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FC Utrecht

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FC Utrecht will be looking for a repeat result of the 3-1 Eredivisie victory against FC Groningen.

In that match, FC Utrecht managed 39% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For FC Utrecht, the goalscorers were Souffian El Karouani (8'), Yoann Cathline (17') and Sébastien Haller (42'). FC Groningen had 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. Stije Resink (32') scored for FC Groningen.

Ron Jans's FC Utrecht have managed to score a sum total of 11 times in their past 6 outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures amounts to 6.

Looking at the pre-match facts, FC Utrecht:

• have not beaten Ajax in their last 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.

Ajax

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Ajax go into this meeting following on from a 1-2 Eredivisie win versus Willem II in their last outing.

In that match, Ajax had 68% possession and 29 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For Ajax, the goalscorers were Oliver Edvardsen (74') and Wout Weghorst (78'). Willem II got 5 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Emilio Kehrer (41') was the scorer for Willem II.

In their last six outings, Ajax have bagged a tally of 11 goals. Ajax have also scored on each one of those occasions. In that time, they’ve seen 8 goals go against them. It will be interesting to find out if that trend can be continued on here.

Going into this one, Ajax are unbeaten in their previous 7 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 16/01/2022 tells us that FC Utrecht have won 1 of them and Ajax 4, with the number of drawn games being 1.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 22 overall at an average of 3.67 goals per meeting.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was Eredivisie match day 5 on 04/12/2024 when it ended Ajax 2-2 FC Utrecht.

In that match, Ajax had 61% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 1 on target. The goals were scored by Anton Gaaei (25') and Remko Pasveer (80' Own goal).

At the other end, FC Utrecht got 17 shots on goal with 5 on target. David Min (16') and Jens Toornstra (29' Own goal) scored.

The referee was Serdar Gözübüyük.

📰 Team News: FC Utrecht

Can Bozdogan (Ankle surgery), Niklas Vesterlund (Ankle injury) and Zidane Iqbal (Knee injury) are not available for FC Utrecht boss Ron Jans.

It’s our opinion that Utreg may well opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game featuring Vasilios Barkas, Siebe Horemans, Mike van der Hoorn, Nick Viergever, Souffian El Karouani, Oscar Fraulo, Alonzo Engwanda, Miguel Rodriguez, Paxten Aaronson, Yoann Cathline and Sebastien Haller.

📋 Team News: Ajax

Ajax manager Francesco Farioli has some current player fitness concerns. Remko Pasveer (Groin injury), Branco van den Boomen (unknown injury), Youri Baas (Groin injury) and Amourricho Van Axel-Dongen (Ankle injury) miss out here.

From our viewpoint, de Godenzonen seem most likely to play in a 4-3-3 lineup by sending out Matheus, Anton Gaaei, Josip Sutalo, Ahmetcan Kaplan, Jorrel Hato, Davy Klaassen, Jordan Henderson, Kenneth Taylor, Steven Berghuis, Brian Brobbey and Mika Godts.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that FC Utrecht should get enough chances to breach the defence of this Ajax lineup, but a single goal probably won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re therefore expecting a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 advantage for Ajax by the conclusion of the game. Hopefully this is a good one.

Lucas Pereira, 10:16 20/04/2025