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SC Heerenveen v Ajax : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 17th May, 13:30 BST, Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen

Robin Veldeman and Óscar García Junyent take on one another in the Eredivisie on Sunday afternoon, as SC Heerenveen face Ajax at the Abe Lenstra Stadion. Below there are predictions for seventeen major betting markets, supporting statistics including head to heads (H2Hs), and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers. Access it all using the tabs below.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Heerenveen 41%	-	-
Draw 23%	-	-
Ajax 35%	-	-
Draw 1-1 10%	-	-
Heerenveen 2-1 9%	-	-
Ajax 2-1 8%	-	-
Draw 2-2 7%	-	-
Heerenveen 1-0 7%	-	-
Ajax 1-0 6%	-	-
Heerenveen 2-0 6%	-	-
Heerenveen 3-1 5%	-	-
Ajax 2-0 5%	-	-
Ajax 3-1 4%	-	-
Draw 0-0 4%	-	-
Heerenveen 3-2 4%	-	-
Ajax 3-2 3%	-	-
Heerenveen 3-0 3%	-	-
Ajax 3-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 63%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 37%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 50%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	-	-
No 1st Goal 2%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 64%	-	-
BTTS - No 36%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 24%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 21%	-	-
Home/draw 65%	-	-
Away/draw 59%	-	-
Home/away 77%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 83%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 17%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 41%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 59%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 23%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 77%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	-	-
Home DNB 58%	-	-
Away DNB 52%	-	-
Heerenveen win to nil 17%	-	-
Ajax win to nil 15%	-	-

Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Heerenveen have played 32 matches so far this season and are in 7th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 3 and won 2. Heerenveen have conceded 24 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 4 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Heerenveen have played 16 games at home, winning 8, drawing 5 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 33 goals, conceded 24 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Ajax lay in 4th place on 55 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 32 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 26 games against teams below them in the table, winning 13, drawing 8 and losing 5 games. They have scored 51 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Ajax have conceded 31 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Ajax have played 16 away games, winning 6, drawing 8 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Heerenveen Ajax
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	PSV	32	25	3	4	49	78	l 0-2A	l 3-1F	d 2-2A	d 2-2A
2	Feyenoord	32	18	7	7	24	61	d 2-2A	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	d 1-1F
3	NEC	32	15	11	6	24	56	w 3-2F	d 2-2A	d 1-1F	d 2-2A
4	Ajax	32	14	13	5	22	55	May 17	d 1-1A	-	-
5	Twente	32	14	13	5	19	55	l 1-2A	l 5-0A	l 1-2A	w 2-3A
6	AZ Alkmaar	32	14	8	10	7	50	w 3-1F	l 3-0A	l 0-2A	d 1-1A
7	Heerenveen	32	14	8	10	6	50	-	-	d 1-1F	May 17
8	Utrecht	32	13	8	11	10	47	d 1-1F	d 2-2A	May 10	l 2-1A
9	S.Rotterdam	32	12	7	13	-17	43	w 2-1F	w 0-3F	w 4-0F	d 3-3F
10	Groningen	32	12	6	14	2	42	l 0-2A	l 2-1F	w 2-0F	l 3-1A
11	GA Eagles	32	8	14	10	5	38	d 2-2A	w 1-3A	d 2-2F	d 2-2F
12	PEC Zwolle	32	9	10	13	-24	37	w 4-2A	l 2-1A	w 3-1F	d 0-00-0
13	Fortuna	32	10	6	16	-13	36	w 2-1A	l 2-0A	w 4-1F	w 1-3A
14	Excelsior	32	9	7	16	-14	34	w 2-1A	w 1-2F	l 1-2A	d 2-2F
15	Telstar	32	7	10	15	-10	31	w 3-0F	w 2-3F	w 2-0F	w 2-3F
16	FC Volendam	32	8	7	17	-19	31	d 1-1F	w 0-2F	w 2-0F	d 1-1A
17	NAC	32	5	10	17	-25	25	d 3-3F	May 10	w 2-1F	w 0-2F
18	Heracles	32	5	4	23	-46	19	w 4-1A	w 0-3F	w 2-0F	w 0-3F

