Soccer match preview: Ajax confident before travelling to FC Twente

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: De Grolsch Veste (30205 seats)

Welcome to the show! The main roles are FC Twente and Ajax, a win is the prize and 90 minutes the length.

Insights:
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (41) in Eredivisie

Twente is in the 5th league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Ajax are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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FC Twente form and stats

Home games in the Eredivisie have been a walk in the park for FC Twente so far, with 40 points won from 16 matches; 12 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses.

Twente are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

FC Twente are returning here after visiting RKC Waalwijk and winning with a 5-0 scoreline. Sadílek, Zerrouki, Smal, Ugalde and Pleguezuelo scored the goal(s). As mentioned above, FC Twente "killed" RKC Waalwijk in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The attacking player Ugalde won the honour of being "man of the match" for Twente with the rating of 8.43/10. Ugalde scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against NEC.

Goal party? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league matches with this side has contained three goals or more.

FC Twente are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (43 goals in 16 games). Twente have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ajax form and stats

Ajax's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Ajax collect 34 points from their 16 away matches in the Eredivisie. 10 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Ajax go into this game after a win, the home game against FC Utrecht that ended 3-1. Álvarez got a match rating of 8.3 in that game, top player of the team. Álvarez hit four key passes and had 93 successful passes (of 100 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus FC Groningen at their stadium, the result 3-2.

Take note that 12 of this team's 15 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Ajax are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Ajax have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Ajax have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (3-2-0) when facing FC Twente.

The two duelists also faced each other earlier this match year: Ajax - FC Twente 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

AjaxB. Brobbey
B. Brobbey
13 goals
TwenteV. Černý
V. Černý
12 goals
AjaxS. Bergwijn
S. Bergwijn
12 goals

FC Twente missing players

Ajax missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Twente Ajax
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
17 12 2 Won W 1 10 20
10 4 2 Drew D 1 4 9
6 0 0 Lost L 2 2 4
63 43 8 Scored S 3 38 85
26 10 6 Conceded C 6 21 35
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 88% 85%
55% 75% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 69% 70%
24% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 58%
9% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 36%
36% 38% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 69% 64%
52% 62% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 33%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 12% 12%
 
6.5 6.9 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 6.3 8
4.3 3.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.9 3.2
1.3 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.8 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
17.8 19.4 18 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 15.1 18.7
5.6 6.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.8 6.8
34% 41% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 41% 38%
 
10.8 9.9 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.8 8.7
3.6 2.8 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.9 3.3
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (41) 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.
  • All of FC Twente's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FC Twente have not yet lost a game at home.
  • FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Twente have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Twente have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the most clean sheets (17) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 33 25 7 1 81 29 16 12 4 0 37 9 17 13 3 1 44 20 52 82
2 PSV 33 22 6 5 87 39 17 14 2 1 54 14 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 72
3 Ajax 33 20 9 4 85 35 17 10 5 2 47 14 16 10 4 2 38 21 50 69
4 AZ 33 20 7 6 67 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 17 11 2 4 32 15 34 67
5 FC Twente 33 17 10 6 63 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 17 5 6 6 20 16 37 61
6 Sparta Rotterdam 33 16 8 9 55 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 16 6 6 4 23 19 18 56
7 FC Utrecht 33 14 9 10 52 48 16 7 5 4 17 13 17 7 4 6 35 35 4 51
8 SC Heerenveen 33 11 10 12 42 50 16 5 3 8 19 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -8 43
9 RKC Waalwijk 33 11 8 14 50 60 17 9 3 5 34 26 16 2 5 9 16 34 -10 41
10 Go Ahead Eagles 33 10 10 13 46 54 17 7 6 4 28 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -8 40
11 NEC 33 8 14 11 41 44 17 3 9 5 28 28 16 5 5 6 13 16 -3 38
12 Vitesse 33 9 10 14 44 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -6 37
13 Fortuna Sittard 33 10 5 18 38 61 16 5 3 8 20 27 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 35
14 FC Volendam 33 9 6 18 39 69 16 8 1 7 26 30 17 1 5 11 13 39 -30 33
15 Excelsior 33 9 5 19 30 68 17 8 2 7 22 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -38 32
16 FC Emmen 33 6 10 17 31 62 17 3 9 5 16 23 16 3 1 12 15 39 -31 28
17 FC Groningen 33 4 6 23 31 70 16 3 3 10 20 29 17 1 3 13 11 41 -39 18
18 SC Cambuur 33 4 4 25 22 69 16 2 0 14 10 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -47 16

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 Feyenoord 33 25 7 1 81 29 16 12 4 0 37 9 17 13 3 1 44 20 52 82
2 PSV 33 22 6 5 87 39 17 14 2 1 54 14 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 72
3 Ajax 33 20 9 4 85 35 17 10 5 2 47 14 16 10 4 2 38 21 50 69
4 AZ 33 20 7 6 67 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 17 11 2 4 32 15 34 67
5 FC Twente 33 17 10 6 63 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 17 5 6 6 20 16 37 61
6 Sparta Rotterdam 33 16 8 9 55 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 16 6 6 4 23 19 18 56
7 FC Utrecht 33 14 9 10 52 48 16 7 5 4 17 13 17 7 4 6 35 35 4 51
8 SC Heerenveen 33 11 10 12 42 50 16 5 3 8 19 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -8 43
9 RKC Waalwijk 33 11 8 14 50 60 17 9 3 5 34 26 16 2 5 9 16 34 -10 41
10 Go Ahead Eagles 33 10 10 13 46 54 17 7 6 4 28 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -8 40
11 NEC 33 8 14 11 41 44 17 3 9 5 28 28 16 5 5 6 13 16 -3 38
12 Vitesse 33 9 10 14 44 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -6 37
13 Fortuna Sittard 33 10 5 18 38 61 16 5 3 8 20 27 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 35
14 FC Volendam 33 9 6 18 39 69 16 8 1 7 26 30 17 1 5 11 13 39 -30 33
15 Excelsior 33 9 5 19 30 68 17 8 2 7 22 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -38 32
16 FC Emmen 33 6 10 17 31 62 17 3 9 5 16 23 16 3 1 12 15 39 -31 28
17 FC Groningen 33 4 6 23 31 70 16 3 3 10 20 29 17 1 3 13 11 41 -39 18
18 SC Cambuur 33 4 4 25 22 69 16 2 0 14 10 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -47 16

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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.