The Eredivisie league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. VVV-Venlo and Ajax are placed 9th and 2nd respectively.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Champions League.
8-1-0 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Ajax when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those nine matches are 27-8 (scored/conceded).
VVV-Venlo form and stats
VVV-Venlo have less points than they have played home games in the Eredivisie so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point.
The home team returns to Covebo Stadion - De Koel after being equal after 90 minutes with AZ (placed 11th) on their last time out; the Eredivisie game ended 2-2. Preceding that match was the home game against ADO Den Haag that was lost 1-2.
There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against AZ as Giorgos Giakoumakis's goal in the 87th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.
Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When VVV-Venlo have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn zero and lost two from two games. one defeat by at least two goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as FC Den Bosch are coming to town in three days.
At Covebo Stadion - De Koel, VVV-Venlo has the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Eredivisie, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Ajax's previous game was their home loss versus Liverpool (0-1). A home win before that, celebrating 5-1 vs SC Heerenveen.
Ajax goalkeeper André Onana had a great day against Liverpool, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Ajax given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 13 matches with twelve wins as expected, zero draws and one surprise home win. The favourites won nine of these games by at least two goals.
The schedule is very tough for Ajax now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Champions League game at Atalanta is waiting in only three days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ajax has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): VVV-Venlo zero wins, one draw and Ajax nine victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Giakoumakis 5 goals |   A. dos Santos 3 goals |  D. Tadić 3 goals |
VVV-Venlo missing players
Ajax missing players
| VVV-Venlo | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 57 | 19 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 29 | 85 |
| 21 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 43% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 39% |
- Ajax has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of VVV-Venlo's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- VVV-Venlo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- VVV-Venlo have yet to win a game at home.
- VVV-Venlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| VVV-Venlo | Last season | Ajax | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Scored | S | 28 | 68 | ||
| 51 | 21 | Conceded | C | 15 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 62% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 27% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 19% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 54% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 52% | ||
| 15% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 32% | ||
| 35% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 259 | 149 | Total Shots | T S | 215 | 553 | ||
| 84 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 71 | 200 | ||
| 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Ajax | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | Vitesse | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | VVV-Venlo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | PEC Zwolle | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 11 | AZ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Willem II | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Heracles | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 18 | Sparta Rotterdam | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 2 |