1st position in the Eredivisie table for Ajax so far, a potent showing. The home team supporters hope for more goals as 8th-placed Go Ahead Eagles visit Johan Cruijff Arena.
- Ajax have the most scored goals (37) in Eredivisie
- Go Ahead Eagles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
These are hectic days for the host team, as they played only four days ago in the Champions League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Borussia Dortmund.
Ajax form and stats
Home games in the Eredivisie have been a walk in the park for Ajax so far, with 15 points won from 6 matches; 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Remko Pasveer not having conceded a league goal in 283 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Ajax, who won 3-1 against Borussia Dortmund. Dušan Tadić (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.85/10. Tadić scored one goal and hit five key passes.
A 0-0 draw away in the Eredivisie before that, with Heracles the opponent.Ajax are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Johan Cruijff Arena with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 16 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Ajax has won 16 times, drawn zero and lost zero. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Ajax has won by at least two goals 15 times when in this position.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Ajax is on fire here. A stunning 27 from 6 league matches. Ajax have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Go Ahead Eagles playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season.
Impressive finishing from Iñigo Cordoba, Marc Cardona, Luuk Brouwers and Joris Kramer secured the home win 4-3 against Fortuna Sittard in their previous game. An amazing comeback from Eagles last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Joris Kramer scoring the winning goal in the 89th minute. A crazy, crazy game with masses of goals last time out for Go Ahead Eagles, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that match, will this match be as full of joy? Joris Kramer was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.73. The defender Kramer scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and won 3 of 5 duels.
Prior to that result Eagles won their away game at Almere City in the KNVB Beker. The scoreline was 2-0.Eagles have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Eagles's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 14 goals in 5 travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's eight Ajax victories, zero draws and zero Go Ahead Eagles wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Haller 7 goals |  D. Tadić 5 goals |   L. Brouwers 5 goals |
Ajax missing players
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
| Ajax | Go Ahead Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 37 | 27 | 14 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 22 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 55% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 55% |
| 45% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 45% | 67% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 55% |
| 82% | 83% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 27% |
| 7.1 | 7.3 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 0.8 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20.1 | 23.2 | 25.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.8 | 13 |
| 7.5 | 9.2 | 12 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 45% | 49% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | 34% |
| 8.8 | 7.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.5 | 18.6 | 16.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 7.6 | 5.9 |
- 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 Go Ahead Eagles.
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (2) 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 (2) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (9) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (27) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (37) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+26) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+35) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of Go Ahead Eagles's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Go Ahead Eagles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Go Ahead Eagles have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Go Ahead Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Go Ahead Eagles 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 | Ajax | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 26 |
| 2 | PSV | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 19 |
| 6 | Willem II | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | NEC | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Go Ahead Eagles | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 | AZ | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 | FC Twente | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | SC Cambuur | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | SC Heerenveen | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Heracles | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -14 | 4 |