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

Eredivisie · 2019-20
SC Heerenveen
1 – 3
Full Time
AFC Ajax
Sat 7 Mar 2020 · 19:45 UTC Abe Lenstra Stadion HT 45' · FT 45+7'
Y 12' Jurrien Timber
Rodney Kongolo 89' Y

Overview

Match Preview

SC Heerenveen vs AFC Ajax — Eredivisie at Abe Lenstra Stadion.

Match Details

  • Referee Jeroen Manschot
  • Referee Jochem Kamphuis
  • Referee Edwin van de Graaf
  • Referee Erik Kleinjan
  • Referee Richard Brondijk
4 games this season 🟨 4.0/game ⚽ 24.5 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

1
4
12
SC Heerenveen 17 games · Avg 3.9 goals AFC Ajax
Last 5 meetings
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

SC Heerenveen
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Mar AFC Ajax H 1–3 L
29 Feb FC Twente '65 A 3–2 W
22 Feb ADO Den Haag H 2–2 D
16 Feb SBV Vitesse A 2–4 L
08 Feb VVV Venlo H 1–1 D
02 Feb Fortuna Sittard A 1–2 L
AFC Ajax
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Mar SC Heerenveen A 3–1 W
01 Mar AZ H 0–2 L
27 Feb Getafe CF H 2–1 W
23 Feb Heracles Almelo A 0–1 L
16 Feb RKC Waalwijk H 3–0 W
02 Feb PSV H 1–0 W

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

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

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
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

Top Scorers (This Season)

SC Heerenveen
Jacob Trenskow 3 G 1 A
Maxence Rivera 2 G 1 A
Luca Oyen 1 G
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

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — SC Heerenveen and AFC Ajax get this one started.
  • 5' AFC Ajax come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 10' AFC Ajax have won 824 goals from 483 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 12' Jurrien Timber is having his name booked by the referee on 12.
  • 17' AFC Ajax fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 22' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His SC Heerenveen side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 27' AFC Ajax is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 32' SC Heerenveen is showing some good football. However, SC Heerenveen are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 37' 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 Hicham Faik suffering a number of foals already.
  • 42' 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.
  • 47' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 52' Supporters expect more eagerness from Dusan Tadic, as he is very good at scoring at Abe Lenstra Stadion with 3 goals in the last 2 games.
  • 57' The Serbia Dusan Tadic breaks the deadlock on 57 minutes. 0-1!
  • 60' Against the run of play, Dusan Tadic has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 63' Against the run of play, Quincy Promes has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 67' GOAL! Mitchell van Bergen fires home to make it 1-3!
  • 68' AFC Ajax manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ryan Gravenberch is hanging Hakim Ziyech on the field on 68 minute.
  • 72' Alen Halilovic makes way for Jens Odgaard at the 72 minute mark. A tactical switch from SC Heerenveen.
  • 77' Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, a Netherlands , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 82' AFC Ajax ring the changes. Jurrien Timber has done his job and it is now time for Edson Alvarez to step up.
  • 85' AFC Ajax manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is hanging Lassina Franck Traore on the field on 85 minute.
  • 89' Rodney Kongolo has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 89.
  • It finishes all square. SC Heerenveen and AFC Ajax share the spoils 1-3.

Lineups

SC Heerenveen Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

AFC Ajax Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Erik ten Hag

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

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

SC Heerenveen Form

2020-03-07 SC Heerenveen 1–3 AFC Ajax L 2020-02-29 FC Twente '65 2–3 SC Heerenveen W 2020-02-22 SC Heerenveen 2–2 ADO Den Haag D 2020-02-16 SBV Vitesse 4–2 SC Heerenveen L 2020-02-08 SC Heerenveen 1–1 VVV Venlo D 2020-02-02 Fortuna Sittard 2–1 SC Heerenveen L

AFC Ajax Form

2020-03-07 SC Heerenveen 1–3 AFC Ajax W 2020-03-01 AFC Ajax 0–2 AZ L 2020-02-27 AFC Ajax 2–1 Getafe CF W 2020-02-23 Heracles Almelo 1–0 AFC Ajax L 2020-02-16 AFC Ajax 3–0 RKC Waalwijk W 2020-02-02 AFC Ajax 1–0 PSV W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.28 SC Heerenveen xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.37 AFC Ajax xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct
SC Heerenveen23% Draw23% AFC Ajax54%
Actual: AFC Ajax win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes65% 0% No35%
Avg goals/match: 3.65
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 88%
12%
± 2.5 69%
31%
± 3.5 49%
51%
± 4.5 30%
70%

Double Chance

SC Heerenveen or Draw
46%
Draw or AFC Ajax
77%
SC Heerenveen or AFC Ajax
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
SC Heerenveen17% Draw38% AFC Ajax45%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 2
9.1%
1 – 1
8.7%
0 – 2
7.3%
1 – 3
Actual
0 – 1
5.8%
2 – 2
5.7%
0 – 3
5.6%
2 – 1
4.9%
2 – 3
4.5%
1 – 4
4.2%
0 – 0
3.9%
0 – 4
3.3%

Asian Handicap — SC Heerenveen

Handicap SC Heerenveen covers Push AFC Ajax covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 5% 92%
-1.5 8% — 92%
-1 8% 11% 81%
-0.5 19% — 81%
+0.5 40% — 60%
+1 40% 21% 39%
+1.5 61% — 39%
+2 61% 18% 21%
+2.5 79% — 21%

Clean Sheet

SC Heerenveen keeps clean sheet
10% ✓
AFC Ajax keeps clean sheet
28% ✓

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