Your Web 3 Guru and Moonbet presenting todays match: Ajax Amsterdam against PSV Eindhoven
To gauge what to anticipate from Ajax Amsterdam this weekend, one need only glance at the goal difference. They’ve scored more than all clubs except the top-two PSV and Feyenoord, but at the start of this round, only six clubs had conceded more goals this league season. Their previous encounter with PSV Eindhoven, resulting in a 5-2 defeat, encapsulates the season they are undergoing. The club has secured victories in seven of their last eight league games (D1) and is gradually approaching the top four. However, there is still much work to be done after failing to secure a clean sheet for ten consecutive competitive matches.
The hope and intention are that winter signing Jordan Henderson will bring stability and assurance to the squad during a season of unprecedented instability for the Dutch giants. The England international’s baptism of fire will take place this weekend in his starting debut for Ajax. There is also optimism in the capital that their strong scoring form, exemplified by an ongoing streak of scoring 2+ goals in 13 consecutive league games, can help them earn points against the runaway leader.
However, achieving a positive result against PSV will be an enormous challenge, as they have now been unbeaten for a 35-game stretch in the Eredivisie while scoring on every single occasion. On the flip side, PSV has managed to win just one of their last seven league games away to Ajax, failing to record a clean sheet in their last 12 Eredivisie visits to the ArenA, making this a fascinating test.
Peter Bosz doesn’t have the same options in the forward line to choose from this week, as Noa Lang has been injured again, Yorbe Vertessen has left the club for Germany, and Joey Veerman is not yet ready to make his comeback. Although the arrival of Couhaib Driouech was intended to counter the loss, the transfer fell through at the last minute. On a positive note, Ismael Saibari has returned to Eindhoven from the Africa Cup of Nations, where, in his previous meeting with Ajax, the midfielder turned the game on its head as a substitute.
Players to watch: Brian Brobbey remains in top form with eight goals in his last five games, and further back, he was also on the scoresheet in the previous head-to-head. More or less, the same applies to PSV striker Luuk de Jong, who has seven goals from his last four league appearances and a record of ten goals and eight assists from 21 games against Ajax.
Hot stat: PSV has won their last six competitive games against Ajax, with five of them in regular time.