A total of seven rounds of games have gone by and both Ajax and FC Utrecht are high up in the table. Let's go!
- Ajax have the most scored goals (30) in Eredivisie
- FC Utrecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ajax form and stats
Overall Eredivisie results at home this season for Ajax, who have the most scored goals (30) in Eredivisie, are 4-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the NEC game Ajax has been unbeatable here at Johan Cruijff Arena producing four straight wins.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Remko Pasveer not having conceded a league goal in 454 minutes.
Ajax's last game was hosting Beşiktaş and winning 2-0. Steven Berghuis (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.53/10. Berghuis scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that, Ajax had a Eredivisie home game versus FC Groningen which ended with a victory 3-0.It's goals goals goals for Ajax who have scored 22 goals from 4 league home games. Ajax have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 0 goals.
FC Utrecht form and stats
FC Utrecht are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Eredivisie, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Utrecht won their last game, 5-1 versus PEC Zwolle played at home. As mentioned above, Utrecht was the only team on the pitch versus PEC Zwolle in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Midfielder Adam Maher was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.63. Maher hit four key passes.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at NEC.As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Utrecht's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won one of these as expected, one of them by at least two goals. FC Utrecht managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.
FC Utrecht are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Utrecht's manager R. Hake has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these teams: Ajax won six, FC Utrecht were winners in two and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  S. Haller 5 goals |  N. Mazraoui 4 goals |  D. Tadić 4 goals |
Ajax missing players
FC Utrecht missing players
| Ajax | FC Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 22 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 71% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 71% |
| 57% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 57% |
| 57% | 75% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 29% |
| 6.7 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | 6.6 |
| 1.9 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21.7 | 25.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.7 | 14.7 |
| 8.7 | 10.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.3 | 5 |
| 49% | 51% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 75% | 49% |
- Ajax have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
- 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 FC Utrecht have scored away.
- Ajax have scored in all their matches so far.
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (1) 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 (1) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (6) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most points (12) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (22) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (30) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+22) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+29) 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.
- All of Ajax's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- FC Utrecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Utrecht have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 19 |
| 2 | Willem II | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 4 | PSV | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | FC Utrecht | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 14 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | SC Cambuur | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Vitesse | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | NEC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 8 |
| 11 | Heracles | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | AZ | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Sparta Rotterdam | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 6 |
| 14 | Go Ahead Eagles | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -9 | 6 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | FC Groningen | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 5 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -11 | 1 |