Ajax vs. Heerenveen - prediction, team news, lineups

Ajax purpose for their archetypal back-to-back Eredivisie wins of the play erstwhile they big Heerenveen astatine the Johan Cruyff Arena successful Saturday's matchday 11 clash.

Johnny Heitinga's squad secured their archetypal distant triumph past play astatine FC Twente and present question to proceed their dominance implicit this weekend's visitors to Amsterdam.

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When Ajax fell down to Twente aft 4 minutes past clip out, Heitinga could person been forgiven for expecting different distant disappointment.

Although De Godenzonen were unbeaten successful 4 erstwhile distant games, those matches had ended successful draws; falling down truthful aboriginal successful Enschede mightiness person led to a intelligence collapse, particularly aft caller events successful their 5-1 Champions League hammering by Chelsea.

However, the Amsterdam giants responded impressively aft the break, scoring 3 times to overturn the shortage successful the eventual 3-2 victory.

Having not claimed consecutive victories successful the Eredivisie each season, this play presents a monolithic accidental for Ajax to unafraid back-to-back league wins for the archetypal clip since April, erstwhile they achieved 3 successful a row: beating PSV Eindhoven (2-0), NAC Breda (3-1) and Willem II (2-1).

That nonsubjective is undeniably achievable against an hostile that the Amsterdam giants person beaten 9 of the past 10 times; however, Heerenveen's free-scoring benignant could marque it an absorbing brushwood successful the superior this weekend.

Robin Veldman's squad person scored 13 goals successful their past 5 top-flight games — lone Feyenoord (16) and Twente (15) person netted much during that period.

As a result, De Superfriezen person secured 3 wins and 2 draws implicit the past 5 rounds, accumulating 11 points retired of 15, placing them 2nd lone to PSV (13) successful the aforesaid timeframe.

However, their inclination to concede goals mightiness jeopardise their chances of occurrence successful Amsterdam, wherever they person not won since January 2009.

Heerenveen person fto successful 18 goals successful the archetypal 10 gameweeks, with 10 conceded during their ongoing unbeaten run, highlighting the all-or-nothing attack adopted by Veldman's men.

A triumph could determination the 11th-placed visitors into the coveted European spots, perchance elevating them to sixth, but beating fourth-placed Ajax volition necessitate ending a 16-year drought successful the Dutch capital.

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Team News

While Ajax seemed to travel done their triumph implicit Twente unscathed, Heitinga remains without Branco van den Boomen (back), Kasper Dolberg (abdominal) and Steven Berghuis (groin).

Following his extremity and assistance past weekend, Mika Godts has present moved level with Wout Weghorst connected 7 contributions, and some players purpose to proceed their good starts to the season.

With 5 extremity involvements each, Oscar Gloukh and Kenneth Taylor person been pivotal to the Jews’ decent commencement this season, highlighting the Amsterdam club’s dispersed of decisive players.

Heerenveen sustained nary caller injuries successful past weekend's 3-3 gully with NAC oregon during the week against VVV Venlo, meaning that Levi Smans (knee) and Pawel Bochniewicz (knee) are the lone expected absentees.

Although Dylan Vente did not people past weekend, the five-goal guardant and Jacob Trenskow, connected 4 goals, stay the distant side’s superior threats successful the last third. 

Ajax imaginable starting lineup:

Pasveer; Gaaei, Itakura, Sutalo, Baas; Taylor, McConnell; Moro, Gloukh, Godts; Weghorst

Heerenveen imaginable starting lineup:

Klaverboer; Braude, Overeem, Willemsen, Zagaritis; Linday, Brouwers; Trenskow, Meerveld, Rivera; Vente

We say: Ajax 3-3 Heerenveen

Since Ajax person failed to support a cleanable expanse successful 10 matches crossed each competitions since their 2-0 triumph implicit Heracles successful August, Heerenveen should judge they tin widen their hosts’ hold for a shutout this weekend. 

Indeed, the Super Frisians’ prolific scoring quality should springiness them assurance astatine the Johan Cruyff Arena, wherever they person not earned a constituent since 2019, and we expect a high-scoring gully connected Saturday.

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