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Ajax vs Almere City: Dutch Championship Match Prediction
Ajax and Almere City will play in the 16th round of the Dutch championship. The hosts are third in the standings, but have lost ground in recent matches. The visitors are in the penultimate line and are trying to get out of the relegation zone. Which of the opponents will be able to perform better on December 15? The answer is in our forecast for this match.
Command Analysis
Ajax
NetherlandsCurrent form
Ajax failed to fight for the championship in the previous two seasons. It seems that the hosts will not be able to win the title this time either. After 15 matches, the hosts occupy only the third line in the standings and are nine points behind the leading PSV. The last matches were unsuccessful for the Amsterdam club - they failed to achieve success either in the national championship or in the European arena. In the last two rounds of the Europa League, Francesco Farioli team lost to Real Sociedad (0:2) and Lazio (1:3). In the Eredivisie, they managed to take only one point in the confrontations with Utrecht (2:2) and AZ Alkmaar (1:2).
Disqualifications and injuries
The hosts still have Gaston Avila in the infirmary, while the appearance of Julian Reichoff, Benjamin Tahirovic and Dongen van Axel is in doubt.
Interesting trends for betting
- The hosts have won only one of their last five matches.
- The club failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last five matches
Probable line-up: Pasver – Rench, Shutalo, Baas, Hato – Fitz Jim, Henderson, Klaassen – Traore, Verghorst, Godts.
Almere City FC
NetherlandsCurrent form
Almere City managed to avoid relegation last season, but this time it will be much more difficult. The team is in the penultimate line in the league table and is already five points behind the play-off zone. The gap to the safe zone is already eight points. It is difficult to count on a breakthrough in the game, since the team is by far the least productive in the championship - only seven goals scored in 15 matches. In the last rounds, the visitors lost to Go Ahead Eagles (0:3), Breda (0:1) and Utrecht (1:3).
Disqualifications and injuries
The only question mark is whether Baptiste Guillaume will appear on the field.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team suffered six defeats in a row
- Over the last three rounds, the visitors have scored only one goal
Tentative line-up: Bakker - Zagaritis, Akuyobi, Jacobs, Floranius - Resink, Balboa, van de Kamp - Hanssen, Mattoire, Robinet
Trends
Bet Exact score 3:0
The last face-to-face match ended with this score
7.00Bet At least one team will not score
This bet has played in five of the last seven away matches
1.65Tip and bets
Ajax have not been very successful lately, but this is nothing compared to the crisis that Almere City has found itself in. The team has been extremely weak throughout the season and is hardly capable of providing real resistance to anyone. We believe that even if they are not in the best shape, Ajax will easily crush the outsider.
Our prediction is Asian handicap (-2.5) on Ajax for 2.12
Bet on total
The visitors score very little and are unlikely to score a goal of prestige in the confrontation with Ajax. The hosts recently played a Europa League match, so the players are unlikely to have enough energy to remain on the attack for the entire 90 minutes. Most likely, we will not see more than three goals in this confrontation.
Our prediction is total under 3.5 goals at 1.83
Bet on corners
In this match we don’t expect an open game and we’ll bet on the fact that our opponents won’t be able to make many passes from the corner flag.
Our prediction is total under 10.5 corners for 1.70
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