HVV Te Werve vs Ajax Predictions

No side has won the KNVB Beker more than Wednesday’s visitors Ajax, and the eighteen times cup winners take on an amateur side from the seventh tier of Dutch football in the first round and are expected to progress comfortably.

Last season Ajax faced an amateur side in the First Round of the KNVB Beker and won with relative ease. SVV Scheveningen played the role of hosts to the Dutch giants in a game that saw highly rated Danish striker Dolberg score four times. The visitors ran out 5-1 winners that day and fielded a strong starting eleven that featured a mix of first and reserve team players.

Ajax’s unbeaten start to the new Eredivisie season ended when they travelled to Eindhoven to face arch rivals PSV, with the hosts running out 3-0 winners. A poor first half performance saw Ajax 3-0 down at the break, Pereiro, de Jong, and Lozano getting the goals for PSV. The visitors put in a much better performance during the second forty-five and ended the game with 63% of the overall possession. However, a defeat is a defeat and they maintained their 100% record in the league at the expense of their oldest rivals.

We’re expecting Ajax to react like the wounded lion in midweek and put in a very convincing performance against their amateur host, which could well mean the prospect of a goal fest for the capacity crowd this First Round KNVB Beker tie is bound to draw.

Any meaningful information on the hosts is very hard to find, but the fact they are amateur and play in the seventh tier of Dutch football is enough for us to know they don’t stand a chance against Ajax’s youth teams, let alone a mix of their first team players and the reserves.

Wednesday night will be one to remember for HVV Te Werve and their fans, no matter what the final score reads, and I’m sure the amateur side are just excited at the prospect of making some decent money from the game and play without any fear in this once in a lifetime match against one of the most famous and successful clubs in Dutch football.

We’re confident that this KNVB Beker tie will feature over 5.5 goals and have backed Ajax to claim a 7-0 victory against their amateur hosts. The visitors have won four of their last six matches, while HVV Te Werve have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last five matches.
There have been at least four goals in four of HVV Te Werve’s last five matches, and Ajax have scored three of more goals in four of their last six matches.