Week 9 features a match on Sat Oct 8th, where FC Volendam will host Ajax at Kras Stadion 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 11 degrees, which is great football weather. 18th placed FC Volendam is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Fortuna Sittard. Umaro Embalo scored the first goal for Fortuna Sittard in the 33rd minute, then Oğuzhan Özyakup added another in the 44th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed FC Volendam couldn’t manage to score, and Fortuna Sittard took the shutout win. FC Volendam looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Ajax recorded a 1-6 blowout loss against Napoli. Kudus Mohammed struck first for Ajax in the 9th minute on a feed from Kenneth Taylor, but Giacomo Raspadori got the equalizer for Napoli in the 18th minute But luckily in the 33rd minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Giovanni Di Lorenzo. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Ajax should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Kudus Mohammed has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 5 goals for Ajax. FC Volendam’s most prolific scorer has been Robert Muhren. The Dutch attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Francesco Antonucci and Flint are unavailable to play for FC Volendam, while Ajax will be without Steven Berghuis, Florian Grillitsch, Jorge Sánchez and Ahmetcan Kaplan.