On the 9th of November, Ajax plays host to Vitesse in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which is great football weather. Ajax is fresh off their 3-1 win against Rangers. Steven Berghuis struck first for Ajax in the 4th minute on a feed from Kudus Mohammed, then Kudus Mohammed added another in the 29th minute. Ajax is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while vitesse is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Sparta Rotterdam. Tobias Lauritsen scored the first goal for Sparta Rotterdam in the 69th minute, then Mijnans added another in the 72nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vitesse couldn’t manage to score, and Sparta Rotterdam took the shutout win. Vitesse is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Feb 9th, Ajax hosted Vitesse at the Johan Cruijff Arena in their last match together. Ajax was victorious by a score of 5 to 0. Lucas Fasson dos Santos struck first for Ajax in the 17th minute, then Sébastien Haller added another in the 30th minute on a feed from Davy Klaassen In the end, Vitesse couldn’t muster any offence and Ajax ran away with the shutout win.
Both Kacper Kozłowski and Bartosz Bialek have been the hottest scorers for Vitesse in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Ajax has been fortunate! In the last 5 matches, both Brian Brobbey and Steven Berghuis are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 4 goals for Ajax and look to continue their dominance.
Ahmetcan Kaplan is unavailable to play for Ajax, while Mitchell Dijks, Bartosz Bialek and Kjell Scherpen are unavailable to play for Phillip Cocu’s team.