In this week 19 match on Jan 29th, Excelsior and Ajax will play a match in Rotterdam in a clash of these two mismatched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 13th placed Excelsior, recorded a 0-1 loss against FC Utrecht. Douvikas struck first for FC Utrecht in the 6th minute on a feed from Can Bozdogan, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Excelsior couldn’t manage to score, and FC Utrecht took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while 5th placed Ajax is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Feyenoord. Igor Paixão scored the first goal for Feyenoord in the 34th minute, then Davy Klaassen tied it up for Ajax in the 71st minute on a feed from Steven Bergwijn earning them at least the one point. Ajax is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
Excelsior and Ajax last played eachother at the Johan Cruijff Arena on the 16th of October. Ajax won by a score of 7 to 1. Jorge Sánchez struck first for Ajax in the 15th minute, then Steven Berghuis added another in the 26th minute on a feed from Calvin Bassey.
Ajax’s most prolific scorer has been Taylor. The Dutch midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Excelsior hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Redouan El Yaakoubi and Reda Kharchouch, and they each have 1 goal
Marinus Dijkhuizen’s Excelsior squad will be without Jacky Donkor and Kik Pierie, while Ajax will be without Florian Grillitsch and Ahmetcan Kaplan.