Eredivisie preview: Home team members forecasting a win when Ajax host SC Cambuur

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Johan Cruijff Arena (54990 seats)

Yet another absorbing fixture in the Eredivisie. Ajax is in the 2nd position after participating in four fixtures. They receive SC Cambuur who are placed 8th after four fixtures.

Insights:
  • Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Eredivisie

There have been limited time to rest for the hosting team, as they were involved in a Champions League game only three days earlier. That game was an away game at Sporting CP, so at least Ajax are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

13 - 3 - 4 with 38-16. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for SC Cambuur when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. SC Cambuur play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Ajax form and stats

As mentioned below, Ajax are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Eredivisie games.

The Ajax goalkeeper Remko Pasveer is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 184 minutes without conceding a goal in the Eredivisie.

Ajax are returning here after visiting Sporting CP in a Champions League game and winning with a 5-1 scoreline. Steven Berghuis and Sébastien Haller (4) scored the goal(s). The gifted forward Sébastien Haller outperformed all the other footballers in that game and managed a match rating of 10.0 out of 10. Haller scored four goals and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. As mentioned above, Ajax "killed" Sporting CP in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Sébastien Haller when beating Sporting CP, applying the finishing touch to four goals!

In the game before, an away victory in the Eredivisie match versus PEC Zwolle with a 2-0 scoreline.

Everyone expects Ajax to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 15 games: 14 home wins, zero draws and one defeat. Ajax have won with at least two goals margin 13 times in similar situations.

The manager E. ten Hag will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fortuna Sittard in only three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Ajax's 2 home games: 10 goals, 0 conceded.

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SC Cambuur form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Eredivisie ended in defeat. Last season SC Cambuur had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 14, drew 4 and lost 1.

Tom Boere (2), Marco Tol, Tamás Kiss and Jamie Jacobs scored in Cambuur's previous match, the home game against Go Ahead Eagles that ended 5-2. Tom Boere, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.83. Boere scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. A stark raving crazy match with heaps of goals last time out for Cambuur, as mentioned above. 7 goals in total, will this game be as gleeful?

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs FC Twente.

SC Cambuur have the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the prior seven meetings): Ajax won five games, one match ended in a draw and SC Cambuur have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / two

Top Goalscorers

AjaxS. Haller
S. Haller
4 goals
SC CambuurJ. Jacobs
J. Jacobs
3 goals
AjaxD. Tadić
D. Tadić
2 goals

Ajax missing players

SC Cambuur missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ajax SC Cambuur
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 1 4
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
13 10 5 Scored S 1 1 9
1 0 0 Conceded C 4 4 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 50%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
75% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.5 8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 3.5
1.8 0.5 1 Corners against (avg) C A 11 11 7.2
1.2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
21.2 29.5 30 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8 13
7.8 10.5 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 5.5
42% 48% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 41%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have the most scored goals (10) at home in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have the the best goal difference (+12) in Eredivisie
  • SC Cambuur have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Eredivisie
Ajax Last season SC Cambuur
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   19 38
28 14   Won W   14 29
4 2   Drew D   4 5
2 1   Lost L   1 4
102 53   Scored S   49 109
23 14   Conceded C   17 36
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 95%
88% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 84%
71% 82%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 63%
47% 65%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 50%
24% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   26% 34%
50% 59%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
47% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 42%
3% 0%   Failed to Score F T   11% 11%
 
7.4 7.5   Corners for (avg) C F   6 6.1
3.1 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 4.3
1 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.3
4 2   Red cards R C   0 1
 
