Pre-match most people would expect a significant gulf in performance between these teams based on results so far, with Ajax in front of PEC Zwolle by 49 points.
- Ajax have the most scored goals (86) in Eredivisie
- PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Eredivisie
Ajax's stadium, Johan Cruijff Arena, has a grass surface. PEC Zwolle have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for PEC Zwolle when playing on grass; 4 wins, 3 draws and 16 losses from 23 matches. They have scored 24 goals in these games and conceded 49.
Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an enthusiastic match!
Ajax form and stats
Ajax have performed here at Johan Cruijff Arena this season with 12 wins from 15 Eredivisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Ajax has won six games in a row. The Go Ahead Eagles match was the last time out without a victory.
A good away victory last time out for Ajax, who won 1-0 against NEC (placed 10th). Manager Hag felt very clever after Brobbey scored the winning goal against NEC, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute. Defender Timber got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.8/10. Timber won 13 of 19 duels.
It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Ajax have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 19 games found in the database showing 18 Ajax wins, one draw and zero defeats.
It's goals goals goals for Ajax who have scored 54 goals from 15 league home games. Ajax have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
PEC Zwolle form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for PEC Zwolle so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 4-1-10 (win-draw-lose).
Two trips in a row for Zwolle, whose coach Schreuder could celebrate last time after the win against RKC Waalwijk. Lamprou (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.43. Lamprou topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against AZ.The attacking power of PEC Zwolle when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 15 league matches away. PEC Zwolle have conceded 27 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before in this season, with the result PEC Zwolle - Ajax 0-2 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between these teams: Ajax won ten, PEC Zwolle were winners in zero and we saw zero draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Haller 20 goals |  D. Tadić 12 goals |  A. dos Santos 8 goals |
Ajax missing players
PEC Zwolle missing players
| Ajax | PEC Zwolle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 24 | 12 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 86 | 54 | 18 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | 44 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 80% | 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | 60% |
| 67% | 87% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 33% | 30% |
| 43% | 60% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 33% | 20% |
| 40% | 60% | 60% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | 10% |
| 30% | 27% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 33% | 40% |
| 67% | 67% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 47% | 43% |
| 7.4 | 8.3 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| 2.6 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 1 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20.5 | 23.7 | 24.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 10.9 | 11.7 |
| 7.5 | 9.3 | 10.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| 38% | 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.4 | 15.8 | 13.6 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
- 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 PEC Zwolle.
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (20) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most points (37) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (54) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (86) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (41) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the second half (45) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+46) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+71) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ajax is in the best form (6-0-0) in Eredivisie
- PEC Zwolle have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- PEC Zwolle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- PEC Zwolle have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Eredivisie
- PEC Zwolle have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Eredivisie
- PEC Zwolle have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Eredivisie
- PEC Zwolle have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 86 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 71 | 75 |
| 2 | PSV | 30 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 75 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 40 | 71 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 29 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 67 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 39 | 61 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 61 |
| 5 | AZ | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 58 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -9 | 44 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 42 |
| 8 | FC Groningen | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 36 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 36 |
| 10 | NEC | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 26 | -12 | 35 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -11 | 34 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 45 | 63 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 30 | -18 | 33 |
| 13 | Heracles | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 24 | -11 | 30 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -17 | 28 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 27 | -20 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 61 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | -31 | 26 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -23 | 25 |
| 18 | Willem II | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 32 | -29 | 23 |
