Struggling Willem II will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Ajax in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ajax has the most scored goals (51) in Eredivisie
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Willem II and Ajax.
Willem II form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eredivisie this season. Willem II have only managed 2 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Koning Willem II Stadion. It's trouble wherever Willem are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
No payout for Willem in their previous match, an away game at AZ Alkmaar that ended in defeat 3-5. Ahead of that match, Willem lost 0-2 at home to Vitesse.
Did Willem get overconfident in their match against AZ Alkmaar? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 3-5 defeat. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
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 Willem II have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn zero and lost one from one game. one defeat by at least two goals.
The Willem fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Willem II with 14 goals conceded in these matches.
Ajax form and stats
The away performances of Ajax, who have the most scored goals (51) in Eredivisie, have been very solid so far with 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the Eredivisie. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Ajax's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the FC Groningen game.
It's the second away game in a row for Ajax, but there's smiles all around after the 4-2 victory versus ADO Den Haag (placed 17th) in the Eredivisie last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 5-4 vs FC Utrecht.
As you can tell from the result, the match against ADO Den Haag was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
As mentioned earlier, Ajax will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 14 wins (eleven by two or more goals winning margin), zero draws and zero surprising defeats.
Ajax are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (26 goals from 6 away games). The Ajax defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 6 games).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Willem II, zero draws and eight wins for Ajax. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Tadić 9 goals |   V. Pavlidis 5 goals |
Willem II missing players
Ajax missing players
| Willem II | Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 22 | 26 | 51 |
| 29 | 14 | 10 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 85% |
| 69% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 85% |
| 46% | 67% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 23% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 46% |
| 54% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 17% | 38% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 67% | 54% |
| 38% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.3 | 10.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 31.7 | 23.3 | 21.9 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 15.3 | 10.2 | 9.3 |
| 32% | 43% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 43% | 42% |
- Ajax has the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most clean sheets (4) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most clean sheets (7) in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most scored goals (26) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most scored goals (51) in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the the best goal difference (+23) away in Eredivisie
- Ajax has the the best goal difference (+42) in Eredivisie
- Ajax have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ajax have scored more than double the goals of Willem II.
- Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Willem II's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Willem II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Willem II haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 42 | 33 |
| 2 | PSV | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 30 |
| 3 | Vitesse | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 26 |
| 5 | FC Groningen | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 7 | AZ Alkmaar | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Sparta Rotterdam | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 13 |
| 12 | Heracles | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -10 | 12 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 12 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -13 | 10 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -19 | 9 |
| 16 | Willem II | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 8 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -20 | 7 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 5 |