18.6 18.8   Shots (avg) S (   15.5 15.3
7.5 7.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.5 7.2
40% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 40%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSV 4 4 0 0 14 3 2 2 0 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 11 12
2 Ajax 4 3 1 0 13 1 2 2 0 0 10 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 12 10
3 FC Utrecht 4 2 1 1 7 2 2 2 0 0 7 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 5 7
4 SC Heerenveen 4 2 1 1 6 6 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 7
5 Willem II 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 7
6 NEC 4 2 1 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 5 -2 7
7 Feyenoord 3 2 0 1 7 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 5 3 4 6
8 SC Cambuur 4 2 0 2 9 8 3 2 0 1 8 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 6
9 Vitesse 4 2 0 2 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 1 3 6 -6 6
10 FC Groningen 4 1 2 1 5 7 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 6 -2 5
11 RKC Waalwijk 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 4 5 -1 4
12 Fortuna Sittard 3 1 1 1 5 6 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 4
13 FC Twente 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 4
14 Sparta Rotterdam 4 1 1 2 4 8 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 -4 4
15 AZ 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 -2 3
16 Go Ahead Eagles 4 1 0 3 4 8 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 7 -4 3
17 Heracles 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
18 PEC Zwolle 4 0 0 4 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 -6 0
Last season 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 34 28 4 2 102 23 17 14 2 1 53 14 17 14 2 1 49 9 79 88
2 PSV 34 21 9 4 74 35 17 13 3 1 39 13 17 8 6 3 35 22 39 72
3 AZ 34 21 8 5 75 41 17 12 2 3 39 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 34 71
4 Vitesse 34 18 7 9 52 38 17 11 4 2 26 12 17 7 3 7 26 26 14 61
5 Feyenoord 34 16 11 7 64 36 17 9 6 2 35 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 28 59
6 FC Utrecht 34 13 14 7 52 41 17 6 7 4 27 25 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 53
7 FC Groningen 34 14 8 12 40 37 17 7 6 4 17 13 17 7 2 8 23 24 3 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 17 6 4 7 30 27 17 7 4 6 19 21 1 47
9 Heracles 34 12 8 14 42 53 17 8 4 5 29 16 17 4 4 9 13 37 -11 44
10 FC Twente 34 10 11 13 48 50 17 4 6 7 23 25 17 6 5 6 25 25 -2 41
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 12 5 17 50 58 17 5 3 9 27 33 17 7 2 8 23 25 -8 41
12 SC Heerenveen 34 9 12 13 43 49 17 6 5 6 22 18 17 3 7 7 21 31 -6 39
13 PEC Zwolle 34 9 11 14 44 53 17 6 6 5 19 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -9 38
14 Willem II 34 8 7 19 40 68 17 6 2 9 22 33 17 2 5 10 18 35 -28 31
15 RKC Waalwijk 34 7 9 18 33 55 17 5 4 8 21 25 17 2 5 10 12 30 -22 30
16 FC Emmen 34 7 9 18 40 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 17 3 5 9 14 27 -28 30
17 VVV-Venlo 34 6 5 23 43 91 17 3 4 10 20 46 17 3 1 13 23 45 -48 23
18 ADO Den Haag 34 4 10 20 29 76 17 1 6 10 17 38 17 3 4 10 12 38 -47 22
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Cambuur 38 29 5 4 109 36 19 15 1 3 60 19 19 14 4 1 49 17 73 92
2 Go Ahead Eagles 38 23 8 7 62 25 19 10 5 4 30 13 19 13 3 3 32 12 37 77
3 Graafschap 38 23 8 7 67 47 19 11 5 3 31 21 19 12 3 4 36 26 20 77
4 Almere City 38 22 9 7 75 48 19 13 4 2 34 9 19 9 5 5 41 39 27 75
5 NAC Breda 38 22 7 9 75 41 19 13 1 5 41 19 19 9 6 4 34 22 34 73
6 FC Volendam 38 19 9 10 79 52 19 9 3 7 42 28 19 10 6 3 37 24 27 66
7 NEC 38 20 6 12 68 45 19 11 4 4 34 19 19 9 2 8 34 26 23 66
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 15 12 11 67 61 19 8 7 4 35 24 19 7 5 7 32 37 6 57
9 Excelsior 38 14 6 18 65 66 19 8 2 9 35 31 19 6 4 9 30 35 -1 48
10 FC Oss 38 13 8 17 40 57 19 8 3 8 29 31 19 5 5 9 11 26 -17 47
11 MVV Maastricht 38 13 7 18 50 72 19 9 3 7 34 38 19 4 4 11 16 34 -22 46
12 Helmond Sport 38 11 12 15 51 68 19 8 4 7 26 30 19 3 8 8 25 38 -17 45
13 Telstar 38 10 11 17 57 61 19 5 6 8 37 31 19 5 5 9 20 30 -4 41
14 Jong PSV 38 10 10 18 54 65 19 4 6 9 22 27 19 6 4 9 32 38 -11 40
15 FC Eindhoven 38 10 10 18 50 62 19 6 6 7 33 30 19 4 4 11 17 32 -12 40
16 Jong Ajax 38 10 10 18 55 71 19 4 6 9 25 34 19 6 4 9 30 37 -16 40
17 Jong AZ 38 11 5 22 56 92 19 7 3 9 38 46 19 4 2 13 18 46 -36 38
18 Jong Utrecht 38 11 2 25 53 77 19 5 0 14 23 38 19 6 2 11 30 39 -24 35
19 FC Den Bosch 38 8 8 22 59 85 19 6 6 7 38 32 19 2 2 15 21 53 -26 32
20 FC Dordrecht 38 8 3 27 36 97 19 4 3 12 20 41 19 4 0 15 16 56 -61 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSV 4 4 0 0 14 3 2 2 0 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 11 12
2 Ajax 4 3 1 0 13 1 2 2 0 0 10 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 12 10
3 FC Utrecht 4 2 1 1 7 2 2 2 0 0 7 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 5 7
4 SC Heerenveen 4 2 1 1 6 6 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 7
5 Willem II 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 7
6 NEC 4 2 1 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 5 -2 7
7 Feyenoord 3 2 0 1 7 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 5 3 4 6
8 SC Cambuur 4 2 0 2 9 8 3 2 0 1 8 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 6
9 Vitesse 4 2 0 2 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 1 3 6 -6 6
10 FC Groningen 4 1 2 1 5 7 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 6 -2 5
11 RKC Waalwijk 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 4 5 -1 4
12 Fortuna Sittard 3 1 1 1 5 6 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 4
13 FC Twente 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 4
14 Sparta Rotterdam 4 1 1 2 4 8 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 -4 4
15 AZ 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 -2 3
16 Go Ahead Eagles 4 1 0 3 4 8 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 7 -4 3
17 Heracles 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
18 PEC Zwolle 4 0 0 4 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 -6 0

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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.