No home advantage expected for Eredivisie battle between Go Ahead Eagles and Ajax

The visiting Ajax played their last game only four days ago, a Champions League match. That game, against Benfica, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Ajax.

Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

Go Ahead Eagles have played 11 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-7 (wins-draws-losses). It's been an uphill battle for Eagles in their home games for quite some time now, as five matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Fortuna Sittard game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

Go Ahead Eagles travelled for their previous game, a trip to FC Twente that ended 2-2. The striker Cordoba bested all the other footballers in that game and got a match rating of 7.43 out of 10. Cordoba scored one goal.

Preceding that match was the home game against AZ that was lost 1-4.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the KNVB Beker game versus PSV in only three days. This game is also played here at De Adelaarshorst.

Eagles has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Go Ahead Eagles defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Eagles hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like RKC Waalwijk, Fortuna Sittard, Sparta Rotterdam, PEC Zwolle and Willem II), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

Ajax form and stats

Ajax have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 29 points collected from 11 Eredivisie games. 9 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 eleven away matches in a row.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Ajax goalkeeper Remko Pasveer is eager to challenge this, with his 307 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Timber, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.44. Timber won 2 of 4 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Willem II.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Ajax given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 14 matches with twelve wins as expected, two draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won seven of these games by at least two goals.

The schedule is very tough for Ajax now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A KNVB Beker game at AZ is waiting in only four days.

The Ajax manager Hag has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 11 league matches. Ajax's manager Hag has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head meeting ended Ajax - Go Ahead Eagles 0-0, played this season. Statistics for the prior nine meetings between these two sides are: zero wins for Go Ahead Eagles, one draw and eight wins for Ajax. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

S. Haller 16 goals

I. Córdoba Kerejeta 7 goals

D. Tadić 7 goals

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

Ajax missing players