Eredivisie: Ajax Amsterdam, PSV, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/NAC-Breda-c39983 – Sunday Previews
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AFC-Ajax-c38228 Amsterdam vs. VVV-Venlo
Dutch Eredivisie giants will take on the relegation contender VVV-Venlo at Amsterdam Arena. The Amsterdammers are coming into this match on the back of a morale-boosting 3 – 0 away win in their Europa League round of 32 first leg encounter against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/RSC-Anderlecht-c40394.
Ajax manager, Frank de Boer, was pleased with his side’s performance and praised his men’s effort on the pitch in the second half. Boer said, “In the first half they had the better chances, not because they were better, but because we were sloppy.”
De Joden lost two points in their last week’s Eredivisie encounter against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roda-JC-c40375 Kerkrade. The home side are trailing the league leaders PSV Eindhoven by five points. The Amsterdammers are desperate to win the Eredivisie title, as they have not won the
Dutch title since their triumphant 2003/04 season.
VVV-Venlo will battle against the drop, as they are looking a strong contender for relegation. The visitors are currently placed 17th in the league table, having won just four of their 23 matches. Team manager, Willy Boessen, have to start looking
for good results if he wants to prolong his side’s stay in the Eredivisie.
Head-to-Head statistics
The Good Old’s performances against the Amsterdammers have been disappointing, as de Joden thrashed them in four of their last five encounters. The interesting part for Ajax fans in these encounters is that the Good Old only scored three goals while the
Amsterdammers found the net on 21 occasions.
Prediction
If you are a VVV-Venlo fan, then pray for a miracle as it will be an easy 4 – 0 win for the Amsterdammers.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven vs. NAC Breda
Dutch Eredivisie leaders, PSV Eindhoven, will clash with 11th placed NAC Breda at Philips Stadion on Sunday. PSV will be looking to bag all three points in this fixture, as they are neck-to-neck in their fight for Eredivisie pole position.
The Boeren managed to defeat http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 Alkmaar 4 – 0 last week. However, team manager Fred Rutten was unhappy with his side’s performance at the back line. Had AZ not missed a plethora of goal scoring chances, the score line could easily have read 4-4. Rutten will
have to improve their defence if they want to claim Dutch crown this season.
PSV also got lucky in their Europa League encounter against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lille-OSC-c39800, as they were 2 – 0 down till the 80th minute. However, two goals in quick succession in dying minutes of the match put PSV level with the home side. Goal scorer against Lille,
Wilfred Bouma said, “Let’s be realistic. We could have lost big time here.”
On the other hand, NAC Breda will be hoping that their good form against PSV remains intact, as they defeated the league leaders earlier this season at Rat Verlegh Stadion. The Rats have acquired 30 points from their 23 matches and are currently placed
11th in the league table.
The Rats had a good start to their campaign, but lost their way and have not won a single match after the winter break. The Yellow Army are the only winless Eredivisie team in 2011.
Head-to-Head statistics
NAC have won three of their last five encounters against PSV. One match ended in a stalemate while the Boeren emerged victorious in the remaining one.
Prediction
NAC have remained stronger in the recent years against PSV, while the Boeren have been in supreme form this season. It will be a 2 – 2 stalemate, as the Boeren have a weak back line.
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