It's only fixture two of the Eredivisie for these teams. And it's all to play for here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion as Excelsior host Ajax. Get smart with this preview!
This football stadium uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Ajax's home arena. The previous ten games by the away side on artifical turf have produced 9 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Both contenders have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's agree to expect an active game!
Excelsior form and stats
In the previous season, Excelsior's league stats were 9 wins, 5 draws and 20 losses, providing 15th place in the Eredivisie. During these 34 matches they scored {32 goals} and conceded 71. Performing at their own stadium in the previous season Excelsior generated 8-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with {22 goals} and 26 conceded.
Excelsior enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at NEC's place. The match ended 4-3 with Uddenäs, Omorowa, Widell and Agrafiotis scoring. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? A late climax in the match against NEC as the winning goal came ten minutes into overtime; scored by Uddenäs. Driouech, a striker, was the champion player for the side in that game, collecting a rating of 7.92 (out of 10). Driouech served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 12 of 17 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting FC Volendam (2-3).The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Ajax to win. Let's see if Excelsior are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: 5 games found revealing 1 Excelsior win, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
Ajax form and stats
Let's have a look at how Ajax performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 9 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 86 and conceded {38 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 39/24 goals scored/conceded.
Ajax are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the match against Heracles Almelo (placed 16th). Bergwijn, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.83. Bergwijn scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 34 successful passes (of 36 total).
A 1-3 defeat away at FC Twente before that.As mentioned earlier, Ajax will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 14 wins (7 by two or more goals winning margin), 2 draws and 1 surprising defeat.
Ajax have another game away from home in just four sleeps, a Europa League match against TBC. A hard calendar for them!
Head 2 Head
The 6 latest fixtures featuring these teams have all finished as Ajax wins. Are we destined for another one?Top Goalscorers
  S. Bergwijn 2 goals |   N. Agrafiotis 1 goals |  C. Widell 1 goals |
Excelsior missing players
Ajax missing players
| Excelsior | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 31% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Excelsior | Last season | Ajax | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Won | W | 10 | 20 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 32 | 22 | Scored | S | 39 | 86 | ||
| 71 | 26 | Conceded | C | 24 | 38 | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 71% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 85% | ||
| 56% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 71% | ||
| 38% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 59% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 47% | 35% | ||
| 41% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 65% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 32% | ||
| 47% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 12% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 8 | ||
| 6.6 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 18.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 6.8 | ||
| 28% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| 17.7 | 16.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.8 | ||
| 7.4 | 6.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AZ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | FC Twente | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Ajax | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | SC Heerenveen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | PSV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Excelsior | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Vitesse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Fortuna Sittard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Feyenoord | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | NEC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | FC Volendam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | FC Utrecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Heracles Almelo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | Almere City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Go Ahead Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 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 | Feyenoord | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 20 | 51 | 82 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 49 | 75 |
| 3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 48 | 69 |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 33 | 67 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 39 | 64 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 59 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 54 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 24 | -6 | 46 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 64 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 38 | -14 | 41 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -5 | 40 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 33 | -10 | 40 |
| 12 | NEC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 39 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 62 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -23 | 36 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 39 | -29 | 36 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 45 | -39 | 32 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 65 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 42 | -32 | 28 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -43 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Groningen | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 41 | -44 | 18 |
