Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Thanks to a 5-0 win over Heerenveen Ajax clinched their 36th Eredivisie trophy. The Amsterdammers did well to defend the title, but they surely want to put icing on the cake on yet another successful domestic campaign. All Labyad, Antony, Gravenberch, Schuurs, and Martinez remain in the recovery room, while Brian Brobby is pushing for a start.
The Vitas, on the other hand, have been having their ups and downs of late, with the team beating both Go Ahead Eagles and Fortuna Sittard, while losing to Willem II and Heerenveen. Vitesse have already booked their place in the Conference League playoffs, and seeing that they will be with guards down in Sunday’s clash as well, over 2.5 goals betting option should be considered. Both Jacob Rasmussen and Jeroen Houwen continue to miss out with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
Highlighted Player (Riechedly Bazoer):
Despite playing for PSV during his youth career, Riechedly Bazoer made his Eredivisie debut with Ajax. The central midfielder who was born on 12 October, 1996 in Utrecht, scored his first goal for Ajax on 15 February, 2015 in a 4-2 victory over Twente.
Four days later he made his European debut with the Amsterdammers, taking part in a 1-0 win over Legia in the Europa League. Bazoer scored five goals in 29 league appearances for Ajax in the 2015/2016 season, but he failed to win the domestic trophy with Frank de Boer’s troops.
Speaking of his international career, Bazoer has two caps for Netherlands U21 team and he made his debut for the first team on 13 November, 2015 against Wales. It has to be noted that he came as a late substitute in the 3-2 victory over the Dragons. Back in 2012 the right-footed midfielder won the UEFA U17 European Championship with the Dutch national team.
Highlighted Team (Ajax):
Ajax is a Dutch football club that was founded on 18 March, 1900. Ajax are well known for their youth academy, which regarded as one of the best youth football schools in the world. The likes of Johan Cruijff, Edwin van der Sar, Dennis Bergkamp, Patrick Kluivert, Rafael van der Vaart and Marco van Basten are all products of Ajax’s football academy. The Amsterdammers share a big rivalry with Feyenoord and there have always been fireworks when the two teams face each other in De Klassieker.
During the seventies Feyenoord and Ajax were the only two teams who were capable of winning the domestic trophies, while PSV have been playing an important role in Dutch football in the 21st century. PSV and Ajax are regarded as big rivals as well and the two teams square off against each other in De Topper. Ajax play their home games at Amsterdam ArenA, the stadium that was opened on 14 August, 1996. The Amsterdammers won their fourth European Cup (Champions League) trophy in 1995, beating Milan in the title game in Vienna.