NEC Nijmegen vs Ajax Match Analysis and Prediction

NEC vs Ajax Match Analysis & Prediction

NEC

01/12/2024 6:45 pm

Ajax

by Vincent

3 days ago 0 12

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Ajax will be looking to extend their impressive unbeaten record in the Eredivisie when they travel to Goffertstadion to face NEC Nijmegen on Sunday.

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The hosts are on 19 points after 13 matches and ninth in the league standings, while the visitors are firmly in the Champions League qualification battle, currently in third place with 29 points.

Last weekend, NEC put up an impressive performance against high-flying Utrecht at home and looked as though they had secured a share of the points when Sontje Hansen cancelled out Yoanne Cathline’s early strike, but Victor Jensen got the visitors the winnin goal halfway through the second half.

Still, there were plenty of positives for Rogier Meijer to take from his side’s performance in that game, as they dominated almost every statistical category, most notably, maintaining 63% of the possession and resgistering almost double the attempts at goal as their opponents.

Meanwhile, at this same stage last season, Ajax had only managed 15 points and suffered five defeats, which saw them languishing in the bottom half of the table, but this campaign has been a lot different.

Ajax have won nine of their 12 matches to date and could end this weekend inside the top two, with Utretch – who are two points ahead of them – set to face PSV earlier in the day.

Francesco Farioli’s side beat PEC Zwolle 2-0 last weekend, extending their current unbeaten run in the top flight to 10 games, nine of which ended in victory, with a 2-2 draw against Twente being the only smugde on their record during that period.

NEC vs. Ajax Head to head

In the previous 51 meetings between these two teams, NEC have claimed three victories while Ajax have won 37, and they have drawn in 11.

23/04/2022

NEC

0

Ajax

1

Eredivisie
08/01/2023

NEC

1

Ajax

1

Eredivisie
05/03/2023

Ajax

1

NEC

0

Eredivisie
03/12/2023

NEC

1

Ajax

2

Eredivisie
18/02/2024

Ajax

2

NEC

2

Eredivisie

NEC Team News

After missing eight matches with a shoulder injury, Dirk Proper returned to the squad and got the final 30 minutes against Utrecht last weekend. He will be hoping to make the starting lineup here.

NEC's Last 5 Matches

25/10/2024

Almere City

1

NEC

0

Eredivisie
29/10/2024

NEC

E 4

PEC Zwolle

3

KNVB Beker
03/11/2024

NEC

6

Groningen

0

Eredivisie
09/11/2024

RKC Waalwijk

0

NEC

3

Eredivisie
24/11/2024

NEC

1

Utrecht

2

Eredivisie

Ajax Team News

Wout Weghorst was forced to sit out the trip to Spain in midweek due to an illness, but reports in the build-up to this match suggest that the striker has recovered and will be part of the squad.