Ajax are flying at 2nd, while NEC are lagging 19 points behind in the table. Will they cut the gap?
- Ajax have the most scored goals (65) in Eredivisie
- NEC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Eredivisie
Ajax have less rest than NEC in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a KNVB Beker game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Graafschap.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax are steadily winning Eredivisie games and points here at Sportpark De Vondersweijde. 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. days ago.
Ajax are returning here after visiting Graafschap in a KNVB Beker match and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. The striker Brobbey won the honour of being "man of the match" for Ajax with a rating of 8.64/10. Brobbey scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit three key passes.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Vitesse.Observe: 14 of the latest 17 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.
It's goals goals goals for Ajax who have scored 34 goals from 11 league home games. Ajax have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
NEC form and stats
Playing away, NEC have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats 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. NEC goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen is eager to challenge this, with his 325 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
NEC had fun at their own home (Sportpark De Vondersweijde) last time out, beating FC Volendam 3-0. Dimata, Marques and Márquez scored. Goalkeeper Cillessen was absolutely vital in the NEC victory against FC Volendam, making six saves. Tannane got a match rating of 8.63 in that game, top player of the team. Tannane served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 50 successful passes (of 57 total).
Prior to that result NEC won their away game at Excelsior. The scoreline was 3-0.Many goals are not expected from the visiting NEC as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on NEC as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Ajax have avoided defeat in the last 25 games (17-8-0) versus NEC.These competitors have fought earlier this season: NEC - Ajax 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Brobbey 11 goals |  M. Kudus 9 goals |  S. Bergwijn 8 goals |
Ajax missing players
NEC missing players
| Ajax | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 65 | 34 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 30 |
| 23 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 10 | 22 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 73% | 83% |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 55% | 70% |
| 70% | 73% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | 30% |
| 57% | 64% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 39% | 27% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| 70% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 18% | 48% |
| 30% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 45% | 30% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 64% | 39% |
| 7.5 | 9.2 | 11.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.4 | 6 |
| 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 18.9 | 21.9 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.4 | 14.7 |
| 7.1 | 8.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| 40% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 19% | 26% |
| 8.7 | 6.9 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 17.2 | 14.4 |
| 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.8 | 6.3 | 5.4 |
- 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 NEC.
- Ajax have the most scored goals (65) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+42) 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 (5-1-0) in Eredivisie
- NEC have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Eredivisie
- NEC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Eredivisie
- NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Eredivisie
- NEC have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Eredivisie
- NEC 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 | Feyenoord | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 31 | 52 |
| 2 | Ajax | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 65 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 42 | 49 |
| 3 | AZ | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 47 |
| 4 | PSV | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 32 | 46 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 40 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | NEC | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -11 | 26 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -13 | 23 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -27 | 20 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 36 | -34 | 20 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -20 | 18 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | -23 | 17 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -26 | 13 |
