Ajax – Volendam

For the 18th matchday of the Dutch league, Ajax welcomes Volendam to the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam.

Strange situations are experienced by Ajax in this year's championship if you consider that the 1-1 draw they got on Sunday at the home of Feyenoord is considered a positive result this season. However, he did not deserve anything more than the match, in the first half he was bad and rightly found himself back on the scoreboard, while in the replay he somewhat improved his performance and reached the 71st in the tie shaping the final result.
This was Ajax's 5th draw in a row and 6th match without a hat-trick as a result of has slipped to 5th place in the standings with 33 points and at minus 8 from the first Feyenoord.
The recent poor results have naturally also brought huge grumblings in the ranks of the Ayanda fans with most of the fire directed at coach Schroeder as they see the team not improving and the title case becoming a difficult target.

The 2-0 home defeat by Excelsior last Friday was a bumpy landing for Follendam. She was inferior to the circumstances in the rookie derby, unable to create offensively throughout the match and conceding one goal in each half fatally lost the match.
Thus ended a small winning streak of 2 wins for Folendam in the fight to stay in the division, it remains at 12 degrees and inside the danger zone and specifically in 17th place and tied with 16th Groningen.

Ajax has been disappointing lately and if it continues like this it will make a "derby" even with its participation in the European competitions of the new season. There is no better opponent for a return to winning than Folendam, being one of the weakest away teams in the league. A chance to break out with a lot of goals for the Dutch champions, coming on strong from the first part of the match.

Prediction: Ajax - Folendam Over 1,5 first half with an output of 2.10