FC Utrecht vs Ajax Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 20)

📏 Form Guide

FC Utrecht

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FC Utrecht will be looking for another win after a 3-1 Eredivisie triumph versus FC Groningen.

In that match, FC Utrecht managed 39% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For FC Utrecht, the goalscorers were Souffian El Karouani (8'), Yoann Cathline (17') and Sébastien Haller (42'). On the other side, FC Groningen got 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Stije Resink (32') was the scorer 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 head into the game after a 1-2 Eredivisie win as they beat Willem II in their most recent game.

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

A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 16/01/2022 shows that FC Utrecht have won 1 of these and Ajax 4, with the number of drawn games being 1.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 22 in total at an average of 3.67 goals per meeting.

The last league match between these clubs was Eredivisie match day 5 on 04/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Ajax 2-2 FC Utrecht.

In that game, Ajax had 61% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. The goalscorers were Anton Gaaei (25') and Remko Pasveer (80' Own goal).

On the other side, FC Utrecht had 17 shots at goal with 5 on target. David Min (16') and Jens Toornstra (29' Own goal) scored.

The match was refereed by Serdar Gözübüyük.

🗞️ Team News: FC Utrecht

Can Bozdogan (Ankle surgery), Niklas Vesterlund (Ankle injury) and Zidane Iqbal (Knee injury) will not be taking part for FC Utrecht gaffer Ron Jans.

ℹ️ Team News: Ajax

Ajax boss Francesco Farioli has not got a full squad to pick from. Remko Pasveer (Groin injury), Branco van den Boomen (unknown injury), Youri Baas (Groin injury) and Amourricho Van Axel-Dongen (Ankle injury) will miss out on this game.

🧠 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.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Regarding the current betting odds in the 90 min. result market, staking on FC Utrecht is available for 3.5, going for the draw is 3.6 & taking a punt on a victory for Ajax comes in at 2.05. They are the best prices on offer at present.

Lucas Pereira, 00:03 19/04/2025