Groningen vs Ajax Prediction & Betting Tips

How each side has been going in the league

Ajax have won four of their last seven Eredivisie matches, drawn two and lost one, scoring 21 and conceding just 9 in that spell. That's a healthy goal difference and suggests they've been both productive going forward and reasonably tight at the back domestically.

Groningen: 20 completed matches; Ajax: 20 completed matches.

Groningen

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

37

Difference

-9

Ajax

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

52

Conceded

26

Difference

+26

Groningen's league record over the same stretch reads three wins, two draws and two losses, with 15 scored and 13 conceded. There's more unpredictability there, with a couple of home defeats mixed in among the wins and draws.

Ajax's defensive numbers in the league have been noticeably tighter than Groningen's over the same run of games.

Comparative Team Statistics: Groningen vs Ajax

A history that leans one way

Looking back over meetings between these two, Ajax have rarely come away empty-handed. The last three head-to-heads produced 2-0, 1-3 and 2-0 results, all in Ajax's favour, and that pattern stretches back further still across the fixture list.

That said, this is a long historical sample covering different squads and seasons, so it tells us more about a general trend than about this specific match-up right now.

Groningen haven't found a way past Ajax in any of the recorded recent meetings, though squads change season to season.

Where they sit in the table

After seven games apiece, Ajax are fifth on 14 points and Groningen are eighth on 11. It's not a huge gap this early in the season, but it does line up with the pattern seen in their recent form.

Who's been doing the damage

Groningen have shared their goals around, with T. van Bergen and B. Willumsson both on four in seven appearances, while D. van der Werff has chipped in three assists. For Ajax, J. Brandt has four goals in the same span and O. Gloukh leads the way with four assists, so both sides have identifiable sources of threat rather than reliance on one man.

Groningen:

Best scorers:

T. van Bergen - 4

B. Willumsson - 4

Best assist providers:

D. van der Werff - 3

T. van Bergen - 2

Ajax:

Best scorers:

J. Brandt - 4

Best assist providers:

O. Gloukh - 4

K. Dolberg - 3

Penalty cards:

A. Ouazane x 2

D. Klaassen x 2

Y. Baas x 2

On the discipline side, three Ajax players — A. Ouazane, D. Klaassen and Y. Baas — have each picked up two yellow cards in their last seven outings, worth keeping an eye on given how card counts can build over a season.

What kind of game this could produce

Ajax's recent scorelines, in the league and elsewhere, have often been high-scoring in either direction, and Groningen's home matches this season have swung between comfortable wins, tight draws and games where they've shipped goals. Put together, there's a reasonable chance of a game where both ends of the pitch see some action rather than a tight, low-scoring affair.