Ajax journey to FC Utrecht and Stadion Galgenwaard full of optimism, but the home team is no muppet. More news on the game here!
- FC Utrecht have not yet lost a game at home.
- Ajax have the most scored goals (56) in Eredivisie
FC Utrecht form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Galgenwaard as FC Utrecht have scored 23 goals to get 21 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 6-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). The last three games played by Utrecht, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Utrecht, who played 1-1 against FC Twente. That match was also played at this venue (Stadion Galgenwaard). Defender Zagre got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.34/10. Zagre hit two key passes and won 8 of 13 duels.
A 2-2 draw away before that, with Fortuna Sittard the opponent.Goals are plentiful at Stadion Galgenwaard in the league this season as Utrecht has scored 23 goals here in 9 home games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Utrecht are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Galgenwaard in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 20 points collected from 8 Eredivisie games. 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the FC Twente game have they lost an away game, meaning Ajax has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
The Ajax goalkeeper Remko Pasveer is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 187 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Ajax won their last game, 5-0 versus Fortuna Sittard played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Ajax was very dominant against Fortuna Sittard, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Antony, Blind, Haller (2) and Rensch providing the goals. Midfield player Tadić was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.84/10. Tadić hit eight key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 36 successful passes (of 45 total).
Prior to that result Ajax won their away game at Feyenoord. The scoreline was 2-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Ajax are hosting Excelsior Maassluis in the KNVB Beker only four days away.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Ajax are regular goalscorers on their travels. Ajax's manager ten Hag has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these parties meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Ajax - Utrecht 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Utrecht two wins, two draws and Ajax six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Ramselaar 6 goals |  M. Sylla 4 goals |  A. Douvikas 4 goals |
FC Utrecht missing players
Ajax missing players
| FC Utrecht | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | 23 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 18 | 56 |
| 23 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 89% |
| 72% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 56% |
| 44% | 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 61% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 11% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 88% | 83% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 17% |
| 5.8 | 6.8 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7.2 | 7.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 3.5 | 2.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.1 | 18.7 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 15.8 | 20.1 |
| 4.7 | 6.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.9 | 7.6 |
| 39% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 38% | 41% |
| 10.8 | 9 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 9.1 | 7.5 |
| 3.9 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
- Ajax have not yet lost a game away.
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (15) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (7) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most points (20) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (56) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+52) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- FC Utrecht have not yet lost a game at home.
- FC Utrecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- FC Utrecht have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | PSV | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 43 |
| 2 | Ajax | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 52 | 42 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 25 | 39 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 33 |
| 5 | AZ | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 32 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 29 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | -7 | 28 |
| 9 | NEC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -5 | 25 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 21 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Heracles | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 18 |
| 14 | Willem II | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -18 | 18 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -11 | 16 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -27 | 13 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | -23 | 6 |
