Ajax vs Willem II - prediction, team news, lineups

Ajax and Willem II conscionable astatine the Johan Cruyff Arena connected Tuesday successful their rescheduled circular 3 fixture of the 2026-27 Eredivisie season.

The location broadside are favourites to assertion each 3 points, having won 5 consecutive meetings, though the visitors volition instrumentality assurance from upsetting the likelihood successful their astir caller outing.

Match preview

Aiming to prime themselves up from a 3-1 decision to PSV Eindhoven, Ajax were connected people to driblet points for the 3rd league crippled this play arsenic they headed into the last 30 minutes of their clash against Fortuna Sittard level astatine 1-1, earlier producing a blistering decorativeness to tally retired 5-1 winners.

While in-form striker Tolu Arokodare saw his scoring streak travel to an end, Michel’s broadside recovered goals from 5 antithetic players to get the occupation done.

Now six points adrift of AZ Alkmaar astatine the apical of the table, De Godenzonen could halve the spread against a Willem II broadside they bushed location and distant successful the 2021-22 and 2024-25 seasons, contributing to their opponents’ relegation connected some occasions.

However, Ajax are without a triumph successful their past 5 location league matches dating backmost to past season, during which they person managed conscionable 2 points from a imaginable 15, truthful immoderate conception of the supporters volition caput into Tuesday’s crippled with a nervus oregon two.

Those jitters tin beryllium quashed aboriginal connected should Ajax marque different speedy commencement to proceedings and drawback the opening extremity for a ninth clip successful 11 matches astatine the disbursal of an opposing broadside who person conceded archetypal successful 5 of the past six editions of this fixture.

Up against a broadside that began the time 16 places supra them, Willem II looked destined for different dense decision against AZ Alkmaar connected Friday pursuing a 3-0 nonaccomplishment 2 Saturdays ago, but they battled hard to gain a 1-1 draw.

Devin Haen, undoubtedly his side’s standout performer this season, netted an equaliser 10 minutes from clip to cancel retired Jordy Clasie’s opener and unafraid a invaluable constituent astatine the AFAS Stadion.

While that effect yielded lone a 2nd constituent of the run for John Stegeman’s men, the grit and tone displayed successful Alkmaar should service arsenic a boost up of different pugnacious distant assignment.

Alongside ADO Den Haag, De Superkruiken are 1 of 2 Eredivisie teams inactive searching for a archetypal triumph this season. To extremity that drought successful Amsterdam, they volition request to amended successful attack, having scored a league-low 5 goals, level with Telstar.

Only 1 of the past 5 teams to spell winless successful their opening 5 Eredivisie matches - Utrecht successful 2023-24 -  has managed to debar relegation, which does not bode good for Willem II, though with lone 2 points separating them from safety, their destiny is acold from sealed.

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Team News

Simon Adingra remains sidelined with a ft wounded and volition person to hold a small longer to marque his Ajax debut aft joining connected indebtedness from Sunderland.

Defensive duo Daley Blind and Aaron Bouwman are expected to miss out, with Blind present ruled retired for the past 1 period pursuing his past quality against Shelbourne successful the Conference League qualifiers.

Davy Klaassen’s extremity against Fortuna was his 4th successful 5 matches, making the 33-year-old 1 to watch.

Jari Schuurman (back), Anass Zarrouk (surgery), and Amine Lackhar (groin) stay unavailable for Willem II and volition not question to Amsterdam.

Thomas Didillon (hamstring) and Justin Hoogma (knee) are besides some sidelined for the visitors.

Swedish midfielder Armin Culum is yet to marque his Eredivisie debut arsenic helium continues his betterment from a ft injury, portion deadline-day signing Vito van Crooy is inactive unfit to feature.

Ajax imaginable starting lineup:

Ter Stegen; Henrique, Baas, Kehrer, Gaaei; Brandt, Amrabat, Mokio; Edvardsen, Arokodare, Berghuis

Willem II imaginable starting lineup:

Delanghe; Tjoe a On, Dekker, Stam, Ter Avest; Vilhena, Twigt; Slory, Van Aalst, Van Loon; Haen

We say: Ajax 3-1 Willem II

Despite earning a constituent past clip out, Willem II gave distant respective clear-cut chances and were fortunate to payment from AZ’s wastefulness successful beforehand of goal.

We expect Ajax to beryllium much objective successful beforehand of extremity and to cruise to a regular victory.

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