Eredivisie prediction: Ajax should edge out FC Utrecht on their own turf

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Johan Cruijff Arena (54990 seats)

More points have been won by Ajax so far this season, with the 3rd position in the Eredivisie table and welcoming FC Utrecht (who are sitting at 7th).

Insights:
  • Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (40) in Eredivisie
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

For Utrecht most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Ajax form and stats

32 points is a decent return from 16 Eredivisie games here at Johan Cruijff Arena for Ajax. The data says 9 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses.

Happy days for Ajax in their previous game, a fixture away at FC Groningen (placed 17th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Hato, defender, was given a rating of 6.83/10 in that game, top of the team. Hato hit one key pass and won 3 of 3 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus AZ.

Goals, goals, goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 11 of the 14 most recent league matches with this team has seen at least three goals.

Goals are plentiful at Johan Cruijff Arena in the league this season as Ajax has scored 44 goals here in 16 home games. From these home matches, Ajax have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of FC Utrecht playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Utrecht goalkeeper Vasileios Barkas is eager to challenge this, with his 188 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Labyad and Douvikas scored in FC Utrecht's previous match, the home game against RKC Waalwijk that ended 2-0. Midfield player Bozdoğan was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.81/10. Bozdoğan served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times and had 44 successful passes (of 45 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against SC Cambuur with the score of 3-0.

FC Utrecht have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 34 goals from 16 away matches.

Head 2 Head

FC Utrecht - Ajax 0-2 was the outcome when these teams formerly played each other, some time ago this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Ajax won seven games, one match ended in a draw and FC Utrecht have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.

Top Goalscorers

FC UtrechtA. Douvikas
A. Douvikas
17 goals
AjaxB. Brobbey
B. Brobbey
12 goals
AjaxM. Kudus
M. Kudus
11 goals

Ajax missing players

FC Utrecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ajax FC Utrecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
19 9 4 Won W 1 7 14
9 5 1 Drew D 1 4 9
4 2 0 Lost L 3 5 9
82 44 14 Scored S 10 34 51
34 13 2 Conceded C 16 32 45
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
84% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 75%
69% 69% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 81% 59%
56% 62% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 56% 34%
38% 25% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 25% 12%
62% 56% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 53%
34% 44% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 38%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 12% 19%
 
8 9.8 12.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 5.2 5.4
3.3 2.7 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4 4.4
1.4 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18.4 21.8 22 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 12.8 12.6
6.8 7.7 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 4.7 5
38% 36% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 59% 45% 32%
 
8.8 7.9 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12.6 12.4
3.3 2.8 1.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.4 4.8 4.7
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (40) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Ajax have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 32 24 7 1 78 28 16 12 4 0 37 9 16 12 3 1 41 19 50 79
2 PSV 32 22 5 5 84 36 16 14 1 1 51 11 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 71
3 Ajax 32 19 9 4 82 34 16 9 5 2 44 13 16 10 4 2 38 21 48 66
4 AZ 32 19 7 6 64 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 16 10 2 4 29 15 31 64
5 FC Twente 32 16 10 6 58 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 16 4 6 6 15 16 32 58
6 Sparta Rotterdam 32 15 8 9 51 36 16 9 2 5 28 17 16 6 6 4 23 19 15 53
7 FC Utrecht 32 14 9 9 51 45 16 7 5 4 17 13 16 7 4 5 34 32 6 51
8 SC Heerenveen 32 11 9 12 39 47 16 5 3 8 19 26 16 6 6 4 20 21 -8 42
9 RKC Waalwijk 32 11 8 13 50 55 16 9 3 4 34 21 16 2 5 9 16 34 -5 41
10 NEC 32 8 14 10 41 41 16 3 9 4 28 25 16 5 5 6 13 16 0 38
11 Go Ahead Eagles 32 9 10 13 43 54 16 6 6 4 25 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -11 37
12 Fortuna Sittard 32 10 5 17 38 58 16 5 3 8 20 27 16 5 2 9 18 31 -20 35
13 Vitesse 32 8 10 14 38 50 16 4 6 6 18 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -12 34
14 FC Volendam 32 9 6 17 39 66 16 8 1 7 26 30 16 1 5 10 13 36 -27 33
15 Excelsior 32 8 5 19 27 68 16 7 2 7 19 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -41 29
16 FC Emmen 32 6 10 16 30 59 16 3 9 4 15 20 16 3 1 12 15 39 -29 28
17 FC Groningen 32 4 6 22 31 64 16 3 3 10 20 29 16 1 3 12 11 35 -33 18
18 SC Cambuur 32 4 4 24 21 65 16 2 0 14 10 33 16 2 4 10 11 32 -44 16

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 32 24 7 1 78 28 16 12 4 0 37 9 16 12 3 1 41 19 50 79
2 PSV 32 22 5 5 84 36 16 14 1 1 51 11 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 71
3 Ajax 32 19 9 4 82 34 16 9 5 2 44 13 16 10 4 2 38 21 48 66
4 AZ 32 19 7 6 64 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 16 10 2 4 29 15 31 64
5 FC Twente 32 16 10 6 58 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 16 4 6 6 15 16 32 58
6 Sparta Rotterdam 32 15 8 9 51 36 16 9 2 5 28 17 16 6 6 4 23 19 15 53
7 FC Utrecht 32 14 9 9 51 45 16 7 5 4 17 13 16 7 4 5 34 32 6 51
8 SC Heerenveen 32 11 9 12 39 47 16 5 3 8 19 26 16 6 6 4 20 21 -8 42
9 RKC Waalwijk 32 11 8 13 50 55 16 9 3 4 34 21 16 2 5 9 16 34 -5 41
10 NEC 32 8 14 10 41 41 16 3 9 4 28 25 16 5 5 6 13 16 0 38
11 Go Ahead Eagles 32 9 10 13 43 54 16 6 6 4 25 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -11 37
12 Fortuna Sittard 32 10 5 17 38 58 16 5 3 8 20 27 16 5 2 9 18 31 -20 35
13 Vitesse 32 8 10 14 38 50 16 4 6 6 18 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -12 34
14 FC Volendam 32 9 6 17 39 66 16 8 1 7 26 30 16 1 5 10 13 36 -27 33
15 Excelsior 32 8 5 19 27 68 16 7 2 7 19 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -41 29
16 FC Emmen 32 6 10 16 30 59 16 3 9 4 15 20 16 3 1 12 15 39 -29 28
17 FC Groningen 32 4 6 22 31 64 16 3 3 10 20 29 16 1 3 12 11 35 -33 18
18 SC Cambuur 32 4 4 24 21 65 16 2 0 14 10 33 16 2 4 10 11 32 -44 16

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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.