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AFC Ajax vs SC Heerenveen, Eredivisie 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Eredivisie · 2020-21
AFC Ajax
5 – 1
Full Time
SC Heerenveen
Sun 18 Oct 2020 · 12:30 UTC Johan Cruyff ArenA HT 45+4' · FT 45+4'
Y 72' Rodney Kongolo
Y 73' Rodney Kongolo
Y 74' Jan Paul van Hecke
Perr Schuurs 84' Y
Lisandro Martinez 84' Y

Overview

Match Preview

AFC Ajax vs SC Heerenveen — Eredivisie at Johan Cruyff ArenA.

Match Details

  • Referee Bjorn Kuipers
  • Referee Sander van Roekel
  • Referee Erwin Zeinstra
  • Referee Rob Dieperink
  • Referee Edwin van de Graaf

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 PSV 12 26
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 12 25
3 AFC Ajax 12 25
4 FC Twente '65 12 24
5 AZ 12 23
6 SC Heerenveen 12 21
7 Fortuna Sittard 12 20
8 Go Ahead Eagles 12 17
9 FC Groningen 12 15
10 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 12 15
11 NEC 12 14
12 Sparta Rotterdam 12 12
13 PEC Zwolle 12 12
14 FC Utrecht 12 12
15 SBV Excelsior 12 11
16 Telstar 1963 12 10
17 ADO Den Haag 12 9
18 Willem II Tilburg 12 3

Head-to-Head

12
4
1
AFC Ajax 17 games · Avg 3.9 goals SC Heerenveen
Last 5 meetings
2020-10-18 AFC Ajax 5–1 SC Heerenveen 2020-03-07 SC Heerenveen 1–3 AFC Ajax 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
18 Oct SC Heerenveen H 5–1 W
04 Oct FC Groningen A 0–1 L
26 Sep SBV Vitesse H 2–1 W
20 Sep RKC Waalwijk H 3–0 W
13 Sep Sparta Rotterdam A 1–0 W
07 Mar SC Heerenveen A 3–1 W
SC Heerenveen
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Oct AFC Ajax A 1–5 L
02 Oct FC Utrecht A 1–1 D
26 Sep VVV Venlo H 1–0 W
19 Sep Fortuna Sittard A 3–1 W
12 Sep Willem II Tilburg H 2–0 W
07 Mar AFC Ajax H 1–3 L

Season Stats

AFC Ajax SC Heerenveen
#3 Position #6
25 Points 21
12 Played 12
7 / 4 / 1 W / D / L 6 / 3 / 3
32 Scored 24
15 Conceded 16
+17 GD +8
2.08 PPG 1.75
58% Win % 50%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
25% Clean Sheets
AFC Ajax this season
42% Clean Sheets
SC Heerenveen this season

AFC Ajax are 3rd (25 pts). SC Heerenveen are 6th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

AFC Ajax
0-15
3/1
16-30
3/1
31-45
8/4
46-60
3/2
61-75
8/1
76+
6/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded
SC Heerenveen
0-15
1/1
16-30
4/2
31-45
3/2
46-60
5/2
61-75
5/5
76+
6/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AFC Ajax
Toluwalas Arokodare 7 G 1 A
Julian Brandt 6 G 2 A
Davy Klaassen 3 G 1 A
Jorthy Mokio 3 G 1 A
Kasper Dolberg 2 G 2 A
SC Heerenveen
Jacob Trenskow 6 G 3 A
Ringo Meerveld 5 G 1 A
Luca Oyen 2 G 1 A
Maxence Rivera 2 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. AFC Ajax host SC Heerenveen — let the battle begin!
  • 4' Dusan Tadic is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 9' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 14' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 19' AFC Ajax 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.
  • 24' The 28-year-old Lisandro Martinez has been sensational this season — 3 goals and 1 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 28' Dusan Tadic doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 33' SC Heerenveen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 33.
  • 35' Goal! Mohammed Kudus scores his 55 goal in 6 matches.
  • 40' AFC Ajax are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against SC Heerenveen's shape.
  • 45' Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for AFC Ajax tonight.
  • 46' A change in the SC Heerenveen ranks — Oliver Batista-Meier exits the field as Benjamin Nygren enters on 46.
  • 51' With 0 assists to his name this season, David Neres is clearly more than just a goal scorer for AFC Ajax.
  • 56' 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.
  • 61' The AFC Ajax bench stirs into life. Noussair Mazraoui is withdrawn and Sean Klaiber gets his opportunity.
  • 62' The AFC Ajax manager makes a substitution. Dusan Tadic departs to be replaced by Antony.
  • 66' Henk Veerman is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 71' SC Heerenveen come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 72' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Davy Klaassen makes it 4-1.
  • 72' SC Heerenveen player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 73' Poor challenge from Rodney Kongolo. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 74' Jan Paul van Hecke picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 79' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 80' The AFC Ajax bench stirs into life. David Neres is withdrawn and Quincy Promes gets his opportunity.
  • 81' Time for substitution for SC Heerenveen. Rodney Kongolo is replaced by Sieben Dewaele.
  • 82' Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is ready to make an impact after coming on for Lassina Franck Traore at the 82 minute mark.
  • 84' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Perr Schuurs.
  • 87' A stunning finish from Antony — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — AFC Ajax 5-1 SC Heerenveen.

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
Chuba Akpom 4
Pelle van Amersfoort 4
Sebastien Haller 3
Mitchell van Bergen 3
Nicolas Tagliafico 3
Brian Brobbey 3

Head to Head

2020-10-18 AFC Ajax 5–1 SC Heerenveen 2020-03-07 SC Heerenveen 1–3 AFC Ajax 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

2020-10-18 AFC Ajax 5–1 SC Heerenveen W 2020-10-04 FC Groningen 1–0 AFC Ajax L 2020-09-26 AFC Ajax 2–1 SBV Vitesse W 2020-09-20 AFC Ajax 3–0 RKC Waalwijk W 2020-09-13 Sparta Rotterdam 0–1 AFC Ajax W 2020-03-07 SC Heerenveen 1–3 AFC Ajax W

SC Heerenveen Form

2020-10-18 AFC Ajax 5–1 SC Heerenveen L 2020-10-02 FC Utrecht 1–1 SC Heerenveen D 2020-09-26 SC Heerenveen 1–0 VVV Venlo W 2020-09-19 Fortuna Sittard 1–3 SC Heerenveen W 2020-09-12 SC Heerenveen 2–0 Willem II Tilburg W 2020-03-07 SC Heerenveen 1–3 AFC Ajax L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.83 AFC Ajax xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.26 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
Yes67% 0% No33%
Avg goals/match: 4.09
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
85%
Draw or SC Heerenveen
32%
AFC Ajax or SC Heerenveen
82%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
AFC Ajax52% Draw34% SC Heerenveen14%
Actual: AFC Ajax win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–1 not predicted
5 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
8.3%
3 – 1
7.7%
2 – 0
6.9%
1 – 1
6.7%
3 – 0
6.3%
4 – 1
5.4%
2 – 2
5.1%
3 – 2
4.8%
1 – 0
4.6%
4 – 0
4.4%
1 – 2
3.7%
4 – 2
3.5%

Asian Handicap — AFC Ajax

Handicap AFC Ajax covers Push SC Heerenveen covers
-2.5 30% — 70%
-2 30% 19% 51%
-1.5 49% — 51%
-1 49% 20% 31%
-0.5 69% — 31%
+0.5 86% — 14%
+1 86% 8% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 4% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

AFC Ajax keeps clean sheet
29% ✓
SC Heerenveen keeps clean sheet
7% ✓

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