📏 Form Guide

Ajax

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Ajax will be hoping to bounce back here following the 4-0 Eredivisie defeat in their last game at the hands of FC Utrecht.

In that game, Ajax managed 69% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. FC Utrecht had 13 shots on goal with 5 on target. Sébastien Haller (29'), Miguel Rodríguez (52', 63') and Paxten Aaronson (85') scored for FC Utrecht.

Three or more goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Ajax have played. Opposition teams scored 12 times in this period while Ajax managed a tally of 10.

Analysis of their past results shows that Ajax:

• are unbeaten in the league by Sparta Rotterdam in their previous 17 matches. A very long unbeaten run against them.
• have not been beaten in their last 28 home league matches. Incredible, really.

Sparta Rotterdam

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Sparta Rotterdam head into the match after a 3-1 Eredivisie win with the eclipse of SC Heerenveen in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Sparta Rotterdam managed 42% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Sparta Rotterdam, goals were scored by Mitchell van Bergen (29'), Tobias Lauritsen (69') and Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson (84'). SC Heerenveen got 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Alireza Jahanbakhsh (94') was the scorer for SC Heerenveen.

Over the course of their previous half-dozen outings, Sparta Rotterdam have bagged a total of 14 goals. Sparta Rotterdam have also scored in every single one of those games. In that time, their defenders have seen 3 goals go into their own net. We will find out if that trend can be sustained here.

Going into this one, Sparta Rotterdam are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings going back to 09/04/2022 shows that these encounters have not been happy ones for Sparta Rotterdam. They have not been able to come away with any victories whatsoever whereas Ajax have remained in the ascendancy, beating them in 83% of those ties.

17 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 13 from de Godenzonen and 4 belonging to Kasteelheren. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The previous league contest between these clubs was Eredivisie match day 17 on 22/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Sparta Rotterdam 0-2 Ajax.

That day, Sparta Rotterdam had 38% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

On the other side, Ajax got 7 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Kenneth Taylor (77') and Bertrand Traoré (87') scored.

The referee was Allard Lindhout.

🗞️ Team News: Ajax

Branco van den Boomen (unknown injury), Youri Baas (Groin injury) and Amourricho Van Axel-Dongen (Ankle injury) won’t be able to feature for Ajax manager Francesco Farioli.

We are thinking that de Godenzonen could use the 4-3-3 formation, handing starts to Matheus, Anton Gaaei, Josip Sutalo, Daniele Rugani, Jorrel Hato, Steven Berghuis, Davy Klaassen, Kenneth Taylor, Bertrand Traore, Brian Brobbey and Oliver Edvardsen.

📰 Team News: Sparta Rotterdam

We reckon that Kasteelheren seem likely to make use of a 4-3-3 formation using Nick Olij, Said Bakari, Marvin Young, Mike Eerdhuijzen, Patrick van Aanholt, Kristian Hlynsson, Gjivai Zechiel, Joshua Kitolano, Mitchell van Bergen, Tobias Lauritsen and Shunsuke Mito.

🧠 Prediction

Our assessment is that Sparta Rotterdam have enough to find the back of the net against this Ajax lineup, but it probably won’t quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re going for both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Ajax at the end of the match. There looks to be little in this one.

Peter Guest, 12:05 27/04/2025