De Graafschap vs Ajax in KNVB Beker preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Netherlands KNVB Beker
Competition: Thu 02.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as De Graafschap & Ajax 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. That game, against Vitesse, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Ajax.

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De Graafschap form and stats

De Graafschap was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the KNVB Beker.

6 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what De Graafschap have to build on here at Stadion De Vijverberg in the Eerste Divisie.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Graafschap, as their goalkeeper Hidde Jurjus has completely shut out the opponents for 215 minutes in the Eerste Divisie.

A good away victory last time out for De Graafschap, who won 4-0 against FC Eindhoven. As indicated by the result mentioned above, De Graafschap played a great game against FC Eindhoven and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for Neghli when beating FC Eindhoven, applying the finishing touch to three goals! Midfield player Neghli got a match rating of 9.83 in that game, the max score being 10. Neghli scored three goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Roda JC Kerkrade.

The match schedule is unforgiving for De Graafschap as they have a new game in only four days, a Eerste Divisie match thankfully also at home. Helmond Sport are visiting.

Graafschap has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. De Graafschap have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Ajax form and stats

Ajax was sent out of KNVB Beker in the final last season.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Eredivisie.

Two trips in a row for Ajax, whose manager Heitinga could celebrate last time after the win against Vitesse. Defender Álvarez was the best team player with a rating of 7.52. Álvarez scored one goal and won 9 of 15 duels.

A loss, in the Europa League away at Union Berlin, before that. Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Ajax given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 18 matches with 15 wins as expected, 2 draws and 1 surprise home win. The favourites won 9 of these games by at least two goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting NEC in just three days.

Ajax create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 31 goals in 12 travels. Ajax have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ajax have won at least one point in the last 13 matches (12-1-0) against De Graafschap.

Top Goalscorers

AjaxB. Brobbey
B. Brobbey
11 goals
AjaxM. Kudus
M. Kudus
9 goals
AjaxS. Bergwijn
S. Bergwijn
8 goals

De Graafschap missing players

Ajax missing players

Total First Half Second Half
De Graafschap Ajax
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
11 7   Won W   8 12
5 1   Drew D   3 7
9 4   Lost L   2 6
45 20   Scored S   33 57
33 11   Conceded C   18 40
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
96% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 88%
64% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 68%
36% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   62% 56%
16% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   46% 36%
52% 33%   BTTS BTTS   77% 68%
32% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 24%
16% 17%   Failed to Score F T   0% 16%
 
5.7 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 6.3
4.6 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 3.9
1.3 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2
0 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
12.4 14.5   Shots (avg) S (   15.7 16.7
5 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.1 6.1
38% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 37%
 
