Match Report
The table gap was wide: 50 points between Ajax (3rd, 69 pts) and SC Cambuur (17th, 19 pts). Recent form told a different story for Ajax: only 9th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Against a league average of 1.53 goals per team per game, SC Cambuur ran at 0.76 scored and 2.03 conceded, Ajax at 2.53 and 1.12.
Defeat had not touched Ajax in 7 games.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — SC Cambuur 0, draws 1, Ajax 8, at 4.33 goals per meeting. 78% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 56%.
The match was played at Cambuurstadion in Leeuwarden (capacity 10,000). Ajax led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 0-5 full-time score.