Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ajax & Excelsior Maassluis face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
Ajax's stadium, Johan Cruijff Arena, has a grass surface. Excelsior Maassluis have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Excelsior Maassluis when playing on grass; 14 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses from 32 matches. They have scored 51 goals in these games and conceded 51.
Ajax have less rest than Excelsior Maassluis in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eredivisie game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at FC Utrecht.
Ajax form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 10 Eredivisie games here at Johan Cruijff Arena for Ajax. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Andre Onana not having conceded a league goal in 277 minutes.
Ajax enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at FC Utrecht's place. The match ended 3-0 with Antony and Brobbey (2) scoring. The attacker Brobbey was named "man of the match" for Ajax with the rating of 8.43/10. Brobbey scored two goals.
Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Fortuna Sittard.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 16 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Ajax has won 15 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 15 times when in this position.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ajax as they are travelling to their away game against PSV in the Eredivisie. That match is three days after this one.
Ajax always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Johan Cruijff Arena with 38 goals in 10 league games. As for guarding their own goal, Ajax have only let in 3 goals at home.
Excelsior Maassluis form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 2nd preliminary round.There's been little loot from Excelsior Maassluis's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Tweede Divisie. Excelsior Maassluis only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 0 draws. Total KNVB Beker statistics for Excelsior Maassluis: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Excelsior Maassluis are looking to quickly end their 239 minutes long goal drought in the Tweede Divisie.
Excelsior Maassluis play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting FC Emmen.
A 0-1 defeat away at HHC before that.Excelsior Maassluis are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 21 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were eight wins, seven draws and six defeats. Of the defeats, four games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rijnsburgse Boys in just two days.
Excelsior Maassluis are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 7 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Excelsior struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Wennekers 4 goals | V. van den Berg 3 goals | D. van Delft 3 goals |
Ajax missing players
Excelsior Maassluis missing players
| Ajax | Excelsior Maassluis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 78 | 47 | Scored | S | 19 | 45 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 19 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 52% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 6.7 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18.7 | 22.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8 | ||
| 7.4 | 8.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 42% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 53% | ||
| 8.2 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 9.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Ajax | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 55 | 45 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 24 | 39 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 36 |
| 5 | AZ | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 35 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 29 |
| 8 | SC Cambuur | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | -7 | 29 |
| 9 | NEC | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 21 |
| 12 | Heracles | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Willem II | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 18 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 14 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -28 | 13 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | -21 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Katwijk | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 36 |
| 2 | Jong Sparta | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | AFC | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Rijnsburgse Boys | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Koninklijke HFC | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | HHC | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Quick Boys | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | De Treffers | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Noordwijk | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Excelsior Maassluis | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | TEC | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 12 | Volendam II | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Spakenburg | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | Scheveningen | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 14 |
| 15 | IJsselmeervogels | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 16 | Kozakken Boys | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 17 | ASWH | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | GVVV | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -18 | 5 |
