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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

It's an away trip for Óscar García Junyent's Ajax side on Sunday afternoon, as they travel to the Abe Lenstra Stadion for a Eredivisie showdown with Robin Veldeman's SC Heerenveen. All statistics, including 20-game form for both teams and head to head (H2H) records, will update as you explore each of the seventeen betting markets via the tabs below. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers and, of course, KickOff's predictions will too.

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Analysing our match predictions, bookies' odds and relevant statistics, there's one market that seems hard to ignore for this fixture: both teams to score. In Heerenveen and Ajax we have two sides going head-to-head that regularly score, but equally have trouble shutting the opposition out, and we expect them to show themselves again on Sunday afternoon. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.36.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Heerenveen are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 37% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.10.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Heerenveen 38%	19/10	21/10
Draw 23%	29/10	3/1
Ajax 40%	21/20	21/20
Draw 1-1 10%	17/2	7/1
Ajax 2-1 8%	9/1	8/1
Heerenveen 2-1 8%	11/1	10/1
Draw 2-2 7%	9/1	8/1
Ajax 1-0 6%	16/1	12/1
Heerenveen 1-0 6%	20/1	14/1
Ajax 2-0 5%	16/1	12/1
Ajax 3-1 5%	14/1	10/1
Heerenveen 2-0 5%	22/1	16/1
Heerenveen 3-1 5%	20/1	14/1
Ajax 3-2 4%	16/1	12/1
Heerenveen 3-2 4%	18/1	14/1
Draw 0-0 3%	28/1	18/1
Ajax 3-0 3%	22/1	16/1
Heerenveen 3-0 3%	33/1	25/1
Over 2.5 Goals 66%	1/3	1/3
Under 2.5 Goals 34%	12/5	21/10
Home 1st Goal 49%	1/1	11/10
Away 1st Goal 49%	8/11	8/11
No 1st Goal 2%	28/1	18/1
BTTS - Yes 67%	1/3	1/3
BTTS - No 33%	9/4	2/1
BTTS - Home Win 23%	3/1	16/5
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	16/5
BTTS - Away Win 24%	2/1	15/8
Home/draw 60%	8/11	3/4
Away/draw 62%	2/5	4/11
Home/away 77%	1/4	2/9
Over 1.5 Goals 86%	1/12	1/11
Under 1.5 Goals 14%	7/1	11/2
Over 3.5 Goals 45%	4/5	4/5
Under 3.5 Goals 55%	10/11	19/20
Over 4.5 Goals 26%	7/4	9/5
Under 4.5 Goals 74%	2/5	2/5
Over 5.5 Goals 13%	4/1	18/5
Under 5.5 Goals 87%	1/6	1/6
Over 0.5 Goals 97%	1/100	1/200
Under 0.5 Goals 3%	22/1	18/1
Home DNB 54%	6/5	13/10
Away DNB 55%	8/13	11/20
Heerenveen win to nil 14%	7/1	-
Ajax win to nil 15%	5/1	-
Heerenveen / Heerenveen 18%	7/2	18/5
Heerenveen / Ajax 5%	18/1	14/1
Heerenveen / Draw 7%	12/1	10/1
Draw / Heerenveen 10%	7/1	13/2
Draw / Ajax 14%	5/1	19/4
Draw / Draw 11%	7/1	6/1
Ajax / Heerenveen 4%	20/1	18/1
Ajax / Ajax 26%	9/4	2/1
Ajax / Draw 7%	12/1	10/1

Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Heerenveen have played 33 matches so far this season and are in 8th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 5 and won 2. Heerenveen have conceded 27 goals, scored 16, 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 5th place on 55 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 33 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 25 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 8 and losing 5 games. They have scored 48 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Ajax have conceded 29 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	33	26	3	4	52	81	l 0-2A	l 3-1F	d 2-2A	d 2-2A
2	Feyenoord	33	18	8	7	24	62	d 2-2A	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	d 1-1F
3	Twente	33	15	13	5	23	58	l 1-2A	l 5-0A	l 1-2A	w 2-3A
4	NEC	33	15	11	7	23	56	w 3-2F	d 2-2A	d 1-1F	d 2-2A
5	Ajax	33	14	13	6	21	55	May 17	d 1-1A	-	-
6	AZ Alkmaar	33	14	9	10	7	51	w 3-1F	l 3-0A	l 0-2A	d 1-1A
7	Utrecht	33	14	8	11	11	50	d 1-1F	d 2-2A	l 1-2A	l 2-1A
8	Heerenveen	33	14	8	11	4	50	-	-	d 1-1F	May 17
9	Groningen	33	13	6	14	3	45	l 0-2A	l 2-1F	w 2-0F	l 3-1A
10	S.Rotterdam	33	12	7	14	-21	43	w 2-1F	w 0-3F	w 4-0F	d 3-3F
11	Fortuna	33	11	6	16	-12	39	w 2-1A	l 2-0A	w 4-1F	w 1-3A
12	GA Eagles	33	8	14	11	2	38	d 2-2A	w 1-3A	d 2-2F	d 2-2F
13	PEC Zwolle	33	9	10	14	-25	37	w 4-2A	l 2-1A	w 3-1F	d 0-00-0
14	Excelsior	33	9	8	16	-14	35	w 2-1A	w 1-2F	l 1-2A	d 2-2F
15	Telstar	33	8	10	15	-7	34	w 3-0F	w 2-3F	w 2-0F	w 2-3F
16	FC Volendam	33	8	8	17	-19	32	d 1-1F	w 0-2F	w 2-0F	d 1-1A
17	NAC	33	6	10	17	-23	28	d 3-3F	l 2-0A	w 2-1F	w 0-2F
18	Heracles	33	5	4	24	-49	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

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Heerenveen	0 - 2	NAC
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

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	1 - 2	Utrecht
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

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 outings. A PG of 1.7 for R. Veldeman's side suggests that run should continue.

