Twente vs Ajax Predictions

• No side have stopped Twente from scoring in a domestic home game in over a year.
• Johnny Heitinga has overseen an impressive nine-goal haul from Ajax across his two games in charge.
• Twente manager Ron Jans failed to win 31 of his 37 personal H2Hs with Ajax.

Resurgent Ajax can end Twente’s purple patch

Fans of Ajax won’t take anything for granted heading into this round of 16 clash against Twente as the Enschede outfit actually knocked them out of the cup in each of the last two KNVB Beker H2Hs… including the 2010/11 final!

The hosts are in fine form of late, especially at home where they are unbeaten since a 2-1 defeat to Sittard here back in May 2022 (W14, D4). Boss Ron Jans knows not to take a possible continuation of that form as a given though as he boasts a mere 16% win-rate against the Amsterdammers across his 37 all-time personal H2Hs.

A rotten run of Eredivisie results have left Ajax in third place and ultimately led to the recent, yet unsurprising sacking of former manager Alfred Schreuder. Johnny Heitinga is the next man to try and fill Erik ten Hag’s shoes, yet their mere three-point advantage over Twente in the standings perhaps goes some way to explaining Ajax’s unusual backable price.

Here’s Johnny!

Johnny Heitinga has oversaw an incredible nine-goal return across his two games in charge so far and the former Everton defender will be hoping that his side can put yet another side to the sword here in Enschede.

We’re backing Ajax in the win & BTTS market, although this could be a tighter affair than the Amsterdam outfit are so often used to and as such, we’re going for a smaller stakes play on a rather conservative 2-1 correct score.

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