Match Report
Level on 3 points, Ajax (7th) and SC Heerenveen (10th) met as equals in the table. SC Heerenveen ranked 4th in the league on five-round form, well above their 10th table position.
Ajax entered with four wins in a row, having scored in 9 consecutive games. SC Heerenveen had not lost in 5 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
35 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Ajax 28, draws 6, SC Heerenveen 1, at 4.06 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 74% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%. Where history says 4.06 goals per meeting, the last five say 2.
Goal scorers
Ajax: Bernt Klaverboer (7'), Abdellah Ouazane (33') · SC Heerenveen: Jacob Trenskow (45'), Maxence Rivera (82')
Key stats
Possession: Ajax 54% · SC Heerenveen 46% · Total shots: 23-14 · On target: 4-8 · Corners: 7-2