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Ajax, Recent FormThe Ajax squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 3-2 away defeat against SC Heerenveen, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. They achieved 66% possession in that match and had 12 strikes at goal, with 6 hitting the target, up against SC Heerenveen's tally of 17 efforts at goal, 5 of which were on target.
While they have been strong in attack with 16 goals scored in their last 6 games, their defence has let them down slightly, by conceeding 11 at the other end which has led to points being dropped. They have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games; however, overall they've scored in 19 of their 21 games this season.
They have been performing well at Johan Cruijff Arena recently and are unbeaten in their last 7 home games.
Brian Brobbey will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 7 goals in the last 6 league games for Ajax.
NEC Nijmegen, Recent FormAny NEC Nijmegen pre-match expectations for their last outing were misplaced, after an unexpected 2-0 away defeat by RKC Waalwijk. They came away from that fixture with a 59% share of the possession and clocked up 17 attempts on goal with 6 on target, in comparison to RKC Waalwijk, who managed 11 attempts on goal, 4 of which were on target.
While they have been strong in attack with 12 goals scored in their last 6 games, their defence has let them down slightly, by conceeding 8 at the other end which has led to points being dropped. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games; however, they've scored in 19 of their 21 games this season.
Their form has to be regarded as good of late with 5 matches unbeaten from their last 6 and 3 wins bagged along the way. Their away form in the early part of the season has produced an unusually high number of draws, with 5 draws in 10 away league games.
Having scored 3 goals in his last 6 league games for NEC Nijmegen, Koki Ogawa will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
Last time these two teams met in the league it ended in disappointment for NEC Nijmegen, losing 1-2 to Ajax.
Ajax have managed to keep a clean sheet against NEC in each of their previous 3 meetings at Johan Cruijff Arena. Ajax will be looking to extend their current run of scoring against NEC having scored at least 1 goal in each of their previous 22 meetings. In their past 5 meetings, de Godenzonen's defence has been pretty stingy, only conceding 2 goals, so NEC will have to take their chances when they come. We have seen plenty of goals from de Godenzonen when they play at home against NEC. In their last 3 league matches they have scored a total of 11 goals, which is an average of 3.67 goals per game.
NEC have lost the last 3 times they've have visited Ajax in the league and have failed to win any of their last 20 encounters at Johan Cruijff Arena.
The injury list is starting to mount up for Ajax manager John van 't Schip with Steven Berghuis (Hip), Mika Godts (Hip), Diant Ramaj (Meniscus), Devyne Rensch (Unknown) and Branco van den Boomen (Knee) all unavailable for selection, and Gastón Ávila (Knee) out for the rest of the season.
Rogier Meijer has a number of injury concerns in his NEC squad to contend with: Kas de Wit (Unknown), Bas Dost (Heart problems), Nils Rossen (Unknown) and Lasse Schöne (Hamstring)
Ajax Playing at home | NEC Nijmegen Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | Goals scored | 1.5 |
| 1.3 | Goals conceded | 1.9 |
| 30' | Time first goal scored | 40' |
| 39' | Time first goal conceded | 46' |
| 1.2 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4 | Subs used | 4 |
| 5-0 | Biggest victory | 3-1 |
| 4-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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