Tension and suspense is likely at GelreDome when Vitesse face Ajax in what promises to be a terrific game. Read on!
- Vitesse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ajax have the most scored goals (96) in Eredivisie
Vitesse are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Ajax have already won the Eredivisie. Congratulations! It will be interesting to see if this affects performances here at the final stages.
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.
Vitesse form and stats
When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Vitesse have managed 6 wins, 2 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 16 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Vitesse, their manager Letsch and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Vitesse enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Fortuna Sittard's place. The match ended 2-1 with Manhoef and Openda scoring. The striker Openda was declared "man of the match" for Vitesse with a rating of 8.1/10. Openda scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that game, the home loss against SC Heerenveen with the scoreline 1-2.Vitesse has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Vitesse defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax have an excellent away record in the Eredivisie so far with 12-3-1 from 16 games.
Ajax won their last game, 5-0 versus SC Heerenveen played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Ajax was very dominant against SC Heerenveen, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Brobbey, Berghuis, Álvarez, Haller and Tagliafico providing the goals. Midfield player Berghuis was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Berghuis scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 56 successful passes (of 62 total).
A 2-2 draw at AZ's stadium before that.Ajax have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 34 goals from 16 away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
The most recent past history featuring both these teams is the Ajax - Vitesse 5-0 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - one - eight (Vitesse wins - draws - Ajax wins). As for goals, ten matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
![]() ![]() S. Haller 21 goals | ![]() ![]() L. Openda 16 goals | ![]() ![]() D. Tadić 13 goals |
Vitesse missing players
Ajax missing players
Vitesse | Ajax | ||||||
Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
33 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
15 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | 26 |
5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
13 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
40 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 34 | 96 |
49 | 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 17 |
94% | 94% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
70% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 82% |
61% | 69% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 70% |
24% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 31% | 45% |
15% | 19% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | 39% |
55% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 38% | 30% |
24% | 19% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 62% | 67% |
27% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 6% | 9% |
5 | 5.8 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.3 |
3.7 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
2.1 | 2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
6 | 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
15.2 | 17 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 17.1 | 20.1 |
4.8 | 5.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 5.6 | 7.5 |
25% | 21% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 38% | 39% |
11.5 | 10.9 | 15.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 8.8 | 7.8 |
4.2 | 4.5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have scored more than double the goals of Vitesse.
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (10) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most clean sheets (22) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most points (39) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals (96) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the first half (46) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the most scored goals in the second half (50) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+25) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax have the the best goal difference (+79) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Vitesse 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 | Ajax | 33 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 96 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 79 | 82 |
2 | PSV | 33 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 84 | 41 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 43 | 78 |
3 | Feyenoord | 33 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 75 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 43 | 71 |
4 | FC Twente | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 53 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 65 |
5 | AZ | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 41 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 61 |
6 | Vitesse | 33 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 49 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | -9 | 50 |
7 | FC Utrecht | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 51 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 47 |
8 | NEC | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | -13 | 38 |
9 | SC Heerenveen | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -15 | 38 |
10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 48 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -12 | 36 |
11 | FC Groningen | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 52 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 34 | -13 | 36 |
12 | SC Cambuur | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 50 | 68 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 33 | -18 | 36 |
13 | RKC Waalwijk | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -13 | 35 |
14 | Heracles Almelo | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 28 | -14 | 34 |
15 | Sparta Rotterdam | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 47 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -20 | 32 |
16 | Fortuna Sittard | 33 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 35 | 67 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 36 | -32 | 32 |
17 | Willem II | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 57 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 37 | -28 | 30 |
18 | PEC Zwolle | 33 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 50 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 32 | -25 | 27 |