Ajax – Excelsior (LIVE STREAM)

Ajax and Excelsior play at the Amsterdam ArenA, in a duel of the 11th round of the Eredivisie. The history of direct confrontation played at this stage favors the home team, which in the last 3 matches won 3. Indeed, the final showdown at this stage, to the Eredivisie on 21/02/2016, Ajax won (3-0) . The goals were scored by Ajax A. Milik (41 ‘and 55’) and D. Klaassen (85 ‘). It required special attention to the home condition / off, as both teams have significantly different results in their home and away games.
Ajax Analysis
The home team is currently in 2nd place with 23 points won after 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In the penultimate match, won out for ADO Den Haag by (0-2). In the last match, drawn out to Feyenoord by (1-1). This is a team that strangely has more positive results out of it at home, since in the last 30 matches recorded 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat as a visitor, with 33 goals scored and 16 conceded, against 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 home defeats, with 36 goals scored and 17 conceded. The team arrives at the meeting after an away win with Kozakken by Boys (1-6). Championship, Ajax won 10 points from 15 possible, after 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in recent 5 games played in their stadium.

In this competition, it has lost none of the last 7 games played. Their attack has scored regularly since scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 games in this competition. This is a team that often mark first, opened the scoring in eight of his last 10 games for the Eredivisie, these 8 reached the interval lead in 3 and managed to keep the advantage until the end of 90 ‘in 1 5. There are periods Featured in the last 10 matches played at home in all competitions: suffered 4 of their 9 goals between the minutes (16’-30 ‘).

After an early unreliable season, Ajax is replaced it on the right track and arrives parry this challenge carrying with it 11 games without losing counting all competitions. The Amsterdammers leveled by 2-2 playing away against Spanish Celta Vigo in a fiercely competitive game of the Europa League group stage last week. Soon following leveled again playing out, but this time the Dutch League in a game that was worth the battle for the title race against Feyenoord, this time by 1-1 and the team scoring took the lead on the scoreboard with Kasper Dolberg.

Feyenoord managed to tie the end with Dirk Kuyt keeping Feye in the lead, but without keeping the incredible 100% up to then.

With the latter tie the team remains in second position in the Eredivisie with 23 points after 10 rounds, still 5 points of leaders Feyenoord. The Amsterdammers are in good form at the moment, as well as its player Davy Klaassen already helped his team with 6 goals and 3 assists in 10 league matches in which it participated. This week Ajax played even by the Dutch Cup, goleando the Kozakken Boys by 1-6 playing away.

Acting at home the team has five wins in a row counting all competitions, only conceding three goals in this sequence of games. In addition, Ajax is second to the Excelsior working at home for seven games, winning six and drawing one of these games.

For this team confrontation can not rely on Nemanja Gudelj and Tim Krul, who still remain doubt whether they play or not.
Excelsior Analysis
After 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses, the visiting team is in 11th place, having won 10 points. In the last match, she lost to Zwolle at home for (0-2), after the previous match having lost at home in a game against the wheel by (0-1). This is a team that curiously has been stronger outside than at home, for the last 30 games recorded 6 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats as a visitor; against 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats in their stadium. The team arrives in this match after an away defeat to Feyenoord by (4-0). In the league, the Excelsior won 4 points from 12 possible after 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats in the last four games he played as a guest.

For this competition, recorded a sequence of four defeats in recent matches. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 games, so it has not shown great defensive strength, but their attack has scored regularly since it has achieved in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 10 games in this competition, we could never get back on the scoreboard in the 5 games he suffered the first goal.

The team race to the bottom of the table remains firm, as they lost at home 0-2 to the last placed Zwolle in the last round. The team even did well in the first half, but the visitors scored first with Queensy Menig early in the second half. Excelsior suffered trying to at least tie the game and seen the opponent enlarge the last minute with a goal Django Warmerdam. This was the fourth straight defeat of the team in the Eredivisie, and worse, they only managed to score a goal in these games.

Keep the ball out of his goal also it has not been easy for the Excelsior, as they keep the worst average of the League, giving their opponents 18 goals in 10 games. Working outside the home they currently are without a win in three games, including defeat in the last trip to the Go Ahead Eagles 3-0. In his last seven visits to the Amsterdam Arena the team did not win any and only scored 5 goals.

Jurgen Mattheij and Kevin Vermeulen are the players of Excelsior that marked goals to date, accumulating 2 goals each, while Luigi Bruins helped the team with a goal and three assists in the season. For this game the very Luigi Bruins, Terell Ondaan and Alessandro Damen has its holdings unconfirmed yet, but Soares Bordignon Arghus follows out injured.