Eredivisie match preview: FC Utrecht believed to be the weaker party when Ajax pays a visit

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 10:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard (24500 seats)

Look at this action-packed game in the Eredivisie. FC Utrecht is in the 12th position from featuring in three matches. They greet Ajax who are placed 1st from three games.

Insights:
  • Ajax have the most scored goals (10) in Eredivisie

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 Utrecht form and stats

The first Eredivisie game here at Stadion Galgenwaard resulted in a draw. Last season FC Utrecht's home game statistics were 8 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats from 17 games.

In their previous game, the manager Kruijs led his FC Utrecht to a defeat away at FC Emmen. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Galgenwaard. Midfielder Bozdoğan was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.42 (out of ten) in that game. Bozdoğan served one assist, hit one key pass and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus SC Cambuur.

At Stadion Galgenwaard, FC Utrecht has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Ajax form and stats

Ajax are yet to lose a point on their Eredivisie travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. Ajax has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

It's the second away game in a row for Ajax, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Sparta Rotterdam (placed 14th) last time out. Blind was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.33. The defender Blind served one assist, hit two key passes and won 4 of 4 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 6-1 vs FC Groningen.

It's early days yet, but Ajax has scored 4 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

FC Utrecht-Ajax H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: FC Utrecht two wins, Ajax seven wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). One of the stars has been Tadić with 7 goals scored against Utrecht in these 10 encounters.

Top Goalscorers

AjaxS. Bergwijn
S. Bergwijn
4 goals
FC UtrechtB. Dost
B. Dost
3 goals
AjaxK. Taylor
K. Taylor
2 goals

FC Utrecht missing players

Ajax missing players

FC Utrecht Ajax
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 2 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 2 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 0 0 Scored S 0 4 10
5 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
67% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 67%
67% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 67%
67% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 33%
33% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.7 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8.5 8
4.3 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.5 2.7
1 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 17 19.7
4 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.5 7.3
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 45%
 
14.3 20 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.5 8.7
6.7 10 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 2.7
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Ajax have the most scored goals (10) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have the most scored goals in the second half (6) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have the the best goal difference (+7) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax is in the best form (3-0-0) in Eredivisie
FC Utrecht Last season Ajax
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   17 34
13 9   Won W   12 26
11 6   Drew D   4 5
12 3   Lost L   1 3
54 35   Scored S   36 98
50 21   Conceded C   11 19
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
78% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 82%
61% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 71%
33% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 47%
14% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 38%
61% 67%   BTTS BTTS   41% 32%
22% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   59% 65%
22% 17%   Failed to Score F T   6% 9%
 
6 6.9   Corners for (avg) C F   6.7 7.2
4.8 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 2.6
1.6 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
13.5 15.5   Shots (avg) S (   16.8 19.9
4.6 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.6 7.4
33% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 39%
 
11.6 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   8.9 7.9
4.4 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.7 2.2

  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 3 3 0 0 10 3 1 1 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 7 9
2 Feyenoord 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 6 2 4 7
3 PSV 2 2 0 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 5 2 6 6
4 Excelsior 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
5 FC Twente 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
6 AZ 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 6
7 SC Heerenveen 3 1 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 4 5
8 SC Cambuur 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 4
9 FC Emmen 3 1 1 1 5 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 -2 4
10 FC Groningen 3 1 1 1 4 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 6 -4 4
11 NEC 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 3
12 FC Utrecht 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 5 -1 2
13 RKC Waalwijk 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
14 Sparta Rotterdam 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
15 FC Volendam 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -3 1
16 Go Ahead Eagles 3 0 0 3 2 8 1 0 0 1 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 -6 0
17 Fortuna Sittard 3 0 0 3 3 10 2 0 0 2 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 -7 0
18 Vitesse 3 0 0 3 3 12 2 0 0 2 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 3 -9 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 26 5 3 98 19 17 14 1 2 62 8 17 12 4 1 36 11 79 83
2 PSV 34 26 3 5 86 42 17 14 0 3 49 22 17 12 3 2 37 20 44 81
3 Feyenoord 34 22 5 7 76 34 17 11 3 3 39 17 17 11 2 4 37 17 42 71
4 FC Twente 34 20 8 6 55 37 17 10 5 2 28 13 17 10 3 4 27 24 18 68
5 AZ 34 18 7 9 64 44 17 11 3 3 36 20 17 7 4 6 28 24 20 61
6 Vitesse 34 15 6 13 42 51 17 6 3 8 20 29 17 9 3 5 22 22 -9 51
7 FC Utrecht 34 12 11 11 51 46 17 8 6 3 32 20 17 4 5 8 19 26 5 47
8 SC Heerenveen 34 11 8 15 37 50 17 6 3 8 23 26 17 5 5 7 14 24 -13 41
9 SC Cambuur 34 11 6 17 53 70 17 5 3 9 29 35 17 6 3 8 24 35 -17 39
10 RKC Waalwijk 34 9 11 14 40 51 17 6 3 8 17 25 17 3 8 6 23 26 -11 38
11 NEC 34 10 8 16 38 52 17 3 5 9 13 22 17 7 3 7 25 30 -14 38
12 FC Groningen 34 9 9 16 41 55 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 3 9 23 34 -14 36
13 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 6 18 37 51 17 7 1 9 25 24 17 3 5 9 12 27 -14 36
14 Sparta Rotterdam 34 8 11 15 30 48 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 5 19 36 67 17 6 2 9 20 31 17 4 3 10 16 36 -31 35
16 Heracles 34 9 7 18 33 49 17 7 5 5 22 21 17 2 2 13 11 28 -16 34
17 Willem II 34 9 6 19 32 57 17 7 3 7 18 20 17 2 3 12 14 37 -25 33
18 PEC Zwolle 34 7 6 21 26 52 17 3 5 9 13 20 17 4 1 12 13 32 -26 27

Read more about Eredivisie

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.