Fixture preview for Eredivisie: FC Twente - Ajax at De Grolsch Veste

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 10:15 (UTC)
Venue: De Grolsch Veste (30205 seats)

It's the second try for points this campaign as FC Twente and Ajax bump heads at De Grolsch Veste.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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FC Twente form and stats

Last season, FC Twente's league statistics were 10 wins, 11 draws and 13 losses, providing 10th place in the Eredivisie. In these 34 matches they scored 48 goals and gave away 50. Performing at their own stadium in the former season FC Twente delivered 4-6-7 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 25 conceded.

Twente lost their last game at Fortuna Sittard (placed 3rd) after a 1-2 scoreline. Gijs Smal, defender, was given a rating of 7.14/10 in that game, top of the team. Smal hit two key passes and won 0 of 1 duels.

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against ADO Den Haag.

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Ajax form and stats

Let's have a look at how Ajax performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 28 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 102 and conceded 23 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 14 - drew 2 and lost 1 with 49/9 goals scored/conceded.

Ajax had fun at their own home (De Grolsch Veste) last time out, beating NEC 5-0. Dušan Tadić (2), Sébastien Haller and Noussair Mazraoui scored. Dušan Tadić got a match rating of 9.83 in that game, top player of the team. Tadić scored two goals, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times. As you can tell from the results above, Ajax was very dominant against NEC, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Dušan Tadić (2), Sébastien Haller and Noussair Mazraoui providing the goals. It was a convincing performance from Ajax when NEC were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 5-0 and the second half was comfortable. Dušan Tadić (2), Sébastien Haller and Noussair Mazraoui scored their goals.

Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus PSV.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings involving these participants: FC Twente won two, Ajax triumphed in five and we saw three draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AjaxD. Tadić
D. Tadić
2 goals
TwenteR. van Wolfswinkel
R. van Wolfswinkel
1 goals
AjaxN. Mazraoui
N. Mazraoui
1 goals

FC Twente missing players

Ajax missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Twente Ajax
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 5
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
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%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 10
8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 29
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 11
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 45%
FC Twente Last season Ajax
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 4   Won W   14 28
11 6   Drew D   2 4
13 7   Lost L   1 2
48 23   Scored S   49 102
50 25   Conceded C   9 23
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
85% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 88%
59% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 71%
32% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 47%
15% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 24%
65% 71%   BTTS BTTS   41% 50%
18% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   53% 47%
26% 24%   Failed to Score F T   6% 3%
 
4.4 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   7.4 7.4
4.5 4   Corners against (avg) C A   2.6 3.1
1.4 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1
3 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
11 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   18.4 18.6
4.3 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   7.5 7.5
33% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 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 Ajax 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Fortuna Sittard 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 RKC Waalwijk 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 SC Cambuur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Willem II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FC Twente 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 AZ 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Heracles 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 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

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 Ajax 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Fortuna Sittard 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 RKC Waalwijk 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 SC Heerenveen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FC Utrecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Feyenoord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 PEC Zwolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 SC Cambuur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sparta Rotterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Vitesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Willem II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FC Twente 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 AZ 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Heracles 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 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.