Volendam vs Ajax

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Ajax travels to FC Volendam on Sunday afternoon aiming to secure a victory that would solidify their position in fifth place in the Eredivisie standings.

On the other hand, FC Volendam understands the importance of securing all three points to stay competitive for the 16th position, which leads to the relegation playoff spot.

Feyenoord's triumph in the KNVB-Beker has indirectly benefited Ajax, as it has improved their chances for European qualification. With fifth place now granting a spot in the Europa League second qualifying round, Ajax sees this as a valuable opportunity.

But Ajax's dependence on such a situation exposes their poor season, which was made worse by their most recent 2-2 tie with Excelsior.

With three games left, Ajax's share of the spoils left them nine points behind fourth-place AZ Alkmaar, despite playing with ten men in their defense from the 36th minute onward.

Furthermore, Ajax needs to perform well against Vitesse and Almere City on Sunday since just three points separate them from seventh place, which would require a Europa Conference League playoff.

John van't Schip's team enters this match having only won three of their previous 12 Eredivisie games, despite their favorable run-in.

However, Volendam has only managed one win in all of their 2024 top-flight contests, that coming against RKC Waalwijk 3-2.

That gave Palingboeren three games without a loss at the moment, and it kept them very much in the running to stay in the top division.

But since then, losses have been recorded against Excelsior and Sparta Rotterdam, respectively, but they haven't appeared on the scoreboard.

Due to their worse goal differential, Regillio Simons's squad now has to win at least seven points from their remaining three games in order to have any chance of finishing in the Eredivisie.

With Brian Brobbey on the injury list, Steven Bergwijn and Benjamin Tahirovic out due to suspension, Ajax will have to make at least three changes.

In the midst of the attack, Chuba Akpom should be preferred, but Julian Rijkhoff is a viable choice if Akpom plays a deeper role.

While players like Henderson and Hlynsson might not recover from their injuries, Branco van den Boomen could be able to be repaired in the engine room.

Simons has to choose whether to start Quincy Hoeve, a 19-year-old, down the center of the attack for the first time this season in place of Semedo.

Although Deron Payne could start at right-back instead of Oskar Buur, Simons won't want to make too many changes to his Volendam team for this match.

In three of their last four league games, Ajax has not won. During that time, they have only lost once, to Feyenoord, who are presently second in the standings. They have a good chance to turn around their recent poor performance on Sunday against FC Volendam, who have only won once in their previous 15 league games. They will be keen to break their current losing streak.

In addition, FC Volendam has dropped eight of their last ten home league games and only triumphed once. Undoubtedly, a performance like that will hurt their chances of beating Ajax, who have won two of their past three away games.

In addition, in their last two head-to-head meetings at this location, Ajax has scored six goals and given up three.

Given this, Ajax to win with more than 3.5 goals will be our main wager. Because FC Volendam has been an aggressive force in their head-to-head matchups, we are inclined to pick both clubs to score as the second choice. In addition, Ajax had defeated FC Volendam 4-2 in two of their previous four head-to-head meetings.

Volendam and Ajax have faced off in 56 meetings. In those contests, the visitors have triumphed 41 times to only seven for the hosts. The two teams have drawn eight times together.In this matchup, the visitors have won all seven of their previous encounters.In the past seven meetings between the teams, the hosts have failed to keep a clean sheet.With 65 goals scored thus far this season in the Dutch top flight, Ajax is the third-highest scoring team.With 75 goals conceded this season, Volendam has the worst defensive record in the Eredivisie.