Ajax and Feyenoord are both thriving in the Eredivisie with their 2nd and 1st spots respectively. This could be a grand match!
- Ajax have the most scored goals (70) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (21) in Eredivisie
This fixture is called De Klassieker (The Classic) and it is the main football rivalry of the Netherlands. The two cities Amsterdam (the home town of Ajax) and Rotterdam (Feyenoord) have been rivals since the 13th century, with differences both in attitude and culture. Traditionally this clash has been seen as being between the artists of Amsterdam/Ajax versus the workers of Rotterdam/Feyenoord. There is always a heavy police presence at the derby.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only three days ago.
Ajax form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Johan Cruijff Arena as Ajax have scored 35 goals to get 25 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 7-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). days ago.
Ajax are returning here after visiting SC Heerenveen (after extra-time) and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. Bergwijn, Álvarez, Kudus and Taylor scored the goal(s). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The striker Kudus was declared "man of the match" for Ajax with a rating of 8.53/10. Kudus scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times and had 30 successful passes (of 35 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting NEC (after extra-time) in a game that was won 1-0.Some goal stats: A review of the 19 most recent league matches shows that 15 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Ajax are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Johan Cruijff Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 35 goals in 12 matches. Ajax have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Feyenoord form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Eredivisie. In general it has been a productive period now for Feyenoord as they haven't lost any of their last 18 games.
The club members enjoyed Feyenoord's previous match versus Shakhtar Donetsk, a Europa League win (7-1) played at home. Kökçü got a match rating of 9.2 in that game, top player of the team. Kökçü scored two goals, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs FC Volendam (after extra-time).Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored at least once in 9 of this club's last 12 league matches.
Feyenoord have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 30 goals from 12 away matches. As opposed to that, Feyenoord have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Ajax have avoided a loss in the last 7 fixtures (6-1-0) against Feyenoord.These teams encountered each other earlier this campaign: Feyenoord - Ajax 1-1. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Kudus 11 goals |  B. Brobbey 11 goals |  S. Bergwijn 9 goals |
Ajax missing players
Feyenoord missing players
| Ajax | Feyenoord | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 70 | 35 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 30 | 56 |
| 25 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 23 |
| 96% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 88% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 84% |
| 68% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 58% | 52% |
| 56% | 58% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 42% | 32% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 20% |
| 68% | 58% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 60% |
| 32% | 42% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 4% | 8% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 7.6 | 9.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 6.7 | 7.9 |
| 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4 |
| 1.4 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18.7 | 21.7 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 17 | 19.8 |
| 7 | 8.1 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 7 | 7.2 |
| 40% | 36% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 36% | 31% |
| 8.4 | 6.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 11.4 | 8.7 |
| 3.3 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4 | 2.9 |
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have the most scored goals (70) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+45) 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.
- Ajax is in the best form (6-0-0) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Feyenoord have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Feyenoord have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (21) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord 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 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 56 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 33 | 58 |
| 2 | Ajax | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 70 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 45 | 55 |
| 3 | AZ | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 23 | 53 |
| 4 | PSV | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 66 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 36 | 52 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 44 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 43 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 38 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | NEC | 25 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | -7 | 31 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -13 | 29 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -9 | 26 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -16 | 23 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 30 | -26 | 23 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 28 | -20 | 21 |
| 16 | Excelsior | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 21 | 60 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 38 | -39 | 20 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 29 | -25 | 17 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -26 | 16 |
