Eredivisie: Two participants in decent form get together for this match. Ajax with a slight upper hand with their 2nd position in the standings?
- NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (44) in Eredivisie
NEC form and stats
All-inclusive Eredivisie stats at home this season for NEC are 1-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).
NEC's last game was hosting RKC Waalwijk (placed 10th) and winning 6-1. As indicated by the result mentioned above, NEC played a great game against RKC Waalwijk and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Schøne (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.03/10. Schøne hit three key passes and had 69 successful passes (of 73 total).
In the game before, an away victory match versus SC Cambuur with a 1-0 scoreline.Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have seen zero, one or two goals.
NEC are traveling soon after this match as the KNVB Beker match at Almere City awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from NEC in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. NEC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax have an excellent away record in the Eredivisie so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to FC Emmen (placed 16th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 3-3. It looked so good for Ajax vs FC Emmen, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 3-1 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. Midfielder Taylor was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.82. Taylor scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 32 successful passes (of 34 total).
Before that, Ajax travelled to FC Emmen and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this side's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ajax manager Schreuder as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against FC Den Bosch.
Ajax are a potent attacking force on the road with their 18 goals in 7 league games. As opposed to that, Ajax have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest matches featuring these opponents have all ended as Ajax victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.Top Goalscorers
  S. Bergwijn 8 goals |  B. Brobbey 8 goals |  M. Kudus 5 goals |
NEC missing players
Ajax missing players
| NEC | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 18 | 44 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 71% | 79% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 57% | 64% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 57% | 50% |
| 57% | 86% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 71% | 71% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 36% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.7 | 6.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.7 | 7.9 |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 9.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.9 | 17.3 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 15.7 | 19.7 |
| 5.5 | 6.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.9 | 7.6 |
| 25% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 44% | 42% |
| 14.6 | 11.7 | 16.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 11.6 | 8.6 |
| 5.7 | 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have scored in all their matches so far.
- Ajax have scored more than double the goals of NEC.
- Ajax have the most scored goals (44) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+27) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ajax have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- NEC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Eredivisie
- NEC have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Eredivisie
- NEC 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 | Feyenoord | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | Ajax | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 27 | 30 |
| 3 | PSV | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 30 |
| 4 | AZ | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 24 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | NEC | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -13 | 13 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -21 | 13 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -14 | 11 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -26 | 6 |
