Heracles Almelo ended up with a 3-1 score versus ASWH last week, a match to keep in mind. Next is this formidable Ajax team.
- Heracles Almelo have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Ajax have the most scored goals (37) in Eredivisie
Heracles have less rest than Ajax in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a KNVB Beker game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at ASWH.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Ajax's home arena. The latest seven games by the away team on artifical turf have produced 7 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
3-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for Heracles Almelo so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Erve Asito after three straight home wins.
Happy days for Heracles in their previous game, a KNVB Beker match away at ASWH that ended with a 3-1 victory.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting PEC Zwolle (0-1).Heracles has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Heracles have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Ajax form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (37) in Eredivisie, on their Eredivisie travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Ajax have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Ajax have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Remko Pasveer. It's been 193 minutes since they last conceded in Eredivisie.
Ajax had fun at their own home (Erve Asito) last time out, beating PSV 5-0. Antony, Davy Klaassen, Steven Berghuis, Dušan Tadić and Sébastien Haller scored. As mentioned above, Ajax was the only team on the pitch versus PSV in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Midfielder Dušan Tadić was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.1. Tadić scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.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 eleven matches with ten wins as expected, one draw and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won six of these games by at least two goals.
Ajax have another match away from home in just four sleeps, a Champions League game vs Borussia Dortmund. A hard calendar for the visiting team!
Ajax are a potent attacking force on the road with their 10 goals in 4 league games. Ajax are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former ten meetings featuring these two sides are: three wins for Heracles Almelo, one draw and six wins for Ajax. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Haller 7 goals |  D. Tadić 5 goals |   D. Burgzorg 4 goals |
Heracles Almelo missing players
Ajax missing players
| Heracles Almelo | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 10 | 37 |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 44% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 60% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 50% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 50% |
| 56% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 75% | 80% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 5.6 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 7.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 2.4 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.8 | 14.2 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 16.2 | 20.4 |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.2 | 7.6 |
| 22% | 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 48% | 49% |
- Ajax have not yet lost a game away.
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Ajax have scored more than double the goals of Heracles Almelo.
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (2) 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 (2) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (8) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (37) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+35) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ajax is in the best form (5-0-1)
- All of Ajax's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Heracles Almelo have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Heracles Almelo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 25 |
| 2 | PSV | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 5 | Willem II | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -7 | 16 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | NEC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | AZ | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 12 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Heracles Almelo | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 4 |