The Amsterdammers have not yet given up hope for Champions League football. The difference with number two Feyenoord has increased to four points with four matches to go. Competitors NEC and FC Twente will play against each other tonight and Ajax may be able to benefit.
Opponent NAC Breda is in full relegation stress and is penultimate. If Ajax wins tonight, it will do fellow provinces Telstar (which won against Sparta in midweek) and FC Volendam (in action against Heracles Almelo tomorrow) a good service. The numbers seventeen and eighteen are relegated directly from the Premier League, the number sixteen plays in the play-offs for survival.
