Ajax - RKC Waalwijk. 1st position against 14th position. Nothing is certain - get a thorough game guide here!
- Ajax have the most scored goals (71) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have scored more than double the goals of RKC Waalwijk.
Ajax's stadium, Johan Cruijff Arena, has a grass surface. RKC Waalwijk 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 RKC Waalwijk when playing on grass; 4 wins, 7 draws and 17 losses from 28 matches. They have scored 34 goals in these games and conceded 58.
These are full days for the home side, as they were in action only three days ago in the KNVB Beker. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at AZ.
Ajax form and stats
28 points is a decent return from 12 Eredivisie games here at Johan Cruijff Arena for Ajax. The data says 9 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Ajax are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Midfielder Berghuis was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Berghuis scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).
Heartbreak before that as Ajax lost 1-2 at Go Ahead Eagles's place.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: 18 games found in the database showing 17 Ajax wins, one draw and zero defeats.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Ajax is on fire here. A stunning 46 from 12 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Ajax have only let in 3 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
RKC Waalwijk have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-7-4 (12 played).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus FC Twente with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Buijs, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.65. Buijs hit the woodwork once and won 3 of 5 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to NEC.RKC Waalwijk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 12 games (in the league). RKC Waalwijk have conceded 18 goals in these games. Waalwijk has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
RKC Waalwijk - Ajax 0-5 was the outcome when these two contenders formerly played each other, some time ago this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Ajax won nine games, one match ended with a tie and RKC Waalwijk got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  S. Haller 16 goals |   M. Kramer 8 goals |  J. Odgaard 8 goals |
Ajax missing players
RKC Waalwijk missing players
| Ajax | RKC Waalwijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 71 | 46 | 10 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 26 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 39 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 62% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 38% | 58% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 42% | 29% |
| 38% | 58% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 7.6 | 8.3 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 0.9 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | 23.3 | 21.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.5 | 10.7 |
| 7.3 | 9.3 | 11 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 40% | 41% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 47% | 32% |
| 7.3 | 5.8 | 3.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22 | 15.4 | 15 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
- 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 RKC Waalwijk.
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (19) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (46) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (71) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+43) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+64) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 64 | 57 |
| 2 | PSV | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 59 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 29 | 55 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 34 | 51 |
| 4 | AZ | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 48 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 45 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -6 | 40 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 39 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 25 | -10 | 33 |
| 9 | NEC | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 21 | -7 | 31 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -5 | 29 |
| 11 | Heracles | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 26 |
| 13 | SC Heerenveen | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -14 | 25 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -13 | 23 |
| 15 | Willem II | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -22 | 21 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -27 | 19 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -19 | 17 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -21 | 17 |
