Ajax host Fortuna Sittard with hopes of landing all three points. Can they? Read our in-depth preview!
- Ajax have the most scored goals (51) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals (41) in Eredivisie
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
19 points is a decent return from 9 Eredivisie games here at Johan Cruijff Arena for Ajax. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
A good away victory last time out for Ajax, who won 2-0 against Feyenoord (placed 3rd). The goalie Pasveer was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.45 out of ten. Pasveer topped it up with a clean sheet.
Previous to that game, a KNVB Beker home match hosting Barendrecht in a game that was won 4-0.Everyone expects Ajax to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 16 games: 15 home wins, one draw and zero defeats. Ajax have won with at least two goals margin 15 times in similar situations.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Ajax is on fire here. A stunning 33 from 9 league matches. Ajax have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
There's been little loot from Fortuna Sittard's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Eredivisie. Fortuna Sittard only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.
There were no winners in Fortuna Sittard's previous match, a Eredivisie home game that ended 2-2 vs FC Utrecht (placed 7th). Cox was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.01. The defender Cox scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and won 3 of 7 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting PSV's place.Fortuna are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found six matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were zero wins, zero draws and six defeats. Of the defeats, six games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Fortuna have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 9 goals have been scored. The Fortuna manager Ultee has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels. Fortuna has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Fortuna Sittard - Ajax 0-5 was the output when these two contenders formerly played each other, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Ajax six wins, zero draws and Fortuna Sittard zero victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Haller 10 goals |  D. Tadić 7 goals |   M. Seuntjens 7 goals |
Ajax missing players
Fortuna Sittard missing players
| Ajax | Fortuna Sittard | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 51 | 33 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | 41 |
| 88% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 82% |
| 53% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 71% |
| 41% | 56% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 59% |
| 41% | 56% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 29% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 71% |
| 82% | 78% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 18% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 18% |
| 7.5 | 7.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 2.4 | 1.4 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 1 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19.8 | 23.3 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.9 | 9.2 |
| 7.3 | 8.6 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 41% | 43% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | 30% |
| 7.6 | 6.3 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.3 | 18.1 | 16.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.7 | 6.7 | 6.1 |
- Ajax have created more than twice as many corners as Fortuna Sittard.
- 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 more than double the goals of Fortuna Sittard.
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (4) 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 (4) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (14) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (33) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (51) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+30) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+47) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Fortuna Sittard have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Fortuna Sittard have the most conceded goals (41) in Eredivisie
- Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Ajax | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 47 | 39 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 36 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 6 | AZ | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 29 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 28 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | NEC | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Willem II | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -17 | 18 |
| 14 | Heracles Almelo | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -11 | 15 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 13 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 12 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -22 | 6 |