Ajax vs Excelsior Prediction & Betting Tips - Eredivisie

Prediction published on 13/10/2022, 15:31  by Ioannis | Modified on 13/10/2022 at 15:32 in Eredivisie Predictions

Having to come back to reality after another heavy loss to Napoli, Ajax face Excelsior in what should be a great opportunity for the Dutch giants to return to winning ways. Ajax are currently second in the Eredivisie, just a point shy of leaders AZ Alkmaar. Their domestic form needs some improving, having won one of their last three games. The key issue that needs attention is defence, with Ajax conceding goals aplenty in recent games. Specifically, including the two demolitions by Napoli, Alfred Schreuder’s team have let in fifteen goals in their last five games, in a certainly worrying trend. On the upside, they have lost just two of their last fourteen games in home turf, also emerging victorious in eight of their last nine home encounters against Excelsior. 

The visitors have had a nondescript campaign so far, sitting in twelfth place and collecting ten points from their nine games so far. Excelsior are also coming into this one in quite poor form. They have managed just one win from their last seven games, conceding five defeats during that sequence. What is even more troubling for the visitors is that they started the campaign well with two wins out of two but then significantly regressed and now have the fourth worse defence of the league, with twenty goals against in ten games. To further add to Excelsior’s woes, they have a dreadful record at the Johan Cruijff Arena, where they have picked up just one win in their previous eleven meetings with Ajax, conceding nine goals in their last two games there alone.