Ajax looks to extend their unbeaten run to 12 games in all competitions when they travel to De Adelaarshorst to face Go Ahead Eagles kickoff at 6:45 pm.
On the other hand, the hosts enter the match, having gone nine matches without winning the Eredivisie. The team is searching for its first league victory of 2022. Thus, it aims to surpass Ajax at the top of the table.
Having slipped to eighth place at the end of November, Go Ahead Eagles have now dropped to 13th following a winless run of three games.
Though Sunday’s hosts find themselves four points above the relegation playoff place, it is the league leader, PSV Eindhoven, who will be coming to town on Sunday.
Go Ahead Eagles squandered a two-goal lead away at Twente last weekend, and this week’s hosts will be keen to forget about that slip-up and return to winning ways against the league champions.
Ajax has started to look unstoppable as they opened up a six-point lead at the summit of the Eredivisie, winning their previous seven league matches by an aggregate score of 21-1. Although, in midweek, Ajax saw their 10-game winning streak come to an end in their first-leg Champions League clash against Benfica.
However, Ajax will turn their focus back to the title race this weekend, when they welcome a team that has not lost on the road all season.
Go Ahead Eagles vs Ajax Head to Head
Both sides have nine matches against each other, with hosts winless while visitors with eight wins. Here is a look at their previous encounters:
Home
- FC Twente 2-2 Eagles
- Eagles 1-4 AZ Alkmaar
- NEC Nijmegen 0-2 Eagles
- FC Groningen 2-1 Eagles
- Heracles 1-1 Eagles
Away
- Benfica 2-2 Ajax
- Willem 0-1 Ajax
- Ajax 5-0 FC Twente
- Ajax 5-0 Vitesse
- Heracles 0-3 Ajax
Go Ahead Eagles Team News
As hosts, the Netherlands are without Nick Hengelmann, Giannis-Fivos Botos and Frank Ross for their first match of Group D against Brazil on Sunday. Bas Kuipers has been suspended for that match due to an accumulation of yellow cards; Boyd Lucassen will take his place at left-back.
Ajax Team News
As for the defending champions, they are expected to be without the services of Brian Brobbey, who missed out due to a knee injury. Davy Klaasen dropped to the bench for Saturday’s home game against Benfica, but the 29-year-old is expected to come back into the starting lineup for Sunday’s away trip.
Prediction and Odds
Ajax is heavy favourites for Sunday’s match, and we think that the league leaders will make easy work of a Go Ahead Eagles team currently struggling.
- Ajax Win
- Goals Over 2.5
- No Score: Home
