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AFC Ajax vs SC Heerenveen, Eredivisie 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON

Eredivisie · 2019-20
AFC Ajax
4 – 1
Full Time
SC Heerenveen
Sat 14 Sep 2019 · 16:30 UTC HT 45+3' · FT 45+4'
Y 36' Rodney Kongolo
Nicolas Tagliafico 38' Y

Overview

Match Preview

AFC Ajax vs SC Heerenveen — Eredivisie .

Match Details

  • Referee Allard Lindhout
  • Referee Joost van Zuilen
  • Referee Edwin van de Graaf
  • Referee Richard Martens
  • Referee Rens Bluemink
6 games this season 🟨 1.5/game ⚽ 7.7 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AZ 7 19
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 7 17
3 PSV 7 16
4 FC Twente '65 7 16
5 AFC Ajax 7 14
6 Fortuna Sittard 7 13
7 SBV Excelsior 7 11
8 FC Groningen 7 11
9 Go Ahead Eagles 7 10
10 SC Heerenveen 7 9
11 NEC 7 8
12 Sparta Rotterdam 7 5
13 Telstar 1963 7 5
14 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 7 5
15 FC Utrecht 7 5
16 PEC Zwolle 7 4
17 ADO Den Haag 7 2
18 Willem II Tilburg 7 2

Head-to-Head

12
4
1
AFC Ajax 17 games · Avg 3.9 goals SC Heerenveen
Last 5 meetings
2019-09-14 AFC Ajax 4–1 SC Heerenveen 2019-01-20 AFC Ajax 4–4 SC Heerenveen 2018-10-20 SC Heerenveen 0–4 AFC Ajax

Recent Form

AFC Ajax
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Sep SC Heerenveen H 4–1 W
01 Sep Sparta Rotterdam A 4–1 W
28 Aug APOEL FC H 2–0 W
20 Aug APOEL FC A 0–0 D
17 Aug VVV Venlo A 4–1 W
13 Aug PAOK FC H 3–2 W
SC Heerenveen
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Sep AFC Ajax A 1–4 L
31 Aug Fortuna Sittard H 1–1 D
24 Aug FC Twente '65 H 0–0 D
17 Aug FC Emmen A 0–2 L
11 Aug Feyenoord Rotterdam H 1–1 D
04 Aug Heracles Almelo A 4–0 W

Season Stats

AFC Ajax SC Heerenveen
#5 Position #10
14 Points 9
7 Played 7
4 / 2 / 1 W / D / L 2 / 3 / 2
21 Scored 11
9 Conceded 9
+12 GD +2
2.00 PPG 1.29
57% Win % 29%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
29% Clean Sheets
AFC Ajax this season
43% Clean Sheets
SC Heerenveen this season

AFC Ajax are 5th (14 pts). SC Heerenveen are 10th (9 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

AFC Ajax
0-15
–/1
16-30
1/–
31-45
6/3
46-60
2/1
61-75
5/1
76+
6/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
SC Heerenveen
0-15
–/1
16-30
3/–
31-45
2/1
46-60
2/1
61-75
2/3
76+
2/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AFC Ajax
Julian Brandt 4 G
Toluwalas Arokodare 3 G 1 A
Davy Klaassen 3 G
Kasper Dolberg 2 G 2 A
Jorthy Mokio 1 G
SC Heerenveen
Jacob Trenskow 3 G 1 A
Maxence Rivera 2 G 1 A
Luca Oyen 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between AFC Ajax and SC Heerenveen.
  • 5' Quincy Promes has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 2 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 10' SC Heerenveen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
  • 14' Dusan Tadic is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 19' Edson Alvarez is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for AFC Ajax so far.
  • 22' Assisted by Mitchell van Bergen with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jens Odgaard makes no mistake. 1-1!
  • 27' With 5 assists to his name this season, Anders Dreyer is clearly more than just a goal scorer for SC Heerenveen.
  • 32' SC Heerenveen has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 36' Rodney Kongolo picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 38' Nicolas Tagliafico is having his name booked by the referee on 38.
  • 43' The travelling SC Heerenveen supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 47' What a strike from Nicolas Tagliafico! The score is 2-1.
  • 52' Brilliant from the ! Perr Schuurs makes it 3-1 with a superb finish on 52.
  • 57' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering AFC Ajax that had 483 games and scored 824 goals.
  • 58' Goal! Nicolas Tagliafico scores his 27 goal in 483 matches.
  • 63' A change in the AFC Ajax ranks — Dusan Tadic exits the field as David Neres enters on 63.
  • 65' Fresh legs for SC Heerenveen! Alen Halilovic comes on to replace Jens Odgaard.
  • 70' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 75' AFC Ajax currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 80' AFC Ajax make a change. Edson Alvarez trudges off to be replaced by Razvan Marin on 80 minutes.
  • 83' AFC Ajax ring the changes. Quincy Promes has done his job and it is now time for Siem de Jong to step up.
  • 88' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • The points are shared — AFC Ajax 4-1 SC Heerenveen. Honours even.

