER Sparta Rotterdam 1 - 4 Ajax
14-09-19 ER Ajax 4 - 1 SC Heerenveen
17-09-19 CL Ajax 3 - 0 Lille
22-09-19 ER PSV 1 - 1 Ajax
25-09-19 ER Ajax 5 - 0 Fortuna Sittard
28-09-19 ER Ajax 17:45 FC Groningen
02-10-19 CL Valencia 19:00 Ajax
06-10-19 ER ADO Den Haag 10:15 Ajax
19-10-19 ER RKC Waalwijk 16:30 Ajax
23-10-19 CL Ajax 16:55 Chelsea
FC Groningen
All Eredivisie Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
18-08-19 ER AZ 0 - 0 FC Groningen
31-08-19 ER FC Groningen 1 - 2 Heracles
14-09-19 ER VVV-Venlo 2 - 1 FC Groningen
21-09-19 ER FC Groningen 2 - 0 PEC Zwolle
25-09-19 ER PSV 3 - 1 FC Groningen
28-09-19 ER Ajax 17:45 FC Groningen
04-10-19 ER FC Groningen 18:00 RKC Waalwijk
20-10-19 ER FC Groningen 12:30 Sparta Rotterdam
27-10-19 ER SC Heerenveen 11:15 FC Groningen
30-10-19 KB Harkemase Boys 18:45 FC Groningen

  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 7 5 2 0 25 6 3 3 0 0 14 1 4 2 2 0 11 5 19 17
2 PSV 7 5 2 0 18 5 4 3 1 0 12 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 13 17
3 AZ Alkmaar 7 5 1 1 16 3 3 2 1 0 9 1 4 3 0 1 7 2 13 16
4 Vitesse 7 4 2 1 14 11 4 3 1 0 11 5 3 1 1 1 3 6 3 14
5 FC Twente 7 3 3 1 15 11 4 1 2 1 9 8 3 2 1 0 6 3 4 12
6 Willem II 7 4 0 3 10 11 4 2 0 2 3 4 3 2 0 1 7 7 -1 12
7 FC Utrecht 7 3 2 2 14 11 3 2 0 1 7 4 4 1 2 1 7 7 3 11
8 Sparta Rotterdam 7 3 2 2 16 15 3 2 0 1 9 5 4 1 2 1 7 10 1 11
9 Heracles 7 3 2 2 11 12 4 1 1 2 5 8 3 2 1 0 6 4 -1 11
10 Feyenoord 7 2 4 1 11 12 4 1 2 1 6 8 3 1 2 0 5 4 -1 10
11 VVV-Venlo 7 3 0 4 9 13 3 2 0 1 6 6 4 1 0 3 3 7 -4 9
12 SC Heerenveen 7 1 4 2 8 9 4 0 4 0 3 3 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 7
13 PEC Zwolle 7 2 1 4 13 16 3 1 1 1 9 7 4 1 0 3 4 9 -3 7
14 FC Groningen 7 2 1 4 7 10 3 1 0 2 4 5 4 1 1 2 3 5 -3 7
15 ADO Den Haag 7 2 0 5 10 13 4 1 0 3 4 7 3 1 0 2 6 6 -3 6
16 FC Emmen 7 1 1 5 8 17 4 1 1 2 6 7 3 0 0 3 2 10 -9 4
17 Fortuna Sittard 7 0 2 5 8 21 3 0 1 2 5 7 4 0 1 3 3 14 -13 2
18 RKC Waalwijk 7 0 1 6 7 24 3 0 0 3 1 8 4 0 1 3 6 16 -17 1

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