Groningen vs Ajax Predictions

• Ajax have won 5 of their last 6 matches against Groningen.
• Both teams have scored in 3 of the pairs’ last 6 meetings.
• Ajax have won 6 of their 9 away games in the Eredivisie.
• Both teams have scored in 78% of Ajax’s away games.

Ajax look sharp on the road, scoring plenty of goals.

Ajax sit 6pts clear at the top of the Eredivisie heading into this weekend’s latest round of fixtures following a narrow 2-1 win at home against newly-promoted Sparta Rotterdam, while Groningen are 4pts off the European places after only managing to a goalless draw away at another of the newly-promoted clubs, Twente.

The visitors head into Sunday’s clash as the form favourites and haven’t lost against Groningen in any of the pairs’ last ten encounters. Ajax have won each of their last five matches against Groningen and both teams have scored in three of the duos’ last six meetings. The visitors are playing well right now but haven’t kept a clean sheet in their last six competitive outings, which is why we have backed both teams to get on the scoreboard this Sunday.

Groningen average just 1.37 points per home game, which is below the league average of 1.40 points, and have lost 37% of their home matches while Ajax average an impressive 2.22 points per away game and have a win ratio on the road of 67%. The hosts score an average of 1.11 goals per home game and the visitors score an average of 2.67 goals per away game, adding weight to our prediction for a 2-1 away win this weekend.

The hosts have lost more games in their own backyard than Ajax have home and away

Over 2.5 goals have been scored in 67% of Ajax’s away games and 78% of the visitors’ trips on the road have also seen both teams score, while both teams have scored in 42% of Groningen’s home games. The hosts have scored 14 goals and conceded 7 in their own backyard while Ajax have netted 24 times on the road and have conceded 11 goals, so you can see why, with their added scoring power, we have backed the visitors to edge Sunday’s clash 2-1.

Ajax have actually only kept clean sheets in 11% of their away games in the Eredivisie and Groningen have only failed to score in 11% of their home games, so you can see why we have backed a final scoreline in which both teams score. A majority of Groningen’s defeats this season (4) have had a 1-goal margin while 2 of Ajax’s wins have been via a 1-goal margin, so while the visitors usually win by more than one goal they are up against a Groningen side that don’t concede many goals in their own backyard.

We’re confident that Ajax will win on Sunday and we have predicted a final scoreline of 2-1. The visitors only managed to beat Sparta Rotterdam at home by a 1-goal margin and they go up against a Groningen side that have only conceded 7 goals at home this season. However, the visitors are in-from and have a great record against their hosts and have scored an impressive 24 goals on the road already this season, which is why we believe Ajax will see their way through to another 3pts this weekend.