Ajax should not expect any donations from the home team SC Heerenveen in this Eredivisie game. Here's our broad match guide!
- SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ajax have the most scored goals (30) in Eredivisie
SC Heerenveen and Ajax should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
SC Heerenveen have collected 6 points from their Eredivisie home games so far after 2-0-2.
Heerenveen are returning here after visiting PEC Zwolle in a Eredivisie game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Sven van Beek was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.02 out of 10. The defender Beek won 6 of 9 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against FC Twente that was lost 2-3.Heerenveen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Abe Lenstra Stadion with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Heerenveen with 8 goals conceded in these matches.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax, who have the most scored goals (30) in Eredivisie, are happy with their away performances in the Eredivisie so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Ajax, as they have won on their previous two travels.
The manager E. ten Hag was unhappy after their last game, a Eredivisie match played at their home ground Johan Cruijff Arena. Ajax suffered a 0-1 loss to FC Utrecht (placed 3rd). Midfielder Edson Álvarez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Álvarez dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 45 successful passes (of 51 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Beşiktaş in the Champions League.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Borussia Dortmund in just three days.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 8 goals in 3 league games away this season. Ajax's manager E. ten Hag has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): SC Heerenveen zero wins, one draw and Ajax nine victories. As for goals, ten matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Veerman 5 goals |   S. Haller 5 goals |  N. Mazraoui 4 goals |
SC Heerenveen missing players
Ajax missing players
| SC Heerenveen | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 30 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 62% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 5 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 7.4 |
| 5.6 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 11.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 16.3 | 21.5 |
| 3.5 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 8.4 |
| 39% | 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 45% |
- 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 SC Heerenveen.
- 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 most clean sheets (6) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (30) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+28) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+7) 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.
- SC Heerenveen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- SC Heerenveen have scored in all their matches so far.
- SC Heerenveen 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 19 |
| 2 | PSV | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Willem II | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Vitesse | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 13 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 12 |
| 10 | NEC | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Heracles | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | AZ | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 7 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 6 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 5 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -12 | 1 |