Lineups

AFC Ajax Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Erik ten Hag

SC Heerenveen Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Dusan Tadic 9
Mohammed Kudus 5
Pelle van Amersfoort 4
Chuba Akpom 4
Sebastien Haller 3
Mitchell van Bergen 3
Nicolas Tagliafico 3
Brian Brobbey 3

Head to Head

2019-09-14 AFC Ajax 4–1 SC Heerenveen 2019-01-20 AFC Ajax 4–4 SC Heerenveen 2018-10-20 SC Heerenveen 0–4 AFC Ajax

AFC Ajax Form

2019-09-14 AFC Ajax 4–1 SC Heerenveen W 2019-09-01 Sparta Rotterdam 1–4 AFC Ajax W 2019-08-28 AFC Ajax 2–0 APOEL FC W 2019-08-20 APOEL FC 0–0 AFC Ajax D 2019-08-17 VVV Venlo 1–4 AFC Ajax W 2019-08-13 AFC Ajax 3–2 PAOK FC W

SC Heerenveen Form

2019-09-14 AFC Ajax 4–1 SC Heerenveen L 2019-08-31 SC Heerenveen 1–1 Fortuna Sittard D 2019-08-24 SC Heerenveen 0–0 FC Twente '65 D 2019-08-17 FC Emmen 2–0 SC Heerenveen L 2019-08-11 SC Heerenveen 1–1 Feyenoord Rotterdam D 2019-08-04 Heracles Almelo 0–4 SC Heerenveen W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.87 AFC Ajax xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.2 SC Heerenveen xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 76% + AFC Ajax to win 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct
AFC Ajax68% Draw18% SC Heerenveen14%
Actual: AFC Ajax win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes65% 0% No35%
Avg goals/match: 4.07
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 91%
9%
± 2.5 76%
24%
± 3.5 57%
43%
± 4.5 38%
62%

Double Chance

AFC Ajax or Draw
86%
Draw or SC Heerenveen
32%
AFC Ajax or SC Heerenveen
82%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
AFC Ajax53% Draw34% SC Heerenveen13%
Actual: AFC Ajax win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
8.3%
3 – 1
7.8%
2 – 0
7.2%
1 – 1
6.7%
3 – 0
6.7%
4 – 1
Actual
2 – 2
4.9%
1 – 0
4.8%
4 – 0
4.7%
3 – 2
4.7%
1 – 2
3.5%
4 – 2
3.4%

Asian Handicap — AFC Ajax

Handicap AFC Ajax covers Push SC Heerenveen covers
-2.5 31% — 69%
-2 31% 19% 49%
-1.5 51% — 49%
-1 51% 19% 30%
-0.5 70% — 30%
+0.5 87% — 13%
+1 87% 8% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 4% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

AFC Ajax keeps clean sheet
31% ✓
SC Heerenveen keeps clean sheet
7% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.