Ajax will start the home match against Fortuna Sittard at 9 p.m. with Perr Schuurs and Devyne Rensch in the team. Schuurs replaces the injured Lisandro Martínez, who dropped out on Sunday during the game against Feyenoord. Rensch plays in the position of injured right-back Noussair Mazraoui.
Davy Klaassen also has a basic place. He forms a midfield with Steven Berghuis and Ryan Gravenberch. Edson Álvarez is not part of the Ajax selection.
Ajax setup: Pasveer; Rensch, Timber, Schuurs and Blind; Klaassen, Berghuis and Gravenberch; Anthony, Haller and Tadic.
Ajax – Fortuna Sittard 9 p.m
FC Utrecht – FC Twente 9 p.m.
Heracles – Cambuur
The duel between Heracles Almelo and SC Cambuur did not yield a winner. The match in Twente ended in 1-1. As a result, Cambuur closes the calendar year in neat eighth place. Heracles takes thirteenth place.
SC Heerenveen – Feyenoord
Feyenoord closed the first half of the season with a win against sc Heerenveen (0-3). Guus Til, Marcos Senesi and Bryan Linssen scored the goals in Friesland.
William II – NEC
TUESDAY
AZ – FC Groningen
AZ also won the seventh and final game in December. The Alkmaarders had trouble finding space for a long time in the competition match with FC Groningen, which played with one man less from the 4th minute after a red card for defender Neraysho Kasanwirjo. Jesper Karlsson brought the outcome halfway through the second half with a nice long shot: 1-0.
Vitesse – PEC Zwolle
Vitesse closed the first half of the season with a home win over PEC Zwolle (1-0). Lois Openda signed for the winning goal immediately after the break. The attacker missed a great chance of the opening goal in the first half.
Vitesse climbed to fourth place in the ranking with the victory. FC Twente can pass the club from Arnhem on Wednesday. The formation from Enschede then plays an away game with FC Utrecht.
Program Eredivisie round 18
Tuesday
- Vitesse – PEC Zwolle 1-0
- AZ – FC Groningen 1-0
Wednesday
- SC Heerenveen – Feyenoord 0-3
- Willem II – NEC 0-1
- Heracles Almelo – SC Cambuur 1-1
- Ajax – Fortuna Sittard 5-0
- FC Utrecht – FC Twente
Thursday
6.45 pm: PSV – Go Ahead Eagles
21.00 o’clock: Sparta Rotterdam – RKC Waalwijk
View the program and the position in the Eredivisie here