Soccer match preview: Ajax confident before travelling to SC Heerenveen

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Abe Lenstra Stadion (26100 seats)

Both these participants are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Ajax holding a 21 point advantage on SC Heerenveen in the tables. Get ready!

Insights:
  • SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ajax have the most scored goals (66) in Eredivisie

This looks to be an engrossing game with lots of fun and bustle as both teams are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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SC Heerenveen form and stats

4-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for SC Heerenveen so far this season. With SC Heerenveen having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager van Wonderen.

Heerenveen shared the glory with FC Twente in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against FC Twente as Kaib's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 1-3 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Midfielder Tahiri was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.81 (out of ten) in that game. Tahiri served one assist, hit two key passes and had 52 successful passes (of 57 total).

Preceding that result, a home loss in the KNVB Beker against Feyenoord.

SC Heerenveen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. SC Heerenveen have conceded 18 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ajax form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Eredivisie. In general it has been a productive period now for Ajax as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.

Ajax won their last game, 1-0 versus NEC played at home. The attacker Tadić got a match rating of 8.61 in that game. Tadić served one assist, hit eight key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Earlier, the KNVB Beker victory away at Graafschap.

Betting fact: Both sides have scored at least once in 14 of this club's last 18 league games.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 31 goals in 12 league games away this season. 14 goals have been conceded by Ajax in these games.

Head 2 Head

Ajax have been victorious in all of the 9 latest matches versus this team. Another win today?

The most recent past meeting between these teams is the Ajax - Heerenveen 5-0 played previously this season. One of the stars has been Tadić with 10 goals scored against SC Heerenveen in these 10 games.

Top Goalscorers

AjaxB. Brobbey
B. Brobbey
11 goals
AjaxM. Kudus
M. Kudus
10 goals
AjaxS. Bergwijn
S. Bergwijn
8 goals

SC Heerenveen missing players

Ajax missing players

SC Heerenveen Ajax
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 5 Played P 4 12 24
8 4 1 Won W 3 8 15
7 2 1 Drew D 1 3 7
9 6 3 Lost L 0 1 2
27 13 3 Scored S 10 31 66
32 18 6 Conceded C 4 14 23
79% 83% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
67% 75% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 88%
54% 67% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 67%
29% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 54%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 38%
50% 67% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 75% 67%
29% 17% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 33%
42% 33% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 4%
 
4.7 5 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 6 7.6
5.2 4.8 6.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.9 3.1
1.5 1.4 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.5 15.1 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 16 16.2 18.9
4.4 4.9 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6.1 7.1
26% 22% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 42% 39%
 
12.6 12 15.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 10.3 8.5
4.2 3.8 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3.9 3.2
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • 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 SC Heerenveen.
  • Ajax have the most scored goals (31) away in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have the most scored goals (66) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Eredivisie
  • Ajax have the the best goal difference (+43) 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 away.
  • Ajax is in the best form (6-0-0) in Eredivisie
  • SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 24 16 7 1 54 22 12 8 4 0 24 6 12 8 3 1 30 16 32 55
2 Ajax 24 15 7 2 66 23 12 7 4 1 35 9 12 8 3 1 31 14 43 52
3 AZ 24 15 5 4 50 28 11 6 4 1 25 15 13 9 1 3 25 13 22 50
4 PSV 24 15 4 5 61 28 12 10 1 1 37 8 12 5 3 4 24 20 33 49
5 FC Twente 24 11 8 5 39 21 12 9 3 0 30 6 12 2 5 5 9 15 18 41
6 Sparta Rotterdam 24 11 7 6 36 26 12 7 2 3 20 12 12 4 5 3 16 14 10 40
7 FC Utrecht 24 10 7 7 39 37 12 5 4 3 13 11 12 5 3 4 26 26 2 37
8 RKC Waalwijk 24 8 8 8 39 37 12 6 3 3 26 16 12 2 5 5 13 21 2 32
9 SC Heerenveen 24 8 7 9 27 32 12 4 2 6 13 18 12 4 5 3 14 14 -5 31
10 NEC 24 6 12 6 30 23 12 3 8 1 21 12 12 3 4 5 9 11 7 30
11 Fortuna Sittard 24 8 5 11 31 41 12 3 3 6 15 20 12 5 2 5 16 21 -10 29
12 Go Ahead Eagles 24 6 8 10 34 43 12 4 4 4 19 20 12 2 4 6 15 23 -9 26
13 Vitesse 24 5 8 11 28 42 12 2 4 6 13 24 12 3 4 5 15 18 -14 23
14 FC Volendam 24 6 5 13 28 53 12 5 1 6 18 25 12 1 4 7 10 28 -25 23
15 Excelsior 24 6 2 16 21 58 12 5 1 6 13 22 12 1 1 10 8 36 -37 20
16 FC Emmen 24 3 9 12 21 43 12 2 8 2 13 15 12 1 1 10 8 28 -22 18
17 FC Groningen 24 4 5 15 25 49 12 3 3 6 17 21 12 1 2 9 8 28 -24 17
18 SC Cambuur 24 4 4 16 17 40 13 2 0 11 9 25 11 2 4 5 8 15 -23 16

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.