Ajax will host uTrecht in the match of the 8th round of the Dutch Championship. Another big home win?
Ajax
The Amsterdam club continues to brag, and does it both on the domestic arena and on the European one. In the Champions League, Ajax held two matches, in the first of which they defeated Sporting Lisbon with a score of 5-1, and in the second they defeated Besiktas (2-0). As for internal affairs, they are also in order. AJAX takes the first place in the championship, having six wins with one draw. The ratio of goals scored and conceded is also impressive - 30:1.
"Utrecht"
Against the background of such Ajax, it is difficult to say anything about the chances of rivals, but uTrecht may well resist and at least not lose big. On the eve of the eighth round "Utrecht has 14 points and occupies the fifth place. In the last three matches, uTrecht went undefeated, scoring seven points. Before the start of the positive series, there was a 0-1 defeat against Twente, which is the only one to date.
Injuries and disqualifications:
- Disqualifications:
- Onana (disqualification) - Ajax.
- Injuries:
- Akmum, Mamengi (knee injury), Gustafson (injury) - Utrecht.
- Under question:
- Kleiber (knee injury), Stekelenburg (injury) - Ajax. St. Jago (knee injury) - Utrecht.
Statistics and figures:
- Ajax goes undefeated: 6 wins and a draw;
- uTrecht lost in one game out of seven;
- Ajax lost to Utrecht in one of the last eight matches.
Forecast
Ajax is a clear favorite, but uTrecht is performing well now and may well score, even though Ajax had conceded only one goal before.