This pair of teams are delivering a quality season so far and games like today could be key. Get ready for PSV - Ajax!
- PSV have the most points from losing position (15) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (59) in Eredivisie
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
PSV form and stats
PSV have been very solid at home in the Eredivisie so far, with 24 points collected from 9 matches (8-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Joel Drommel not having conceded a league goal in 191 minutes.
The PSV supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Telstar in KNVB Beker and win 2-1. Midfielder Veerman was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.21 (out of ten) in that game. Veerman scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that match, a Eredivisie win away at FC Groningen.PSV are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (27 goals in 9 games). On the other hand, PSV have conceded 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Ajax form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Ajax so far, with 7-2-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Eredivisie statistics. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the FC Twente game have they lost an away game, meaning Ajax has taken points from twelve away matches in a row.
The Ajax goalkeeper Remko Pasveer is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 277 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Hlynsson, Daramy (2), Regeer, Tagliafico and Danilo (4) scored in Ajax's previous match, the home game against Excelsior Maassluis that ended 9-0. Danilo, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 10.0. Danilo scored four goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at FC Utrecht.Ajax have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 21 goals from 9 away matches. Ajax are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The squads have played each other before in this season, with the result Ajax - PSV 5-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two PSV victories, three draws and five Ajax wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Haller 12 goals |  D. Tadić 7 goals |  A. dos Santos 7 goals |
PSV missing players
Ajax missing players
| PSV | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 47 | 27 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 21 | 59 |
| 24 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 79% |
| 74% | 78% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 58% |
| 47% | 67% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 42% |
| 37% | 44% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 42% |
| 63% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 11% | 11% |
| 26% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 89% | 84% |
| 11% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 6.3 | 6.4 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.4 | 7.4 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.4 |
| 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.8 | 18.8 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 14.8 | 19.4 |
| 7.1 | 7.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.6 | 7.4 |
| 35% | 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 42% | 42% |
| 8.1 | 7.9 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 9.2 | 7.6 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
- Ajax have not yet lost a game away.
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (4) 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 (4) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (16) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (8) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most points (23) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (21) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (59) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+20) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+55) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- All of PSV's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- PSV have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- PSV have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Eredivisie
- PSV have the most points (24) at home in Eredivisie
- PSV have the most points from losing position (15) in Eredivisie
- PSV have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- PSV 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 | PSV | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Ajax | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 55 | 45 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 24 | 39 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 36 |
| 5 | AZ | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 35 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 29 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | -7 | 29 |
| 9 | NEC | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 21 |
| 12 | Heracles | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Willem II | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 18 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 14 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -28 | 13 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | -21 | 9 |