	Heerenveen 8th	Ajax 5th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.7 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 18% 1 31% 2 27% 3 15% 4+ 10% There is a 82% 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

19%

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Games scored	26		31
Failed to score	7		2
Scored first	14		19
Goals scored	57		62
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		1.6
KickOff rating		+19%

HEE

AJA

27%

better

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Games conceded	29		23
Clean sheets	4		10
Conceded first	19		13
Goals conceded	53		40
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	15%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.4
KickOff rating		+27%

Heerenveen v Ajax Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

Heerenveen Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

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

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Zagaritis DEF	33	2	3	4 -
J Overeem MID	32	2	9	5 -
J Trenskow FWD	32	12	5	-
O. Johansen Braude DEF	31		4	7 -
M. Linday MID	31	1	2	6 -
S Kersten DEF	30	1		5 -
M Rivera FWD	30	4	4	5 -
M. Willemsen DEF	29	1		4 -
L Brouwers MID	29	5	4	2 1
R Meerveld MID	29	6	3	1 -
D Vente FWD	29	7	2	1 -
B Klaverboer GLK	28			1 -
H Petrov DEF	20			2 1
N Hopland DEF	18	1		1 -
L Nordas FWD	15	6	1	2 -
E. Gürbüz FWD	15	1		1 -
L Oyen FWD	13	1		-
M. Egbring DEF	8		1	1 -
A Dongen FWD	7	1		-
N. Courtens Mabeneyshi MID	5			1 -
A Noppert GLK	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	36	9	9
J Trenskow	J Trenskow	J Overeem	J Overeem

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Trenskow FWD	12	36	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	5
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	3
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	76	186
J Overeem	M. Linday	V Zagaritis

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Overeem MID	1798	51	144
M. Willemsen DEF	1694	28	119
O. Johansen Braude DEF	1319	62	176
S Kersten DEF	1275	38	95
M. Linday MID	1159	76	150
V Zagaritis DEF	1121	61	186
B Klaverboer GLK	1107		15
L Brouwers MID	840	42	105
J Trenskow FWD	828	23	69
R Meerveld MID	786	23	105
M Rivera FWD	622	34	103
D Vente FWD	466	15	85
N Hopland DEF	358	10	30
H Petrov DEF	256	8	29
L Nordas FWD	205	6	64
A Noppert GLK	140		5
L Oyen FWD	113	6	21
E. Gürbüz FWD	73	6	25
M. Egbring DEF	49	6	16
N Bakker GLK	31
A Dongen FWD	22		11
N. Courtens Mabeneyshi MID	22	2	3
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
30	17	12	6
Y Baas	M Godts	M Godts	W Weghorst

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Godts FWD	31	17	12	2 -
Y Baas DEF	30	4	1	3 1
O Gloukh MID	29	6	6	3 -
D Klaassen MID	28	6	2	1 -
L Rosa DEF	26			3 -
W Weghorst FWD	26	8	4	6 -
A Gaaei DEF	25	1	4	3 -
J. Mokio MID	25	2	2	-
J Sutalo DEF	24			1 -
Y Regeer MID	24		2	5 -
R. Bounida MID	21	1	5	4 -
K Dolberg FWD	21	3	3	1 -
V Jaroš GLK	19			1 -
O Wijndal DEF	19	1		3 -
S. Steur MID	18	1	1	2 -
O Edvardsen FWD	18		1	3 -
S Berghuis FWD	18	4	2	3 -
K Itakura DEF	17	1		2 -
K Fitz-Jim MID	16	1		2 -
M Paes GLK	10			-
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	8	17	4	6
O Gloukh MID	6	22	6	4
D Klaassen MID	6	11	2	2
Y Baas DEF	4	7	1	3
S Berghuis FWD	4	16	2	5
K Dolberg FWD	3	11	3	4
J. Mokio MID	2	6	2	1
A Gaaei DEF	1	8	4	10
R. Bounida MID	1	10	5	5
O Wijndal DEF	1	5		3
S. Steur MID	1	6	1	1
K Itakura DEF	1	3		1
K Fitz-Jim MID	1	4		2
A. Bouwman DEF	1	2		1
L Rosa DEF		5
Y Regeer MID		2	2	1
O Edvardsen FWD		1	1	3
D. Christoffel Annum-Assamoah Konadu FWD		2		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2245	66	162
Y Baas	L Rosa	M Godts

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
Y Baas DEF	2245	53	144
J Sutalo DEF	1446	13	84
L Rosa DEF	1199	66	130
M Godts FWD	1105	29	162
Y Regeer MID	987	55	104
K Itakura DEF	853	16	56
A Gaaei DEF	827	26	64
O Gloukh MID	803	23	73
V Jaroš GLK	759		6
S Berghuis FWD	675	12	30
D Klaassen MID	674	44	83
O Wijndal DEF	654	23	65
J. Mokio MID	645	53	98
S. Steur MID	576	20	44
W Weghorst FWD	475	11	119
A. Bouwman DEF	410	8	12
M Paes GLK	407	1	5
R. Bounida MID	387	14	60
K Fitz-Jim MID	337	19	32
O Edvardsen FWD	240	10	44
K Dolberg FWD	217	7	59
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

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

Heerenveen have played 33 matches so far this season and are in 8th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Ajax lay in 5th place on 55 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 33 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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