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Win / draw / win form

Heerenveen have won 5 consecutive home league games

Ajax have won 3 consecutive away league games

Heerenveen have not lost in 6 consecutive home league games

Ajax have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Heerenveen	2 - 1	Fortuna
Heerenveen	4 - 1	Heracles
Heerenveen	3 - 0	Telstar
Heerenveen	2 - 1	S.Rotterdam
Heerenveen	4 - 2	PEC Zwolle
Heerenveen	1 - 1	Utrecht
Heerenveen	0 - 2	Groningen
Heerenveen	2 - 2	Feyenoord
Heerenveen	0 - 2	PSV
Heerenveen	3 - 1	AZ Alkmaar
Heerenveen	3 - 3	NAC
Heerenveen	2 - 1	Excelsior
Heerenveen	3 - 2	NEC
Heerenveen	2 - 2	GA Eagles
Heerenveen	1 - 2	Twente
Heerenveen	1 - 1	FC Volendam
Heerenveen	2 - 0	Feyenoord
Heerenveen	1 - 0	NEC
Heerenveen	2 - 1	Almere City
Heerenveen	3 - 1	Willem II

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Heerenveen	2 - 0	FC Volendam
H	Heerenveen	2 - 1	Fortuna
A	Heerenveen	0 - 3	AZ Alkmaar
H	Heerenveen	4 - 1	Heracles
A	Heerenveen	2 - 2	NEC
H	Heerenveen	3 - 0	Telstar
A	Heerenveen	2 - 1	Excelsior
H	Heerenveen	2 - 1	S.Rotterdam
A	Heerenveen	1 - 3	PSV
H	Heerenveen	4 - 2	PEC Zwolle
A	Heerenveen	3 - 1	GA Eagles
A	Heerenveen	0 - 5	Twente
H	Heerenveen	1 - 1	Utrecht
H	Heerenveen	0 - 2	Groningen
H	Heerenveen	2 - 2	Feyenoord
A	Heerenveen	3 - 0	Heracles
A	Heerenveen	3 - 0	S.Rotterdam
H	Heerenveen	0 - 2	PSV
A	Heerenveen	1 - 2	PEC Zwolle
H	Heerenveen	3 - 1	AZ Alkmaar

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
NAC	0 - 2	Ajax
Heracles	0 - 3	Ajax
Feyenoord	0 - 1	Ajax
Groningen	3 - 1	Ajax
PEC Zwolle	0 - 0	Ajax
AZ Alkmaar	1 - 1	Ajax
Excelsior	2 - 2	Ajax
Telstar	2 - 3	Ajax
NEC	2 - 2	Ajax
Fortuna	1 - 3	Ajax
Utrecht	2 - 1	Ajax
Twente	2 - 3	Ajax
S.Rotterdam	3 - 3	Ajax
PSV	2 - 2	Ajax
FC Volendam	1 - 1	Ajax
GA Eagles	2 - 2	Ajax
Groningen	2 - 2	Ajax
Utrecht	4 - 0	Ajax
Willem II	1 - 2	Ajax
PSV	0 - 2	Ajax

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Ajax	2 - 2	PSV
A	Ajax	2 - 0	NAC
A	Ajax	3 - 0	Heracles
H	Ajax	1 - 2	Twente
A	Ajax	1 - 0	Feyenoord
H	Ajax	4 - 0	S.Rotterdam
A	Ajax	1 - 3	Groningen
A	Ajax	0 - 0	PEC Zwolle
H	Ajax	1 - 1	NEC
H	Ajax	4 - 1	Fortuna
A	Ajax	1 - 1	AZ Alkmaar
A	Ajax	2 - 2	Excelsior
H	Ajax	2 - 0	FC Volendam
H	Ajax	2 - 2	GA Eagles
A	Ajax	3 - 2	Telstar
A	Ajax	2 - 2	NEC
H	Ajax	2 - 0	Feyenoord
A	Ajax	3 - 1	Fortuna
H	Ajax	2 - 0	Groningen
H	Ajax	1 - 2	Excelsior

