On Sun Mar 5th, NEC will travel to Amsterdam to battle Ajax in a meeting of these two mismatched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Ajax sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Vitesse. Marco van Ginkel struck first for Vitesse in the 30th minute, then Davy Klaassen tied it up for Ajax in the 32nd minute Finally they completed the comback in the 54th minute on a goal by Edson Álvarez to cap off a wild match. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Ajax should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 9th placed NEC is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against FC Volendam. Iván Márquez struck first for NEC in the 58th minute, then Landry Dimata added another in the 66th minute In the end, FC Volendam couldn’t muster any offence and NEC ran away with the shutout win. NEC is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
On Jan 8th, NEC hosted Ajax at the Goffertstadion in their last match together. NEC and Ajax battled to a 1-1 draw. Davy Klaassen scored the first goal for Ajax in the 38th minute, but Landry Dimata got the equalizer for NEC in the 52nd minute squeezing out at least the one point for NEC.
For NEC, their top scorers are Jordy Bruijn and Marques, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Kudus Mohammed has been the most prolific scorer on Ajax in his last 5 matches with 3 goals
Ajax will be without Jorge Sánchez and Ahmetcan Kaplan, while Mathias De Wolf and Robin Roefs are unavailable to play for Rogier Meijer’s team.