Ajax hosts FC Emmen in round 2 of Dutch Eredivisie. The match will be played on Saturday, August 10th at Johan Cruijff Arena (Amsterdam)
Several leaders traditionally left the Amsterdam camp in the summer transfer window. Frenkie de Jong went to conquer Barcelona, and Matthijs de Licht will now tear and throw in Juventus. But Ziyech, Schöne, Tagliafico, Huntelaar, Blind and Tadic remained in the Dutch capital, and it is very good. Besides, young players who are supposed to drag the team to victory in the new season stayed. However, the performance of Ajax is far from ideal at the start of the season. After the victory in the Dutch Super Cup over PSV (2-0), the Amsterdam team played in the championship against Vitesse. And the current Dutch champion had to win back twice during the match. Fortunately, Van de Beek and Tadic managed to shoot in a timely manner, which helped the Red and whites to gain one point contrary to expectations. It is quite possible that the upcoming match against PAOK in the Champions League influenced the team’s mood, where the Amsterdam team, by the way, also looked extremely plain and could have lost to the Greeks if it hadn’t been for a series of successful episodes, thanks to which the Dutch managed to take a draw away (2:2). The team comes up pissed for the match against Emmen and is unlikely to allow itself to play carelessly, despite the impending return match of the Champions League against the Greeks.
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Emmen could well scratch out a point in the first round, but, playing with Groningen, it did not keep the score. The team conceded a goal from the White-greens literally in the last minutes of the meeting. Everything was decided by Khrustic’s accurate shot in the 87th minute of the meeting, thanks to which the visitors gained their first victory of the season, having managed to show a good start in a duel with an outsider. Now, Emmen is to play against the current champion of the Netherlands in the Amsterdam football arena, where no mercy is to be expected.
As mentioned above, Emmen is waiting for an extremely difficult match against Ajax. It is unlikely that the team will be ready for the starting onslaught of the Amsterdam team, which is likely to solve all their problems in the first half, scoring a couple of goals before the halftime. The visitors cannot avoid the hammering defeat. The only question is whether the visitors can answer the opponent at least once.
Prediction for the match: Ajax to win with -2.5 handicap
