📏 Form Guide

Willem II

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Willem II will be hoping for a better result after a 3-1 Eredivisie losing effort in their last game against SC Heerenveen.

In that game, Willem II had 51% possession and 13 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Willem II was Jesse Bosch (75'). On the other side, SC Heerenveen got 22 attempts at goal with 9 on target. Ion Nicolăescu (11'), Sam Kersten (32') and Ilias Sebaoui (66') scored for SC Heerenveen.

Willem II have not been in good attacking form in recent times. Their goals record stands at just 4 vs opponents during their last 6 matches. In those games, Willem II have also seen the number of goals against them come to 16.

A look at their previous results shows us that Willem II:

• have not emerged victorious against Ajax in their previous 5 league games.
• have not won at home in their last 5 league matches. That's never good.

Ajax

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Ajax will go into the game after a 3-1 Eredivisie win against NAC Breda in their most recent match.

In that game, Ajax managed 63% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. For Ajax, goals were scored by Kenneth Taylor (32'), Steven Berghuis (35') and Jorthy Mokio (76'). NAC Breda got 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Leo Sauer (9') was the scorer for NAC Breda.

In their last 6 outings, Ajax have helped themselves to a total of 10 goals. Ajax have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. In that time, they’ve had 9 goals scored by their opponents. That pattern won’t necessarily follow through into this game, of course.

Leading up to this clash, Ajax:

• have not lost to Willem II in away games against them for the last 10 league matches. Travelling fans must really look forward to this fixture.
• are unbeaten in their previous 6 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 06/12/2019 shows us that Willem II have won 1 of these games and Ajax 4, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A combined sum of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 4 for Tricolores and 11 belonging to de Godenzonen. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The last league clash between these sides was Eredivisie match day 10 on 27/10/2024 when it ended Ajax 1-0 Willem II.

On that day, Ajax managed 60% possession and 11 shots on goal with 7 on target. The scorer was Davy Klaassen (6').

On the other side, Willem II had 3 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was Bas Nijhuis.

ℹ️ Team News: Willem II

It seems likely that Tricolores look set to employ a 5-3-2 formation featuring Thomas Didillon, Tommy St. Jago, Erik Schouten, Miodrag Pivas, Nick Doodeman, R. T. Sigurgeirsson, Jesse Bosch, Amine Lachkar, Patrick Joosten, Jeremy Bokila and Ringo Meerveld.

📰 Team News: Ajax

Ajax manager Francesco Farioli has some current player fitness concerns. Remko Pasveer (Groin injury), Youri Regeer (Ankle injury), Youri Baas (Groin injury), Christian Rasmussen (Hamstring injury) and Amourricho Van Axel-Dongen (Ankle injury) miss out here.

We’re of the thinking that de Godenzonen might begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup using Matheus, Lucas Rosa, Josip Sutalo, Daniele Rugani, Jorrel Hato, Kenneth Taylor, Jordan Henderson, Davy Klaassen, Steven Berghuis, Brian Brobbey and Mika Godts.

⚡ Prediction

We envisage that Willem II will likely be able to put one past this Ajax team, although just one goal might not be as many as they will have scored against them.

We are therefore anticipating a close game with a 1-2 winning margin for Ajax at the end of the match. Could easily go either way, this.

Andre Moura, 14:02 13/04/2025