Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Ajax
Match Time & Date:
11/01/2025
18:45
Prediction: 4-1
Waalwijk
Ajax and RKC Waalwijk face each other at Johan Cruijff Arena in a David-vs-Goliath clash on Matchday 18. The Amsterdammers aim to kickstart 2025 in great manner and they are likely to go all guns blazing at the Yellow-Blues. Burkina Faso Bertrand Traore should be recalled to the starting XI after scoring as a substitute in a 2-0 win over Sparta Rotterdam, while both Amourricho van Axel Dongen and Gaston Avila remain on the sidelines with injuries.
Henk Fraser’s troops, on the other hand, are stuck in the relegation zone with only seven points on their account. Given RKC’s five-game losing run at Johan Cruijff Arena, we predict that the title-chasing hosts are going to pick up all three points from the match. In their last meeting in Amsterdam, Ajax recorded a routine 4-1 win over RKC, who will be without El Harmazi, Familia-Castillo, and Weidmann in Saturday’s encounter.
Highlighted Player (Davy Klaassen):
Davy Klaassen is a product of Ajax’s youth academy. He played for the Amsterdammers at youth level from 2004 to 2012 and he made his debut for the senior team against Olympique Lyon in the Champions League group stages. Klaassen was born on 22 February, 1993 in Hilversum, Netherlands and he plays as an attacking midfielder.
He is capable of playing as a secondary striker as well and it has to be noted that the Dutch footballer scored 13 goals in 31 league appearances for Ajax in the 2015/2016 Eredivisie campaign. Klaassen has four caps for Netherlands U21 team and he made his debut for the first team on 5 March, 2014 in a friendly against France.
The Dutch midfielder scored his first goal for the national team against Spain on 31 March, 2015 and, no doubt, that was one of the brightest moments of his career. The Ajax footballer won his third Eredivisie trophy with the Amsterdammers in the 2013/2014 campaign.
Highlighted Team (Waalwijk):
RKC Waalwijk is a Dutch club that competes in the Eredivisie. RKC returned to the Dutch top flight in the 2019/20 season, and they were more than fortunate not to suffer relegation back to Eerste Divisie. Fred Grim’s men were stuck at the bottom of the table when the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
As a result, they did not drop to the Dutch second tier. RKC play home games at Mandemakers Stadion, the venue which can hold only 7,500 spectators. RKC Waalwijk are well known for their yellow shirts with blue strips, but their away kit is mainly black. The Mandemakers Stadion outfit have never won the national championship.
RKC, though, represented the Netherlands in European competitions in the past, with team taking part in Intertoto Cup on four occasions. Willem II are seen as one of the club’s main rivals, with the two teams facing each other in the Brabantse derby.
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