More points have been won by Ajax at this point, with the 1st spot in the Eredivisie table and eagerly waiting for SC Heerenveen (who are in 8th).
- Ajax have the most scored goals (91) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have scored more than double the goals of SC Heerenveen.
Ajax are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. For SC Heerenveen most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ajax form and stats
13-1-2 is the performance here at Johan Cruijff Arena so far in the Eredivisie, giving Ajax a total of 40 from their 16 games here. Outstanding results! Ever since the AZ game Ajax has been unbeatable here at Johan Cruijff Arena producing seven straight wins.
Ajax drew their last game, 2-2 away at AZ (placed 5th). Midfield player Álvarez got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Álvarez scored one goal and had 53 successful passes (of 60 total).
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against PEC Zwolle.Everyone expects Ajax to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 22 games: 20 home wins, one draw and one defeat. Ajax have won with at least two goals margin 18 times in similar situations.
There will be little rest for Ajax after this match as they are travelling to Vitesse for a Eredivisie game in only four days.
It's goals goals goals for Ajax who have scored 57 goals from 16 league home games. From these home matches, Ajax have conceded only 8 goals.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
The visitors are W5-D5-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.
Heerenveen play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Vitesse (placed 6th). Attacker Sarr got a player rating of 9.24 in the game. "Man of the match" Sarr scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs SC Cambuur.The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played four away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with two wins, zero draws and two defeats. two games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Go Ahead Eagles in just four days.
The visitors have scored 14 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. SC Heerenveen have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Ajax and SC Heerenveen have faced each other earlier this season: SC Heerenveen - Ajax 0-2. Numbers for the previous ten meetings between these two sides are: nine wins for Ajax, one draw and zero wins for SC Heerenveen. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Tadić with 10 goals scored against SC Heerenveen in these 10 matches.Top Goalscorers
  S. Haller 20 goals |  D. Tadić 13 goals |  D. Klaassen 9 goals |
Ajax missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| Ajax | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 91 | 57 | 17 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 34 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | 44 |
| 94% | 94% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 91% |
| 81% | 88% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 72% |
| 69% | 88% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 38% | 47% |
| 44% | 56% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 12% | 22% |
| 38% | 56% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 56% | 56% |
| 66% | 69% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 25% |
| 9% | 12% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 25% | 28% |
| 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20.2 | 23.3 | 24.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 12.5 | 12.1 |
| 7.5 | 9.3 | 8.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 38% | 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 24% | 27% |
| 7.9 | 6.9 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 13.8 | 13.7 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
- 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 SC Heerenveen.
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (17) 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 (11) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (21) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most points (40) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (57) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (91) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (43) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the second half (48) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+49) at home in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+74) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ajax is in the best form (5-1-0) in Eredivisie
| 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 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 91 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 74 | 79 |
| 2 | PSV | 32 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 81 | 39 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 42 | 75 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 74 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 42 | 68 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 62 |
| 5 | AZ | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 60 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -10 | 47 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 46 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 38 |
| 9 | NEC | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 48 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 27 | -12 | 38 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 49 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 31 | -10 | 36 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -11 | 36 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 49 | 67 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 33 | -18 | 35 |
| 13 | Heracles | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 26 | -12 | 34 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -15 | 32 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 65 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 36 | -31 | 32 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 47 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -22 | 29 |
| 17 | Willem II | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 56 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 36 | -28 | 29 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 48 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -23 | 27 |
