Graafschap not looking forward to difficult Eredivisie clash against Ajax

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Wed 15.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

Struggling Graafschap will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Ajax in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It's no vacation for neither Graafschap nor Ajax as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Graafschap form and stats

6-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Graafschap so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager H. de Jong led his Graafschap to a defeat in the Eredivisie match away at Vitesse. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion De Vijverberg. Before that, Graafschap had a home game versus FC Emmen which ended with a victory 1-0.

Graafschap have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion De Vijverberg with 24 goals in 16 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Graafschap defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Ajax form and stats

Ajax, who have the most points (36) away in Eredivisie, have an excellent away record so far with 12-0-4 from 16 games. Ajax has been amazing away for a time now, winning six in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against AZ.

Ajax are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the Eredivisie against FC Utrecht. A loss against Tottenham Hotspur was the result prior to that, in a Champions League home game.

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 twelve matches with 10 wins as expected, 1 draw and 1 surprise home win. The favourites won 8 of these games by at least two goals.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 45 goals in 16 away games this season. Ajax have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ajax - Graafschap 8-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Graafschap-Ajax H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Graafschap 0 wins, Ajax 9 wins, 1 draw. 7 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

D. Tadić
26 goals / 13 assists
H. Ziyech
17 goals / 12 assists
K. Huntelaar
16 goals / 4 assists

Graafschap missing players

Ajax missing players

Graafschap Ajax
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played 5 16 33
8 6 1 Won 5 12 27
5 3 2 Drew 0 0 2
20 7 2 Lost 0 4 4
37 24 6 Scored 21 45 115
71 24 8 Conceded 4 18 31
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 81% 80% Over 1.5 100% 75% 88%
64% 56% 40% Over 2.5 80% 69% 79%
39% 31% 40% Over 3.5 60% 56% 64%
27% 25% 20% Over 4.5 60% 38% 48%
45% 56% 60% BTTS 60% 44% 45%
18% 19% 20% Clean Sheets 40% 38% 45%
39% 25% 20% Failed To Score 0% 19% 9%
 
4.5 5.3 4.4 Corners For (avg) 8.2 7.2 7.9
5.3 4.2 4.6 Corners Against (avg) 3.4 4 3.5
1.5 1.4 1.6 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.4 1.2 1.1
4 2 0 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ajax have scored more than double the goals of Graafschap.
  • Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Graafschap
All Eredivisie Playoffs Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
09-03-19 ER Willem II 3 - 2 Graafschap
16-03-19 ER SC Heerenveen 0 - 3 Graafschap
30-03-19 ER Graafschap 1 - 2 Heracles
02-04-19 ER FC Groningen 1 - 0 Graafschap
06-04-19 ER Graafschap 1 - 1 AZ
14-04-19 ER PSV 2 - 1 Graafschap
20-04-19 ER VVV-Venlo 4 - 1 Graafschap
23-04-19 ER Graafschap 1 - 0 FC Emmen
12-05-19 ER Vitesse 6 - 1 Graafschap
15-05-19 ER Graafschap 17:30 Ajax
Ajax
All Champions League Eredivisie Florida Cup Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
10-04-19 CL Ajax 1 - 1 Juventus
13-04-19 ER Ajax 6 - 2 Excelsior
16-04-19 CL Juventus 1 - 2 Ajax
20-04-19 ER FC Groningen 0 - 1 Ajax
23-04-19 ER Ajax 4 - 2 Vitesse
30-04-19 CL Tottenham Hotspur 0 - 1 Ajax
05-05-19 KB Willem II 0 - 4 Ajax
08-05-19 CL Ajax 2 - 3 Tottenham Hotspur
12-05-19 ER Ajax 4 - 1 FC Utrecht
15-05-19 ER Graafschap 17:30 Ajax

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Ajax 33 27 2 4 115 31 17 15 2 0 70 13 16 12 0 4 45 18 84 83
2 PSV 33 25 5 3 95 25 16 15 1 0 55 6 17 10 4 3 40 19 70 80
3 Feyenoord 33 19 5 9 71 40 17 14 0 3 43 16 16 5 5 6 28 24 31 62
4 AZ 33 17 7 9 62 39 17 11 3 3 35 15 16 6 4 6 27 24 23 58
5 Vitesse 33 13 11 9 67 50 17 10 6 1 45 25 16 3 5 8 22 25 17 50
6 FC Utrecht 33 14 8 11 57 50 16 8 5 3 27 15 17 6 3 8 30 35 7 50
7 Heracles 33 15 3 15 60 65 17 11 0 6 42 32 16 4 3 9 18 33 -5 48
8 FC Groningen 33 13 6 14 39 40 17 10 1 6 26 16 16 3 5 8 13 24 -1 45
9 Willem II 33 13 5 15 56 66 17 6 2 9 26 33 16 7 3 6 30 33 -10 44
10 ADO Den Haag 33 11 9 13 52 61 16 6 4 6 27 30 17 5 5 7 25 31 -9 42
11 SC Heerenveen 33 10 11 12 63 70 17 4 7 6 27 35 16 6 4 6 36 35 -7 41
12 VVV-Venlo 33 11 8 14 46 60 16 7 3 6 24 22 17 4 5 8 22 38 -14 41
13 PEC Zwolle 33 11 5 17 44 57 17 6 3 8 31 31 16 5 2 9 13 26 -13 38
14 FC Emmen 33 9 8 16 40 72 16 4 5 7 22 31 17 5 3 9 18 41 -32 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 33 9 7 17 49 76 16 7 5 4 29 22 17 2 2 13 20 54 -27 34
16 Excelsior 33 8 6 19 42 77 16 5 4 7 23 34 17 3 2 12 19 43 -35 30
17 Graafschap 33 8 5 20 37 71 16 6 3 7 24 24 17 2 2 13 13 47 -34 29
18 NAC Breda 33 5 7 21 29 74 16 4 5 7 18 30 17 1 2 14 11 44 -45 22

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