Based on the statistics, we look ahead to the twentieth round in the Eredivisie. AZ will play against SC Cambuur on Saturday evening and have won all home games at the highest level against the Frisians. Tomorrow afternoon Ajax will play against PSV in Eindhoven, where the team from Amsterdam has a negative profit balance.
AZ – SC Cambuur
Sixth win coming up?
The home game against Cambuur will be played for the sixth time in the Eredivisie. All previous five matches have been won. The last win was in the 2015/16 season. At the time it was 3-1 by two goals by Vincent Janssen and a goal by Joris van Overeem. Earlier this season in Friesland it was 1-3 by goals from Dani de Wit, Owen Wijndal and Jordy Clasie.
Negative milestone when conceded
The Alkmaarders scored against Fortuna Sittard the 2500 Eredivisie goal, Sam Beukema was the maker. That was his first in the Eredivisie for AZ. Due to Yukinari Sugawara’s hit, the counter is now at 2501. The next goal against is a negative milestone, that will be the 2000e be against.
Former AZ player shared club top scorer
Club top scorer for the Frisians is former AZ player Jamie Jacobs. He is on the top scorer list with Robert Uldrikis with five goals in eighteen matches. Partly due to Jacobs’ scoring ability, Cambuur is in eighth place as a PhD student. Jesper Karlsson is the most accurate player in Alkmaar service with eight goals.
Twelve matches in a row unbeaten
AZ is working on a long series without losses. Pascal Jansen’s team is currently unbeaten for twelve consecutive matches in all competitions, of which the last six matches have been won in the Eredivisie. The quarterfinals in the KNVB Cup were held earlier this week reaches by a goal by Vangelis Pavlidis in the final phase.
AZ purveyor
There are quite a few players in Cambuur’s current selection who used to be at AZ. Erik Schouten, Maxim Gullit, Jasper ter Heide, Mees Hoedemakers, Jacobs, Michael Breij and Nick Doodeman, among others, played in the youth academy. Hoedemakers and Gullit also made their debut in the former.
PSV – Ajax
Lost more often than won
Ajax often does not have good memories of Eindhoven. The team from Amsterdam will play for the 66 . on Sundaye time in the city of lights. PSV won 32 times, tied 17 times and Ajax went home 16 times with three points. The last two seasons the game ended 1-1. Ajax’s last victory was in 2015/16. Goals at the time were made by Milik and El Ghazi. Earlier this season it became 5-0 for the team from Amsterdam.
Ten duels not defeated
Despite the fact that the last victory in Eindhoven was a long time ago, the Ten Hag team can hold on to a positive statistic. The team from Amsterdam has already been unbeaten ten Eredivisie matches against PSV and Feyenoord. The first win was on March 31, 2019, after which there were six wins and three draws.
Absent at topper
PSV attackers Carlos Vinicius and Noni Madueke will be missing with an injury. Like Sébastien Haller, Ibrahim Sangaré plays in the Africa Cup with Ivory Coast. Only the long-term injured Maarten Stekelenburg, Sean Klaiber and Mohammed Kudus are missing from Ajax.
Berghuis top scorer this century
Ajax player Steven Berghuis is the one who has scored the most goals against PSV since 2000, six hits. He is followed in this ranking by Luis Suárez with five goals. All current PSV players scored four goals against the team from Amsterdam, three of which by Eran Zahavi.
Red-white top
The list of players who have played for Ajax and PSV is long. Remko Pasveer, Zakaria Labyad, Andy van der Meijde, Siem de Jong, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Kenneth Perez, Ronald Koeman, Wim Jonk and Patrick Kluivert, among others, donned the red and white shirts of both teams.