The host team, Ajax, should be expected winners in this match, but RKC Waalwijk have shown both smartness and spirit. Read more about the game!
- Ajax have the most scored goals (56) in Eredivisie
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
This arena has grass, which is not RKC Waalwijk's familiar surface at their own football stadium. When playing on grass RKC Waalwijk have performed like this: Played 22 matches yielding 4 wins, 7 draws and 11 defeats with the goal production 29-38 (scored/conceded).
Little time to rest for the host team, as they played a KNVB Beker game only three days ago. That game was an away game at FC Twente, so at least Ajax are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Ajax form and stats
The story so far in the Eredivisie for Ajax, who have the most scored goals (56) in Eredivisie, at their home stadium (Johan Cruijff Arena) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Johan Cruijff Arena, but a victory now would be sweet for Ajax.
Ajax are returning here after visiting FC Twente in a KNVB Beker fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Goalkeeper Rulli got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.02 out of ten. Rulli topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the game before, an away victory in the Eredivisie match versus SC Cambuur with a 5-0 scoreline.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: 21 games found in the database showing 17 Ajax wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 14 latest league games highlights that 12 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Europa League game versus Union Berlin in only four days. This game is also played here at Johan Cruijff Arena.
From these home matches, Ajax have conceded only 8 goals.
RKC Waalwijk form and stats
RKC Waalwijk have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-5-4 (10 played). RKC Waalwijk has drawn their two previous away games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Excelsior (placed 14th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Adewoye was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.3. The defender Adewoye won 5 of 6 duels.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Go Ahead Eagles.Many goals are not expected from the visiting RKC Waalwijk as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. Waalwijk struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Ajax have been victorious in every one of the 8 latest fixtures versus this team. Another win today?These competitors have met before this season: RKC Waalwijk - Ajax 1-4.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Brobbey 10 goals |  S. Bergwijn 8 goals |  M. Kudus 7 goals |
Ajax missing players
RKC Waalwijk missing players
| Ajax | RKC Waalwijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 56 | 27 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 31 |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 31 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 70% | 80% |
| 90% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 70% |
| 65% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 60% |
| 55% | 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 50% |
| 45% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 70% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 30% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 35% |
| 7.7 | 9.6 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 7.5 | 6.3 |
| 1.4 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19.2 | 22.2 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 |
| 7.2 | 8.2 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 39% | 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 34% |
| 8.8 | 6.9 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.3 | 18.1 | 15.8 |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as RKC Waalwijk have scored away.
- Ajax have the most scored goals (56) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the second half (29) 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 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- RKC Waalwijk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- RKC Waalwijk 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 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 27 | 43 |
| 2 | AZ | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | Ajax | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 35 | 40 |
| 4 | PSV | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 39 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 27 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | NEC | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -12 | 20 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -23 | 20 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -23 | 17 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -19 | 16 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 13 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -24 | 12 |
