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Sparta vs Ajax: Prediction for the Dutch Championship Match
In the 17th round of the Dutch Premier League, Sparta Rotterdam and Ajax Amsterdam will play. The visitors are in second place in the championship and are six points behind the leader. The hosts cannot boast of such success and are in the transitional matches zone, four points from the safe zone. Which of the opponents will be able to earn important tournament points on December 22? The answer is in our forecast.
Command Analysis
Sparta Rotterdam
NetherlandsCurrent form
Sparta Rotterdam showed a solid performance last season and finished eighth in the standings, getting the chance to fight for a ticket to the Conference League. In this mini-tournament, the hosts lost to Utrecht and went to prepare for the new season, which has been much less successful so far. The team is only 16th out of 18, having earned only 12 points in 16 matches. The club is already four points behind Groningen, who are in safe 15th place. After six defeats in a row in the championship, Maurice Steyn charges managed to draw with Nijmegen (1:1).
Disqualifications and injuries
The hosts will miss the match due to an accumulation of yellow cards, Mike Erdhuizen, while Jonathan de Guzman is in doubt.
Interesting trends for betting
- The hosts have not won any of their last seven matches.
- The club has lost its last four home matches
Probable line-up: Oley - Lucassen, Greiml, van den Berg, Kemper - Oldrup Jensen, Balard - Paula, Leemans, Sauer - Omarsson
Ajax
NetherlandsCurrent form
Last season, Ajax failed to fight for the championship and finished only in fifth place in the Eredivisie. The team currently occupies second place in the league table and is six points behind the leader PSV. The visitors are also continuing to fight for a place in the 1/8 finals of the Europa League. There, the Amsterdam team is currently in 11th place and is one point behind the top 8. In the domestic arena, Francesco Farioli charges recently won two victories - first they managed to beat Almere City (3:0) in the championship, and then the "red-whites" easily beat Telstar (2:0) in the national cup.
Disqualifications and injuries
Gaston Avila will miss the match due to injury, while Julian Reichoff, Benjamin Tahirovic, Josip Sutalo and Dongen van Axel are questionable.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has won its last two matches without scoring a goal
- None of the last four matches of the visitors ended in a draw
Probable line-up: Pasver - Wrench, Rugani, Baas, Hato - Fitz Jim, Henderson, Klaassen - Traore, Weghorst, Godts.
Trends
Bet Exact score 1:2
Two of the last five head-to-head matches ended with this score
9.00Bet Both Teams to Score
This bet has played in four of the visitors' last six matches
1.70Bet Number 1 in the final score
This pattern has worked in 7 of the hosts' last 8 matches
1.73Tip and bets
The visitors have been playing quite successfully against Sparta Rotterdam - they have won 14 head-to-head matches in a row, but the last meeting, which took place in March, ended in a 2:2 draw. Last season, the hosts performed extremely successfully and were close to European cups, while the visitors, on the contrary, performed extremely poorly by their standards. Now it is the other way around - Ajax has returned to the fight for the highest places, and the hosts are again fighting for survival. The club from Rotterdam has looked terrible in the last rounds, so we believe that the three points will go to the favorite.
Our prediction is Asian handicap (-1) on Ajax for 2.12
Bet on total
The visitors did not play a single goalless match in December, so the team will probably continue to score. The hosts do not please with their impeccable play in defense, so the favorite will probably be able to impose their style of play on the opponent and we will see a productive match.
Our prediction is total over 2.5 goals for 1.70
Bet on corners
The visitors will probably immediately seize the initiative and earn a significant advantage in the number of corners.
Our prediction is Asian handicap (-1.5) on corners for Ajax at 1.85
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