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FC Utrecht v Ajax : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 20th Apr, 11:15 BST, Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht

Francesco Farioli guides his Ajax troops to the Stadion Galgenwaard in the Eredivisie on Sunday morning, with Ron Jans's FC Utrecht the opponent. For every Eredivisie match, KickOff delves into the statistics for multiple markets. Important stats, including head-to-head results, are then published alongside the best odds.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Utrecht or Ajax are in a rich vein of form that would leave us feeling confident in tipping a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The statistics show that both have form in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 76% chance of 2 goals or more.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Utrecht
21%
5/2-
Draw
23%
11/4-
Ajax
55%
10/11-
Ajax 1-0
11%
10/1-
Draw 1-1
11%
13/2-
Ajax 2-0
10%
11/1-
Ajax 2-1
10%
8/1-
Draw 0-0
6%
16/1-
Utrecht 1-0
6%
14/1-
Ajax 3-0
6%
18/1-
Ajax 3-1
6%
12/1-
Utrecht 2-1
6%
11/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
11/1-
Utrecht 2-0
3%
20/1-
Ajax 3-2
3%
18/1-
Ajax 4-0
3%
33/1-
Ajax 4-1
3%
25/1-
Utrecht 3-1
2%
22/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
8/15-
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
7/5-
Home 1st Goal
41%
11/8-
Away 1st Goal
55%
4/7-
No 1st Goal
4%
16/1-
BTTS - Yes
52%
1/2-
BTTS - No
48%
6/4-
BTTS - Home Win
10%
9/2-
BTTS - Draw
17%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
25%
9/4-
Home/draw
45%
5/6-
Away/draw
79%
2/7-
Home/away
77%
1/4-
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
1/6-
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
4/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
5/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
4/7-
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
3/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
2/9-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
7/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/12-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/40-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
16/1-
Home DNB
38%
13/8-
Away DNB
72%
4/9-
Utrecht win to nil
11%
7/1-
Ajax win to nil
31%
3/1-
Utrecht / Utrecht
15%
9/2-
Utrecht / Ajax
4%
20/1-
Utrecht / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Utrecht
10%
7/1-
Draw / Ajax
15%
9/2-
Draw / Draw
13%
11/2-
Ajax / Utrecht
3%
25/1-
Ajax / Ajax
27%
21/10-
Ajax / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Utrecht have played 28 matches so far this season and are in 4th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 2 and won 1. Utrecht have conceded 12 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 1 match and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Utrecht have played 14 games at home, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 20 goals, conceded 22 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Ajax lay in 1st place on 70 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 28 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 28 games against teams below them in the table, winning 22, drawing 4 and losing 2 games. They have scored 60 goals and kept 15 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Ajax have conceded 21 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Ajax have played 14 away games, winning 10, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Utrecht
Ajax
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Ajax Away2822423970 
Apr 20
d
 
2-2F
-
-
2
PSV2920455364 
l
 
2-5A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
3-2A
w
 
0-2F
3
Feyenoord2917843259 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-2F
4
Utrecht Home281585953 
-
-
d
 
2-2A
Apr 20
5
Twente2813871447 
w
 
2-1A
May 11
May 18
d
 
2-2A
6
AZ Alkmaar2813781546 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-1A
7
GA Eagles291379646 
d
 
3-3A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
8
S.Rotterdam2981011-334 
May 14
w
 
1-4F
Apr 27
w
 
0-2F
9
Heerenveen299713-1634 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
10
NEC299614-133 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2F
May 11
w
 
1-2A
11
Fortuna299614-1633 
l
 
2-5F
May 18
w
 
5-0F
w
 
0-2F
12
Heracles2871110-1332 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
4-0F
w
 
3-4A
13
Groningen288812-1432 
Apr 13
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1F
May 14
14
NAC298714-1831 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
3-1A
l
 
2-1A
15
PEC Zwolle287912-930 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
3-3A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
16
Willem II286616-1824 
w
 
3-2F
w
 
2-3A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 13
17
Waalwijk294718-2319 
w
 
