This has the looks of another absorbing run-in at Johan Cruijff Arena in the Eredivisie. Ajax is in 1st place and welcome SC Heerenveen in 6th spot. Read about the match here!
- Ajax is in the best form (5-0-0) in Eredivisie
- SC Heerenveen have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Eredivisie
These are full days for the hometeam, as they had a match only three days ago 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, SC Heerenveen have had more rest.
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.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Ajax, as their goalkeeper Remko Pasveer has completely shut out the opponents for 350 minutes in the Eredivisie.
Ajax's previous fixture was a Champions League game also played at home, ending 4-0 vs Rangers. The home side hope to to build on that result. Berghuis (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.8/10. Berghuis scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 51 successful passes (of 59 total).
Before that, Ajax had a Eredivisie home game versus SC Cambuur which ended with a victory 4-0.Ajax are traveling soon after this match as the Champions League match at Liverpool awaits in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Ajax's 2 home games: 10 goals, 1 conceded.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
Four points from two away games for SC Heerenveen, meaning one draw and one victory in the Eredivisie so far.
There were no winners in SC Heerenveen's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs NEC (placed 9th). Midfield player Haye was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Haye hit three key passes.
Before that, Heerenveen secured a home win against Fortuna Sittard with the score 2-1.It's early days yet, but SC Heerenveen has scored 4 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
The 8 most recent games involving these sides have all finished as Ajax victories. Will history repeat itself?One of the players to grab the headlines has been Tadić with 10 goals scored against SC Heerenveen in these 10 games.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Bergwijn 6 goals |   S. van Hooijdonk 4 goals |  D. Rensch 2 goals |
Ajax missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| Ajax | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 7.4 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17.8 | 23 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.5 | 12.6 |
| 6.4 | 9.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 50% | 53% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 57% | 32% |
| 7 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 11.5 | 10.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 6 | 3.6 |
- Ajax have created more than twice as many corners as SC Heerenveen.
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have scored in all their matches so far.
- Ajax have scored more than double the goals of SC Heerenveen.
- Ajax have won all their games so far.
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ajax is in the best form (5-0-0) in Eredivisie
- All of Ajax's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- SC Heerenveen have not yet lost a game.
- SC Heerenveen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- SC Heerenveen have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Eredivisie
- SC Heerenveen have the most clean sheets (4) in Eredivisie
- SC Heerenveen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Ajax | Last season | SC Heerenveen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 98 | 62 | Scored | S | 14 | 40 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 26 | 54 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 82% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 75% | ||
| 71% | 88% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 50% | ||
| 47% | 59% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 38% | 59% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 14% | ||
| 32% | 24% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 65% | 71% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 22% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 19.9 | 22.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 12 | ||
| 7.4 | 9.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 29% | ||
| 7.9 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | AZ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | PSV | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 12 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | NEC | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | FC Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 13 | SC Cambuur | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 4 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 4 |
| 16 | FC Volendam | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 4 |
| 17 | Go Ahead Eagles | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 0 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 0 |
