Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ajax & Barendrecht face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
There have been limited time to rest for the home side, as they had a Eredivisie match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus AZ, was also a home game here at Johan Cruijff Arena. The away team is better rested.
Ajax form and stats
Ajax have performed here at Johan Cruijff Arena this season with 6 wins from 9 Eredivisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.
The Ajax fans got no joy from their last match, a Eredivisie game also here at Johan Cruijff Arena: A 1-2 defeat against AZ. Midfield player Dušan Tadić got a match rating of 7.7 in that game, the max score being 10. Tadić served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Ajax had a Champions League home game versus Sporting CP which ended with a victory 4-2.Ajax are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Johan Cruijff Arena with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 15 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Ajax has won 14 times, drawn one and lost zero. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Ajax has won by at least two goals 14 times when in this position.
The manager ten Hag will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Feyenoord in only four days.
It's goals goals goals for Ajax who have scored 33 goals from 9 league home games. As for guarding their own goal, Ajax have only let in 3 goals at home.
Barendrecht form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Scheveningen and ADO '20 in order to reach 2nd round of KNVB Beker. They also participated in KNVB Beker last season. This ended in the 2nd preliminary round.Barendrecht played 2-2 against DVS '33 in their previous match.
A home win before that, celebrating 5-0 vs ODIN '59.Barendrecht are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 47 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 19 wins, six draws and 22 defeats. Of the defeats, twelve games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The schedule is very tough for Barendrecht now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Derde Divisie: Zaterdag game at VVOG is waiting in only three days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Haller 10 goals |  D. Tadić 6 goals |  A. dos Santos 5 goals |
Ajax missing players
Barendrecht missing players
| Ajax | Barendrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 74 | 47 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Conceded | C | 19 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 14% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 11 | ||
| 2.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18.5 | 21.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 19 | ||
| 7.1 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 9 | ||
| 42% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 37 |
| 2 | Ajax | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 45 | 36 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 36 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 29 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | SC Cambuur | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | AZ | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | FC Groningen | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | NEC | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Willem II | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 18 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Heracles Almelo | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 12 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 11 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 6 |