FC Emmen will cross fingers that their home support is enough to get a victory from this demanding encounter, against lively Ajax.
- FC Emmen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+27) in Eredivisie
Ajax could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Eredivisie game only three sleeps ago.
FC Emmen form and stats
The Eredivisie results playing at home this season for FC Emmen are 1-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). The home fans are hungry for more even though FC Emmen have been steadily collecting points here at De Oude Meerdijk through three straight draws.
FC Emmen are confident in defense, having played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
It's back home for Emmen, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Fortuna Sittard away with the result 1-0. Živković found the net in that victory. A big relief, as that was the first league victory after failing to win nine games in a row. Midfielder Diemers was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.84 (out of ten) in that game. Diemers hit two key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 46 total).
In the match before that, FC Emmen hosted FC Groningen and drew the game 0-0.Emmen have scored {5 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. 7 goals have been conceded.
Ajax form and stats
The away performances of Ajax have been very solid so far with 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the Eredivisie. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Ajax has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Ajax's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Vitesse that finished 2-2. Pasveer had red hot gloves after the game against Vitesse, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. The attacker Tadić got a match rating of 8.65 in that game. Tadić scored one goal, hit six key passes and had 50 successful passes (of 56 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against PSV.Observe that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league games have ended with three goals or more.
The Ajax manager Schreuder has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 6 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Ajax in these games.
Head 2 Head
Ajax have won all of the 5 latest duels versus this opponent. Something to take note of?Top Goalscorers
  B. Brobbey 8 goals |  S. Bergwijn 7 goals |  M. Kudus 5 goals |
FC Emmen missing players
Ajax missing players
| FC Emmen | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 41 |
| 24 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 85% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 54% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 46% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 69% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.5 | 8.4 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 1.2 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 13.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19.5 | 16.7 | 20.5 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6 | 7.8 |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 42% | 41% |
| 14.1 | 11.7 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11 | 8.1 |
| 4.2 | 3 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
- 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 FC Emmen.
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+27) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ajax have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Emmen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 30 |
| 2 | Ajax | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 27 | 29 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 26 |
| 5 | AZ | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 21 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | NEC | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | Excelsior | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | -17 | 13 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 14 | FC Groningen | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 12 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -14 | 10 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 8 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -22 | 6 |
