Ajax – Graafschap Prediction & Picks (16.12.2018)

Graafschap-Ajax

Ajax – Graafschap SOCCER PICKS

Ajax and De Graafschap face in Amsterdam ArenA, in a match for the 16th round of the Eredivisie. The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years is favorable to the home team, which in the last 3 matches won 2 and tied 1. The last direct match between these two teams, on 08-05-2016, ended with a draw by (1-1).

Ajax:

After 13 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, the home team is currently in the 2nd position, with 40 points won. In the last match, they have won in an away match against PEC Zwolle by (1-4), after in the previous match they have won (5-1) at home, against ADO Den Haag. The team comes to this match after a home tie against Bayern München by (3-3). For the championship, Ajax won 19 points out of 21 possible, after 6 wins and 1 draw in the last 7 home matches.

In this competition, they have won the last 6 home matches and have not lost any of the last 7 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 2-0 (3 out of 7 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 55 of the last 61 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals. The team usually has no problem opening the scoring: it marked the first goal in 13 of the last 15 games for the Eredivisie, of these 13 came to the break in advantage in 11 and always managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 14 home matches for all competitions: they have suffered 3 of their 6 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘).

Seeing Ajax at the top of the table is not a surprise, as it is one of the biggest teams in the country, but the second position is not his goal and he is running behind the championship leadership. In this round Ajax has all the conditions to win, even more to be facing a weaker team, so if you show your best football you know you can add all three points without major difficulties. On the other hand, you can not enter the field thinking that you have won, on the contrary, you must respect your opponent and play very well to get a score in your favor. In this match Lasse Schöne, Hakim Ziyech, Hassane Bandé and Joël Veltman will be absent, because they are in the medical department.

Graafschap:

The away team is currently in the 18 th position, with 11 points won, after 3 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against PEC Zwolle, by (0-2). In the last match, they tied in an away match against ADO Den Haag, by (0-0). In the last 7 away league matches De Graafschap has a record of 2 draws and 5 losses, so they have won 2 points out of 21 possible.

For this competition, they have not won any of the last 7 away matches. In their away league matches there are a few frequent results at half-time: 0-0 (3 out of 8 matches) and 1-0 (3 out of 8 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it was not very strong defensively. This is a team that marks few times is first and only managed to open the scoring in 3 of its last 15 games for the Eredivisie, of these 3 came to rest in advantage in 2 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in all. In 15 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 11 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 9 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 8 of their 19 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘).

A little and little the championship is happening and the De Graafschap is in a very bad position, being that to be more accurate is in the drop zone, so you will need to find an exit as quickly as possible to leave this situation. It is evident that in the field he will need to show a more solid football, with maturity and quality, that in all the sectors of the field, because this way the tendency to obtain negative markers diminishes. Therefore, wait in this round to show an improvement, because you need to score points and now it does not matter who your opponent is or where you are playing. In this match Jurre Vreman and Liban Abdulahi will be absent, because they are in the medical department.


Prediction Related Bets:

Ajax win1.035-08.00BTS / NO1.48

© Andrey