This could be an interesting match as Heracles have their presumed home advantage while Ajax are ahead 22 points in the Eredivisie table.
- Heracles haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Ajax has the most scored goals (66) in Eredivisie
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a KNVB Beker game only three days ago.
It should be mentioned that Ajax play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Ajax on artifical turf are 8 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats from eight games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 34-7. You can compare this with overall results below.
Heracles form and stats
Heracles have collected 16 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 5-1-4. There’s a good atmosphere here at Polman Stadion after three straight home wins.
Heracles are confident in defense, having played 197 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Heracles in their previous game, a Eredivisie match away at Fortuna Sittard (placed 11th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that, Heracles had a home game versus FC Groningen which ended with a victory 1-0.
Heracles have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Polman Stadion with 15 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Heracles have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax, who have the most scored goals (66) in Eredivisie, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 25 points collected from 10 Eredivisie games. 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the record so far. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the FC Groningen game have they lost an away game, meaning Ajax has taken points from eight away matches in a row. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Heracles.
Ajax won their last game, 2-1 versus PSV played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus AZ at their stadium, the result 3-0.
Ajax are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (35 goals from 10 away games). Ajax are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ajax - Heracles 5-0 entered in the official records. Heracles-Ajax H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Heracles three wins, Ajax five wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Tadić 10 goals |   R. Vloet 9 goals |  A. dos Santos 8 goals |
Heracles missing players
Ajax missing players
| Heracles | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 35 | 66 |
| 30 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 70% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 85% |
| 48% | 40% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 70% | 80% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | 50% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 38% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 33% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 33% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 13.9 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 22.3 | 20.6 |
| 3.5 | 4.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 9.5 | 8.6 |
| 33% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 37% | 39% |
- Ajax has the fewest conceded goals (15) in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most clean sheets (5) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most points (25) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most scored goals (35) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most scored goals (66) in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the the best goal difference (+29) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the the best goal difference (+51) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have scored more than double the goals of Heracles.
- Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ajax is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Heracles 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 | Ajax | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 51 | 50 |
| 2 | PSV | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 27 | 46 |
| 3 | Vitesse | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | AZ | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 40 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 38 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Heracles | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -9 | 25 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 21 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 20 | -7 | 23 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 21 | -15 | 22 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 16 |
| 16 | Willem II | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 13 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -28 | 12 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 21 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -33 | 6 |