| GAME INFORMATION SHEET |
| MATCH | Ajax (2) * – Excelsior (12) * |
| Date | 16/10/2022 – GMT 18:00 |
| Venue | Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam |
| * = The Netherlands-Eredivisie League Rank | |
| HARD FACTS | ||
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1) Ajax may face difficulties at the Champions League but in the Eredivisie things are different. With the exception of Go Ahead Eagles, they have rampaged over all other opponents at 4 goals and more in differential. Excelsior will probably face the same fate.
2) Excelsior has conceded 9 goals in the last five matches. This translates to a grim defense. The question is whether they will concede another 4 or more from Ajax and if they manage to score even once. |
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| FORM FACTOR | |||
| Ajax | Excelsior | ||
| FC Volendam (H) | 2-4 | NEC (H) | 1-1 |
| Napoli (A) | 1-6 | FC Utrecht (A) | 0-1 |
| Go Ahead Eagles (A) | 1-1 | Fortuna Sittard (H) | 1-0 |
| AZ (H) | 2-1 | FC Emmen (A) | 2-1 |
| Liverpool (H) | 2-1 | RKC (H) | 5-2 |
| HEAD TO HEAD | ||||
| WINS AJAX | Home | Away | ||
| 2 | 2 | |||
| DRAWS | 1 | |||
| WINS EXCELSIOR | Home | Away | ||
| 0 | 0 | |||
| KEY PLAYERS UNAVAILABLE | ||
| Ajax | Injured | Ahmetcan Kaplan, Jorge Sanchez |
| Sent offs | N/A | |
| Excelsior | Injured | Sven Nieuwsport, Nikolas Agrafiotis |
| Sent offs | N/A | |