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Heerenveen

Ajax

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 10

10 / 10

Clean sheets

0 / 10

6 / 10

HEE

AJA

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Heerenveen
	0 - 2	Ajax
Heerenveen	3 - 2
	2 - 4	Ajax
	0 - 2	Ajax
	1 - 2	Ajax
	1 - 3	Ajax
	0 - 4	Ajax
	0 - 4	Ajax
	0 - 1	Ajax
	0 - 2	Ajax

Ajax

Heerenveen

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 11

8 / 11

Clean sheets

3 / 11

0 / 11

AJA

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Ajax
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Ajax	1 - 0
Ajax	4 - 1
Ajax	5 - 0
Ajax	5 - 0
Ajax	5 - 1
Ajax	4 - 1
Draw	4 - 4	Draw
Ajax	4 - 1
Ajax	5 - 1
Ajax	5 - 2

Goal Statistics

SC Heerenveen's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday afternoon, not least because Ajax have conceded in each of their last 10 Eredivisie games. A PG of 1.7 for R. Veldeman's side suggests that run should continue.

	Heerenveen 7th	Ajax 4th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.6 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 18% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 82% probability that Heerenveen will score 1 or more goals	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 13% 4+ 7% There is a 79% probability that Ajax will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+11 Heerenveen have scored 11% more goals at home than predicted	+1 Ajax’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.1 average goals scored	1.8 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season

HEE

AJA

20%

better

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Games scored	25		30
Failed to score	6		2
Scored first	13		19
Goals scored	55		61
Avg. goals scored	1.7		1.9
Avg. shots per game	10		11
Avg. shots per goal	6		6
Conversion rate for	17		18
Avg. XG for	1.8		1.7
KickOff rating		+20%

HEE

AJA

29%

better

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Games conceded	28		22
Clean sheets	3		10
Conceded first	18		12
Goals conceded	51		38
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	16%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.4
KickOff rating		+29%

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Heerenveen Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
32	12	9	7
J Overeem	J Trenskow	J Overeem	O. Johansen Braude

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Zagaritis DEF	32	2	3	4 -
J Overeem MID	32	2	9	5 -
J Trenskow FWD	31	12	5	-
O. Johansen Braude DEF	30		4	7 -
M. Linday MID	30	1	2	6 -
M Rivera FWD	30	4	4	5 -
S Kersten DEF	29	1		5 -
M. Willemsen DEF	28	1		4 -
R Meerveld MID	28	6	3	1 -
L Brouwers MID	28	5	4	2 1
D Vente FWD	28	7	2	1 -
B Klaverboer GLK	27			1 -
H Petrov DEF	19			2 1
N Hopland DEF	18	1		1 -
L Nordas FWD	14	6	1	2 -
E. Gürbüz FWD	14	1		1 -
L Oyen FWD	12	1		-
M. Egbring DEF	8		1	1 -
A Dongen FWD	7	1		-
A Noppert GLK	4			-
N. Courtens Mabeneyshi MID	4			-
I. Ahmed MID	2			-
N Bakker GLK	1			-
L. Smans MID	1		1	-
J. Rijssel FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	35	9	9
J Trenskow	J Trenskow	J Overeem	J Overeem

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Trenskow FWD	12	35	5	8
D Vente FWD	7	23	2	4
R Meerveld MID	6	18	3	8
L Nordas FWD	6	16	1	1
L Brouwers MID	5	13	4	4
M Rivera FWD	4	28	4	7
V Zagaritis DEF	2	6	3	8
J Overeem MID	2	4	9	9
M. Linday MID	1	2	2	3
S Kersten DEF	1	3		1
M. Willemsen DEF	1	8
N Hopland DEF	1	1
E. Gürbüz FWD	1	6
L Oyen FWD	1	2
A Dongen FWD	1	2
O. Johansen Braude DEF		4	4	5
M. Egbring DEF			1	2
L. Smans MID			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1798	72	179
J Overeem	M. Linday	V Zagaritis