3-2A
Apr 25
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-2F
18
Almere City294718-3719 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-3F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
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Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Utrecht 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Utrecht2 - 0Heerenveen
Utrecht0 - 1NEC
Utrecht1 - 0NAC
Utrecht0 - 1Almere City
Utrecht0 - 0AZ Alkmaar
Utrecht2 - 5Fortuna
Utrecht3 - 3GA Eagles
Utrecht2 - 5PSV
Utrecht1 - 0Heracles
Utrecht0 - 2Feyenoord
Utrecht3 - 2Waalwijk
Utrecht3 - 2Willem II
Utrecht2 - 1Twente
Utrecht1 - 0PEC Zwolle
Utrecht1 - 1GA Eagles
Utrecht3 - 1S.Rotterdam
Utrecht0 - 1S.Rotterdam
Utrecht1 - 0Vitesse
Utrecht2 - 1GA Eagles
Utrecht5 - 1PEC Zwolle
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AUtrecht2 - 2GA Eagles
HUtrecht2 - 0Heerenveen
HUtrecht0 - 1NEC
AUtrecht3 - 2Willem II
HUtrecht1 - 0NAC
AUtrecht2 - 2PSV
HUtrecht0 - 1Almere City
AUtrecht3 - 3PEC Zwolle
AUtrecht1 - 1Heracles
HUtrecht0 - 0AZ Alkmaar
AUtrecht2 - 1Feyenoord
HUtrecht2 - 5Fortuna
HUtrecht3 - 3GA Eagles
AUtrecht3 - 1Almere City
AUtrecht2 - 2Ajax
HUtrecht2 - 5PSV
AUtrecht2 - 1NEC
HUtrecht1 - 0Heracles
AUtrecht4 - 1S.Rotterdam
HUtrecht0 - 2Feyenoord
Ajax 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
PSV0 - 2Ajax
PEC Zwolle0 - 1Ajax
Almere City0 - 1Ajax
Fortuna0 - 2Ajax
Heerenveen0 - 2Ajax
S.Rotterdam0 - 2Ajax
AZ Alkmaar2 - 1Ajax
NEC1 - 2Ajax
Twente2 - 2Ajax
Feyenoord0 - 2Ajax
Heracles3 - 4Ajax
Waalwijk0 - 2Ajax
GA Eagles1 - 1Ajax
NAC2 - 1Ajax
Vitesse2 - 2Ajax
FC Volendam1 - 4Ajax
Feyenoord6 - 0Ajax
PEC Zwolle1 - 3Ajax
S.Rotterdam2 - 2Ajax
AZ Alkmaar2 - 0Ajax
Goals: Scored
42
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
16
D
3
L
1
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAjax3 - 1NAC
AAjax2 - 0PSV
HAjax2 - 2AZ Alkmaar
AAjax1 - 0PEC Zwolle
AAjax1 - 0Almere City
HAjax2 - 0GA Eagles
HAjax4 - 0Heracles
AAjax2 - 0Fortuna
HAjax2 - 1Feyenoord
AAjax2 - 0Heerenveen
HAjax2 - 1Waalwijk
AAjax2 - 0S.Rotterdam
HAjax3 - 0Almere City
AAjax1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
HAjax2 - 2Utrecht
AAjax2 - 1NEC
HAjax2 - 0PEC Zwolle
AAjax2 - 2Twente
HAjax3 - 2PSV
AAjax2 - 0Feyenoord
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Utrecht since 2015
Utrecht
Ajax
Goals: Scored
6
15
Games: Scored
3 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
5 / 8
FCU
2
D
1
AJA
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Utrecht
Utrecht4 - 3
0 - 2Ajax
0 - 3Ajax
0 - 3Ajax
1 - 3Ajax
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Ajax
Utrecht1 - 0
League games at Ajax since 2016
Ajax
Utrecht
Goals: Scored
22
12
Games: Scored
9 / 10
8 / 10
Clean sheets
2 / 10
1 / 10
FCU
2
D
3
AJA
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Ajax
Draw2 - 2Draw
Ajax2 - 0
Ajax3 - 1
0 - 1Utrecht
Draw1 - 1Draw
Ajax4 - 0
Ajax4 - 1
1 - 2Utrecht
Ajax3 - 2
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics

Ajax have been steady in attack of late, scoring in 33 consecutive Eredivisie matches. Their PG of 1.8 against FC Utrecht on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Utrecht 4th Ajax 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.0
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability of Utrecht scoring 1 goal or less
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
10%
There is a 83% probability that Ajax will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-13
Utrecht have scored 13% fewer goals at home than predicted
-3
Ajax’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2024/2025 season
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Utrecht
PG (predicted goals)
Ajax
1
1.8
Attack rating
FCU
AJA
28%
better
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Games scored24
28
Failed to score4
0
Scored first13
18
Goals scored50
60
Avg. goals scored1.8
2.1
Avg. shots per game10
10
Avg. shots per goal6
5
Conversion rate for18
22
Avg. XG for1.6
1.9
KickOff rating
+28%
Defence rating
FCU
AJA
39%
better
view stats
Games conceded22
13
Clean sheets6
15
Conceded first14
10
Goals conceded41
21
Avg. goals conceded1.5
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded10
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
10
Conversion rate against15%
10%
Avg. XG against1.4
0.9
KickOff rating
+39%

Utrecht v Ajax Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

Utrecht Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
28677
S KarouaniP AaronsonS KarouaniP Aaronson
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Karouani DEF2817
3
-
N Viergever  DEF2731
2
1
P Aaronson MID2763
7
-
V Barkas GLK26
1
-
M Hoorn  DEF2631
5
-
S Horemans DEF2612
1
-
J Toornstra MID2614
-
V Jensen MID2423
1
-
D Min FWD242
3
-
O Fraulo MID2122
2
-
Y Cathline FWD2053
1
-
N Ohio FWD195
4
-
Z Iqbal MID181
3
-
M Rodríguez FWD1742
4
-
A. Engwanda MID15
-
M Didden  DEF11
-
S Haller  FWD1111
-
A Blake FWD1131
1
-
C Bozdogan MID911
1
-
A Descotte FWD92
-
M Jonathans FWD6
-
N Vesterlund DEF512
-
K Finnsson DEF3
-
M Brouwer GLK2
-
Ajax Eredivisie squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24975
J HatoK TaylorJ HatoJ Hato
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Taylor MID2796
3
-
B Traoré FWD2664
-
J Hato DEF2527
5
-
D Klaassen MID2582
-
B Brobbey FWD2543
5
-
K Fitz-Jim MID242
2
-
Y Baas  DEF231
2
-
J Sutalo DEF232
3
-
J Henderson MID234
4
-
M Godts FWD2342
2
-
R Pasveer GLK211
-
A Gaaei DEF2024
3
1
S Berghuis  FWD2023
1
-
W Weghorst FWD1872
2
-
D Rugani DEF12
-
B Boomen MID12
-
C Rasmussen  FWD101
1
-
O Edvardsen FWD83
1
-
Matheus GLK61
-
O Wijndal DEF6
2
-
A Kaplan DEF6
2
-
J. Mokio MID61
1
-
L Rosa DEF41
1
-
D. Janse DEF3
-
Y Regeer MID1
1
-