Only three points good enough for Ajax in PEC Zwolle game

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Johan Cruijff Arena (54990 seats)

Ajax perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. PEC Zwolle can look both up and down from their 11th position.

Insights:
  • Ajax has the most scored goals (43) in Eredivisie
  • PEC Zwolle have yet to win a game away.

The hosts Ajax saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Champions League. This match was also played here at Johan Cruijff Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, PEC Zwolle have had more rest.

8 - 7 - 18 with 31-61. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for PEC Zwolle when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. PEC Zwolle play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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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.

The Ajax crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Atalanta here at Johan Cruijff Arena in a Champions League match. Preceding that match was the home Eredivisie game against FC Twente that was lost 1-2.

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. 19 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Ajax has won 18 times, drawn zero and lost one. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Ajax has won by at least two goals 16 times when in this position.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ajax, as the KNVB Beker home game vs FC Utrecht is only four days away.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Ajax is on fire here. A stunning 21 from 6 league matches. On the other hand, Ajax have conceded 6 goals.

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

0-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for PEC Zwolle in their Eredivisie matches away. Visiting PEC Zwolle has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Zwolle won their last game, 2-1 versus Vitesse played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus VVV-Venlo that ended 2-2.

PEC Zwolle are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found eleven matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were four wins, one draw and six defeats. Of the defeats, five games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Zwolle has another fixture away, a KNVB Beker game, against Excelsior in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Zwolle have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. The Zwolle manager J. Stegeman has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's nine Ajax victories, one draw and zero PEC Zwolle wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AjaxD. Tadić
D. Tadić
8 goals
AjaxL. Traore
L. Traore
7 goals
AjaxD. Klaassen
D. Klaassen
5 goals

Ajax missing players

PEC Zwolle missing players

Ajax PEC Zwolle
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 1 5 11
9 5 2 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 4 6
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
43 21 8 Scored S 1 7 14
7 6 1 Conceded C 5 11 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
82% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 55%
45% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 36%
45% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 20% 9%
36% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 64%
55% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.6 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
21.3 20.3 19 Shots (avg) S ( 10 13.8 14.8
8.8 8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 4.8
44% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 30% 26%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Ajax has the fewest conceded goals (7) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax has the most clean sheets (6) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax has the most scored goals (21) at home in Eredivisie
  • Ajax has the most scored goals (43) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax has the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax has the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax has the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Eredivisie
  • Ajax has the the best goal difference (+36) in Eredivisie
  • 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 in all their home matches so far.
  • Ajax have scored more than double the goals of PEC Zwolle.
  • Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ajax is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • All of Ajax's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of PEC Zwolle's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • PEC Zwolle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • PEC Zwolle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • PEC Zwolle have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • PEC Zwolle have yet to win a game away.
  • PEC Zwolle 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 Ajax 11 9 0 2 43 7 6 5 0 1 21 6 5 4 0 1 22 1 36 27
2 Vitesse 11 8 1 2 21 8 5 5 0 0 12 2 6 3 1 2 9 6 13 25
3 PSV 11 7 3 1 23 8 5 5 0 0 12 1 6 2 3 1 11 7 15 24
4 Feyenoord 11 6 5 0 23 11 6 2 4 0 9 5 5 4 1 0 14 6 12 23
5 FC Twente 11 6 3 2 23 12 6 3 2 1 12 6 5 3 1 1 11 6 11 21
6 FC Groningen 11 6 2 3 13 12 6 3 2 1 6 5 5 3 0 2 7 7 1 20
7 SC Heerenveen 11 5 4 2 20 15 5 3 1 1 9 5 6 2 3 1 11 10 5 19
8 AZ 10 4 5 1 22 15 5 2 2 1 8 5 5 2 3 0 14 10 7 17
9 Sparta Rotterdam 11 3 3 5 17 19 6 2 2 2 14 11 5 1 1 3 3 8 -2 12
10 FC Utrecht 10 2 6 2 11 14 5 2 2 1 7 7 5 0 4 1 4 7 -3 12
11 PEC Zwolle 11 2 6 3 14 18 6 2 2 2 7 7 5 0 4 1 7 11 -4 12
12 RKC Waalwijk 11 3 3 5 11 18 6 1 3 2 7 9 5 2 0 3 4 9 -7 12
13 Heracles 11 2 3 6 11 21 5 2 1 2 8 5 6 0 2 4 3 16 -10 9
14 VVV-Venlo 11 2 3 6 18 33 5 1 2 2 7 20 6 1 1 4 11 13 -15 9
15 Willem II 11 2 2 7 11 21 5 2 0 3 8 11 6 0 2 4 3 10 -10 8
16 Fortuna Sittard 11 1 3 7 15 29 6 1 2 3 11 16 5 0 1 4 4 13 -14 6
17 ADO Den Haag 11 1 3 7 10 28 5 0 2 3 5 10 6 1 1 4 5 18 -18 6
18 FC Emmen 11 0 3 8 12 29 5 0 2 3 8 16 6 0 1 5 4 13 -17 3

Read more about Eredivisie

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.