Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ajax Amateurs & SC Cambuur face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eredivisie.
It should be mentioned that SC Cambuur play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for SC Cambuur on grass are 12 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 21 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 32-26. You can compare this with overall results below.
Ajax Amateurs form and stats
Last season, Ajax Amateurs's KNVB Beker journey ended in the 1st preliminary round.Amateurs has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager D. Le Grand and the players.
In their previous game, the manager D. Le Grand led his Amateurs to a defeat in the Derde Divisie: Zaterdag match away at Sportlust '46. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Ajax Amateurs were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that game, the home loss against Staphorst with the scoreline 0-3.SC Cambuur form and stats
They also participated in KNVB Beker last season. This ended in the 2nd round.1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of SC Cambuur playing as the away team in the Eredivisie this season. Recent form does not give Cambuur much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Ajax Amateurs will be a tough nut to crack.
The manager H. de Jong was unhappy after their last game, a Eredivisie match played at their home ground Cambuurstadion. Cambuur suffered a 2-3 loss to Feyenoord. David Sambissa got a match rating of 7.54 in that game, top player of the team. Sambissa scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Prior to that match, the Cambuur manager H. de Jong faced defeat when travelling to Fortuna Sittard and losing 0-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cambuur manager H. de Jong as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against RKC Waalwijk.
SC Cambuur find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. The SC Cambuur defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Jacobs 3 goals |  T. Boere 3 goals |  A. Bangura 2 goals |
Ajax Amateurs missing players
SC Cambuur missing players
| Ajax Amateurs | SC Cambuur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 23 | 60 | ||
| 59 | 14 | Conceded | C | 26 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 12% | ||
| 2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 6.1 | ||
| 57% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 25 |
| 2 | PSV | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 5 | Willem II | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -7 | 16 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | NEC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | AZ | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 12 |
| 12 | SC Cambuur | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Heracles | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 4 |