AFC Ajax vs FC Utrecht, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
AFC Ajax vs FC Utrecht — Eredivisie at Johan Cruijff Arena.
- AFC Ajax 34 games · 56 pts (2025/26)
- FC Utrecht 34 games · 53 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Jeroen Manschot
- Assistant 1 Franca Overtoom (Netherlands)
- Assistant 2 Mario Diks
21 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 3.7 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 PSV 34 84 2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 34 65 3 NEC 34 59 4 FC Twente '65 34 58 5 AFC Ajax 34 56 6 FC Utrecht 34 53 7 AZ 34 52 8 SC Heerenveen 34 51 9 FC Groningen 34 48 10 Sparta Rotterdam 34 43 11 Fortuna Sittard 34 39 12 Go Ahead Eagles 34 38 13 SBV Excelsior 34 38 14 Telstar 1963 34 37 15 PEC Zwolle 34 37 16 FC Volendam 34 32 17 NAC Breda 34 29 18 Heracles Almelo 34 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May FC Utrecht H 1–2 L 02 May PSV H 2–2 D 25 Apr NAC Breda A 2–0 W 11 Apr Heracles Almelo A 3–0 W 04 Apr FC Twente '65 H 1–2 L 22 Mar Feyenoord Rotterdam A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May AFC Ajax A 2–1 W 02 May NAC Breda H 2–0 W 26 Apr SBV Excelsior A 0–5 L 11 Apr Telstar 1963 H 4–1 W 04 Apr PSV A 3–4 L 22 Mar Go Ahead Eagles H 2–0 W Season Stats
AFC Ajax FC Utrecht #5 Position #6 56 Points 53 34 Played 34 14 / 14 / 6 W / D / L 15 / 8 / 11 62 Scored 55 41 Conceded 42 +21 GD +13 1.65 PPG 1.56 41% Win % 44% Key Stats
53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)73% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
AFC Ajax this season26% Clean Sheets
FC Utrecht this seasonAFC Ajax are 5th (56 pts). FC Utrecht are 6th (53 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
AFC Ajax0-151/116-303/131-452/–46-601/–61-75–/–76+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Utrecht0-153/116-30–/131-451/146-60–/461-753/176+6/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. AFC Ajax is hosting FC Utrecht for another epic battle.
- 4' It’s a booking for AFC Ajax player. Steven Berghuis gets a card.
- 9' FC Utrecht seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 14' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 15' FC Utrecht player sees a card in front of him.
- 20' AFC Ajax started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
- 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 30' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 35' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Josip Sutalo suffering a number of foals already.
- 38' That looks like a foul for a card for Dani de Wit.
- 43' The travelling FC Utrecht supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 48' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with FC Utrecht winning 100% of all matches.
- 53' AFC Ajax is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 58' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 58 minutes.
- 63' Yoann Cathline needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 68' FC Utrecht looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Mike van der Hoorn scoring 1 goals.
- 73' It’s high time Ron Jans made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 78' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 81' GOAL! Niklas Vesterlund scores on 81.
- 84' Goal! Wout Weghorst scores his 102 goal in 470 matches.
- 88' Sean Steur is having his name booked by the referee on 88.
- The final score is 1-2.
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Lineups
AFC Ajax Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 26
- 9
- 23
- 37
- 6
- 15
- 2
- 11
- 10
- 3
- 24
Bench
- 18
- 25
- 4
- 32
- 17
- 7
- 19
- 52
- 30
- 43
- 48
- 45
Coach Óscar GarcíaFC Utrecht Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 3
- 20
- 91
- 16
- 27
- 11
- 10
- 44
- 1
- 21
- 23
Bench
- 24
- 2
- 9
- 33
- 15
- 43
- 51
- 5
- 53
- 57
Coach Ron Jans -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Brian Brobbey 6 Dusan Tadic 5 Donny van de Beek 3 Steven Bergwijn 2 Kristian Hlynsson 2 Miguel Rodriguez 2 Davy Klaassen 2 Mike van der Hoorn 2 Head to Head
AFC Ajax Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.76 AFC Ajax xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.56 FC Utrecht xGI would bet for: AFC Ajax or FC Utrecht 74% + Both teams to score 65%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Utrecht winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.32Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 84% 16% ± 2.5 63% 37% ± 3.5 42% 58% ± 4.5 24% 76% Double Chance
AFC Ajax or Draw 65%Draw or FC Utrecht 61%AFC Ajax or FC Utrecht 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.8%2 – 1 8.4%1 – 2 Actual2 – 2 6.5%1 – 0 5.7%2 – 0 5.6%0 – 0 5.1%0 – 1 4.9%3 – 1 4.9%0 – 2 4.4%1 – 3 3.9%3 – 2 3.9%Asian Handicap — AFC Ajax
Handicap AFC Ajax covers Push FC Utrecht covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 13% 78% -1.5 22% — 78% -1 22% 19% 59% -0.5 41% — 59% +0.5 66% — 34% +1 66% 17% 17% +1.5 83% — 17% +2 83% 10% 7% +2.5 93% — 7% Clean Sheet
AFC Ajax keeps clean sheet 22% ✓FC Utrecht keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.