9 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 10.8
3.6 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PEC Zwolle 26 18 3 5 62 30 13 9 2 2 32 17 13 9 1 3 30 13 32 57
2 Heracles 26 17 3 6 73 32 13 10 2 1 49 14 13 7 1 5 24 18 41 54
3 Almere City 26 14 4 8 38 29 13 7 3 3 23 14 13 7 1 5 15 15 9 46
4 Willem II 26 12 7 7 42 28 13 8 2 3 21 11 13 4 5 4 21 17 14 43
5 VVV-Venlo 26 12 6 8 39 37 13 4 5 4 14 14 13 8 1 4 25 23 2 42
6 MVV Maastricht 26 12 5 9 51 47 13 9 3 1 33 15 13 3 2 8 18 32 4 41
7 Jong AZ 26 11 6 9 46 42 13 7 4 2 29 17 13 4 2 7 17 25 4 39
8 FC Eindhoven 26 11 6 9 36 39 13 7 3 3 24 16 13 4 3 6 12 23 -3 39
9 NAC Breda 26 11 4 11 41 44 13 7 2 4 21 14 13 4 2 7 20 30 -3 37
10 Telstar 26 9 9 8 26 37 13 5 4 4 16 20 13 4 5 4 10 17 -11 36
11 ADO Den Haag 26 9 8 9 31 35 13 5 4 4 20 17 13 4 4 5 11 18 -4 35
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 10 4 12 34 36 13 6 2 5 20 18 13 4 2 7 14 18 -2 34
13 De Graafschap 26 9 6 11 40 38 13 6 2 5 19 14 13 3 4 6 21 24 2 33
14 Jong PSV 26 8 8 10 42 43 13 5 2 6 22 22 13 3 6 4 20 21 -1 32
15 Helmond Sport 26 8 5 13 23 41 13 6 2 5 17 16 13 2 3 8 6 25 -18 29
16 Jong Ajax 26 6 10 10 43 47 13 4 5 4 26 18 13 2 5 6 17 29 -4 28
17 FC Den Bosch 26 8 3 15 37 52 14 6 2 6 24 25 12 2 1 9 13 27 -15 27
18 FC Oss 26 8 3 15 29 45 13 5 1 7 18 19 13 3 2 8 11 26 -16 27
19 FC Dordrecht 26 7 5 14 31 43 12 4 2 6 18 18 14 3 3 8 13 25 -12 26
20 Jong Utrecht 26 5 5 16 26 45 13 3 3 7 11 14 13 2 2 9 15 31 -19 20
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Feyenoord 23 15 7 1 53 22 11 7 4 0 23 6 12 8 3 1 30 16 31 52
2 Ajax 23 14 7 2 65 23 11 6 4 1 34 9 12 8 3 1 31 14 42 49
3 AZ 23 14 5 4 49 28 11 6 4 1 25 15 12 8 1 3 24 13 21 47
4 PSV 23 14 4 5 60 28 12 10 1 1 37 8 11 4 3 4 23 20 32 46
5 FC Twente 23 11 7 5 36 18 11 9 2 0 27 3 12 2 5 5 9 15 18 40
6 Sparta Rotterdam 23 10 7 6 32 25 12 7 2 3 20 12 11 3 5 3 12 13 7 37
7 FC Utrecht 23 10 7 6 38 35 11 5 4 2 12 9 12 5 3 4 26 26 3 37
8 RKC Waalwijk 23 8 8 7 39 36 11 6 3 2 26 15 12 2 5 5 13 21 3 32
9 NEC 23 6 12 5 30 22 12 3 8 1 21 12 11 3 4 4 9 10 8 30
10 SC Heerenveen 23 8 6 9 24 29 12 4 2 6 13 18 11 4 4 3 11 11 -5 30
11 Go Ahead Eagles 23 6 8 9 33 39 12 4 4 4 19 20 11 2 4 5 14 19 -6 26
12 Fortuna Sittard 23 7 5 11 29 40 12 3 3 6 15 20 11 4 2 5 14 20 -11 26
13 Vitesse 23 5 8 10 28 41 11 2 4 5 13 23 12 3 4 5 15 18 -13 23
14 FC Volendam 23 5 5 13 25 52 11 4 1 6 15 24 12 1 4 7 10 28 -27 20
15 Excelsior 23 6 2 15 20 54 11 5 1 5 12 18 12 1 1 10 8 36 -34 20
16 FC Emmen 23 3 9 11 20 40 12 2 8 2 13 15 11 1 1 9 7 25 -20 18
17 FC Groningen 23 4 5 14 25 48 12 3 3 6 17 21 11 1 2 8 8 27 -23 17
18 SC Cambuur 23 3 4 16 13 39 12 1 0 11 5 24 11 2 4 5 8 15 -26 13

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Feyenoord 23 15 7 1 53 22 11 7 4 0 23 6 12 8 3 1 30 16 31 52
2 Ajax 23 14 7 2 65 23 11 6 4 1 34 9 12 8 3 1 31 14 42 49
3 AZ 23 14 5 4 49 28 11 6 4 1 25 15 12 8 1 3 24 13 21 47
4 PSV 23 14 4 5 60 28 12 10 1 1 37 8 11 4 3 4 23 20 32 46
5 FC Twente 23 11 7 5 36 18 11 9 2 0 27 3 12 2 5 5 9 15 18 40
6 Sparta Rotterdam 23 10 7 6 32 25 12 7 2 3 20 12 11 3 5 3 12 13 7 37
7 FC Utrecht 23 10 7 6 38 35 11 5 4 2 12 9 12 5 3 4 26 26 3 37
8 RKC Waalwijk 23 8 8 7 39 36 11 6 3 2 26 15 12 2 5 5 13 21 3 32
9 NEC 23 6 12 5 30 22 12 3 8 1 21 12 11 3 4 4 9 10 8 30
10 SC Heerenveen 23 8 6 9 24 29 12 4 2 6 13 18 11 4 4 3 11 11 -5 30
11 Go Ahead Eagles 23 6 8 9 33 39 12 4 4 4 19 20 11 2 4 5 14 19 -6 26
12 Fortuna Sittard 23 7 5 11 29 40 12 3 3 6 15 20 11 4 2 5 14 20 -11 26
13 Vitesse 23 5 8 10 28 41 11 2 4 5 13 23 12 3 4 5 15 18 -13 23
14 FC Volendam 23 5 5 13 25 52 11 4 1 6 15 24 12 1 4 7 10 28 -27 20
15 Excelsior 23 6 2 15 20 54 11 5 1 5 12 18 12 1 1 10 8 36 -34 20
16 FC Emmen 23 3 9 11 20 40 12 2 8 2 13 15 11 1 1 9 7 25 -20 18
17 FC Groningen 23 4 5 14 25 48 12 3 3 6 17 21 11 1 2 8 8 27 -23 17
18 SC Cambuur 23 3 4 16 13 39 12 1 0 11 5 24 11 2 4 5 8 15 -26 13

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