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Overeem MID	1798	51	144
M. Willemsen DEF	1641	27	116
O. Johansen Braude DEF	1273	60	169
S Kersten DEF	1238	36	89
M. Linday MID	1106	72	141
V Zagaritis DEF	1090	58	179
B Klaverboer GLK	1057		15
J Trenskow FWD	814	23	68
L Brouwers MID	811	39	100
R Meerveld MID	765	23	102
M Rivera FWD	622	34	103
D Vente FWD	445	14	80
N Hopland DEF	358	10	30
H Petrov DEF	240	8	28
L Nordas FWD	202	6	57
A Noppert GLK	140		5
L Oyen FWD	100	4	15
E. Gürbüz FWD	65	4	23
M. Egbring DEF	49	6	16
N Bakker GLK	31
A Dongen FWD	22		11
N. Courtens Mabeneyshi MID	18	1	2
L. Smans MID	16	1	6
I. Ahmed MID	2
J. Rijssel FWD	1

Ajax Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
29	17	12	6
Y Baas	M Godts	M Godts	W Weghorst

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Godts FWD	30	17	12	2 -
Y Baas DEF	29	4	1	3 1
O Gloukh MID	28	6	6	3 -
D Klaassen MID	27	6	2	1 -
L Rosa DEF	25			3 -
W Weghorst FWD	25	7	4	6 -
A Gaaei DEF	24	1	4	3 -
J. Mokio MID	24	2	2	-
J Sutalo DEF	23			1 -
Y Regeer MID	23		2	5 -
R. Bounida MID	20	1	4	4 -
K Dolberg FWD	20	3	3	1 -
V Jaroš GLK	19			1 -
O Wijndal DEF	19	1		3 -
K Itakura DEF	17	1		2 -
S. Steur MID	17	1	1	1 -
O Edvardsen FWD	17		1	3 -
S Berghuis FWD	17	4	2	2 -
K Fitz-Jim MID	16	1		2 -
M Paes GLK	9			-
D. Christoffel Annum-Assamoah Konadu FWD	9			-
A. Bouwman DEF	8	1		2 -
T Tomiyasu DEF	7			1
M. Carrizo FWD	3			-
O Zinchenko DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
17	39	12	13
M Godts	M Godts	M Godts	M Godts

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Godts FWD	17	39	12	13
W Weghorst FWD	7	16	4	5
O Gloukh MID	6	20	6	4
D Klaassen MID	6	11	2	2
Y Baas DEF	4	7	1	3
S Berghuis FWD	4	16	2	4
K Dolberg FWD	3	10	3	4
J. Mokio MID	2	6	2	1
A Gaaei DEF	1	8	4	9
R. Bounida MID	1	9	4	5
O Wijndal DEF	1	5		3
K Itakura DEF	1	3		1
S. Steur MID	1	6	1	1
K Fitz-Jim MID	1	4		2
A. Bouwman DEF	1	2		1
L Rosa DEF		5
Y Regeer MID		1	2	1
O Edvardsen FWD		1	1	3
D. Christoffel Annum-Assamoah Konadu FWD		2		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2152	59	155
Y Baas	L Rosa	M Godts

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
Y Baas DEF	2152	52	142
J Sutalo DEF	1353	13	82
L Rosa DEF	1139	59	122
M Godts FWD	1052	28	155
Y Regeer MID	946	54	102
K Itakura DEF	853	16	56
O Gloukh MID	767	23	73
A Gaaei DEF	763	20	54
V Jaroš GLK	759		6
O Wijndal DEF	654	23	65
D Klaassen MID	648	41	79
S Berghuis FWD	620	10	28
J. Mokio MID	591	45	87
S. Steur MID	556	20	44
W Weghorst FWD	467	11	118
A. Bouwman DEF	410	8	12
R. Bounida MID	374	14	60
M Paes GLK	369	1	5
K Fitz-Jim MID	337	19	32
O Edvardsen FWD	235	10	44
K Dolberg FWD	202	6	54
T Tomiyasu DEF	117	4	17
D. Christoffel Annum-Assamoah Konadu FWD	40	2	15
O Zinchenko DEF	22	1	2
M. Carrizo FWD	9	1	4