One of the matches of the upcoming Sunday will be an encounter within the championship of the Netherlands between Ajax and Willem II. It is absolutely clear, that Ajax are the favorites in the couple, the team from the capital is fighting hard with PSV for the championship title, while the future opponents are very close to the transition matches zone. The set action line may be acknowledged as logical, but the guests should not be underestimated.
Ajax are situated on the second position in the Dutch championship tournament table after 17 played rounds, the Amsterdammers have 38 points in the asset, the gap to PSV is five points. Within the last five games Ajax won thrice with two draws. The splits of points were registered in matches with Twente, while the victories were over PSV, 3:0, Excelsior and AZ. The statistics tells us, that the future hosts are in a great sporting shape.
Willem II also do not look like outsiders recently, the team from Tilburg lost only once within the last five games, on 16th December to Zwolle, 2:3, with two victories over Waalwijk and Heracles and two draws with Breda and Vitesse. The future guests are situated on the 14th position in the Eredivisie table with sixteen points in the asset, three points ahead of Breda, which is situated in the transition matches zone.
Ajax are showing very efficient football this season, especially in domestic matches, but on the 20th December the Amsterdammers had the most difficult away cup match against Twente, which lasted 120 minutes plus required additional time. There is doubt, that Ajax will be able to fully recover before the match against Willem II.
Prediction for the match: Willem II to win with 3.25 Asian handicap