Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ajax & Spakenburg face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ajax form and stats
9-0-1 is the performance here at Johan Cruijff Arena so far in the Eredivisie, giving Ajax a total of 27 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results! Two home wins in a row for Ajax bring valid hopes of a third.
The Ajax supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sparta Rotterdam in Eredivisie and win 2-1. Ahead of that match, Ajax won a home game hosting ADO Den Haag (6-1).
Everyone expects Ajax to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 26 games: 23 home wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Ajax have won with at least two goals margin 20 times in similar situations.
The manager E. ten Hag will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to FC Groningen in only four days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Ajax is on fire here. A stunning 36 from 10 league matches. Ajax have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Spakenburg form and stats
Spakenburg was sent out of KNVB Beker in the 2nd round last season.Spakenburg have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Tweede Divisie, after 1-4-4 (9 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the KNVB Beker stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
The Spakenburg goalkeeper Jordy Deckers is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 279 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Spakenburg are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Tweede Divisie against ASWH. A 1-1 draw at Koninklijke HFC's stadium before that.
Spakenburg are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 35 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 18 wins, 6 draws and 11 defeats. Of the defeats, 5 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Spakenburg manager E. Meijers as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against AFC.
Spakenburg have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Spakenburg concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Q. Promes 10 goals |  K. Huntelaar 8 goals |  D. Tadić 8 goals |
Ajax missing players
Spakenburg missing players
| Ajax | Spakenburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 70 | 39 | Scored | S | 11 | 33 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 29 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 6.7 | 7.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 468 | 302 | Total Shots | T S | 54 | 102 | ||
| 184 | 122 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 33 | ||
| 38% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 55% | ||
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 43 | 47 |
| 2 | AZ | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 26 | 41 |
| 3 | Willem II | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 36 |
| 4 | PSV | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 35 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 33 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 30 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | Heracles | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 26 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 24 | -13 | 21 |
| 13 | FC Twente | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 20 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 30 | -21 | 19 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -16 | 16 |
| 17 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 25 | -27 | 16 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -23 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | HHC | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 26 | 39 |
| 2 | Katwijk | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | IJsselmeervogels | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Koninklijke HFC | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Kozakken Boys | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | AFC | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Rijnsburgse Boys | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | De Treffers | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 27 |
| 9 | Spakenburg | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 36 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 25 | -9 | 27 |
| 10 | Noordwijk | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 26 |
| 11 | GVVV | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 12 | Quick Boys | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 22 |
| 13 | Excelsior Maassluis | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 22 |
| 14 | Jong Sparta | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | -2 | 21 |
| 15 | Scheveningen | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 16 | TEC | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -15 | 14 |
| 17 | Volendam II | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -17 | 9 |
| 18 | ASWH | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 30 | -29 | 9 |