Week 16 brings us a match on Jan 14th, where FC Twente and Ajax will play a match in Amsterdam in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Ajax is fresh off their 1-1 draw against NEC. Davy Klaassen struck first for Ajax in the 38th minute, but Landry Dimata got the equalizer for NEC in the 52nd minute earning them at least the one point. Ajax is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, FC Twente recorded a 3-1 win against Telstar. struck first for FC Twente in the 37th minute on a feed from Sem Steijn, then added another in the 42nd minute. FC Twente should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Ajax won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Both Denilho Cleonise and Ricky van Wolfswinkel have been the hottest scorers for FC Twente in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Both Lorenzo Lucca and Taylor have been the hottest scorers for Ajax in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Ahmetcan Kaplan is unavailable to play for Alfred Schreuder’s team, while FC Twente will be without Wout Brama, Michal Sadílek, Joshua Brenet and Christos Tzolis.