Ajax Utrecht prediction 2023-05-21

Ajax vs Utrecht prediction: NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie betting tips on match 2023-05-20 12:30.
Whilst it’s hard to dispute that this has been Ajax Amsterdam’s worst season in recent memory, it will become clear only in the final two rounds what the consequences will be. Third place is probably their best possible finish unless PSV put in two uncharacteristically dreadful performances, but it is AZ two points behind them that would be of concern. Matches against FC Utrecht and FC Twente will keep Ajax on their toes as they look to hold onto a place in next season’s UEFA Europa League.

At least it should play into their hands that AZ and PSV will compete against one another in next week’s final round, as could their superior goal difference to AZ, but Ajax will only benefit if they can continue their unbeaten Eredivisie record against clubs currently outside the top four (W19, D6). Ajax were unable to take full points from their last two visits from Utrecht, though their most recent memory of this matchup will be a comfortable 2-0 win in the reverse H2H.

After converting four of their last five games into victory (with a loss at Feyenoord inbetween), Utrecht are already assured of a place in the postseason European playoffs. All that remains now is to go out with an eighth away win for this league season, and there could be plenty of action at both ends with Utrecht’s away games witnessing a league-high average of 4.16 goals per game (compared with a low of 1.88 at home)!

On a similar note, Utrecht have scored twice as much in unfamiliar surroundings as they have at home, with their defence just as poor as Cambuur’s outside the walls of Stadion Galgenwaard. Now that there is almost nothing at stake for Utrecht, it is certainly not inconceivable that their playing squad could turn their attention towards helping striker Anastasios Douvikas (G17) achieved the league’s coveted top scorer award.

Players to watch: Dušan Tadić recently chalked up a fifth consecutive Eredivisie in which he completed a ‘double double’ for goals and assists (G10, A18). Meanwhile, former Ajax player Zakaria Labyad last week registered his first goal since his return to Domstad. In his last season before his departure to Ajax, he scored seventeen goals and delivered twelve assists from 39 matches for Utrecht.

Hot stat: FC Utrecht were held scoreless just twice across all of their competitive away games this season.