Go Ahead Eagles vs Ajax Prediction 17.08.2025
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Go Ahead Eagles vs Ajax Prediction
Go Ahead Eagles vs Ajax Prediction and Betting Tips for Sunday’s Eredivisie clash at De Adelaarshorst. The home side want to build on their fighting draw at Fortuna Sittard, while Ajax seek back-to-back wins after edging past Telstar. In this article, you’ll discover Eredivisie Predictions with insights from XpertStats tipsters.
- Go Ahead Eagles remain unbeaten in 2025 at home, with only one loss all year at De Adelaarshorst.
- Ajax have struggled in Deventer recently, failing to win two of their last three visits.
- Both sides were unbeaten in their opening fixtures of the new Eredivisie campaign.
- Key absentees could play a role, with Twigt suspended for Eagles and Brobbey sidelined for Ajax.
Go Ahead Eagles showed guts last weekend. Reduced to ten men and outshot by a massive margin, they still clawed back a 2-2 draw thanks to Gerrit Nauber’s stoppage-time header. Melvin Boel, in his first games as head coach, must be quietly pleased. Sure, they didn’t control the match, but they made it ugly for Fortuna Sittard and found a way through. Can they summon that same resilience against Ajax? That’s the million euro question.
The problem for the Eagles is availability. Calvin Twigt is suspended after his red card, while Soren Tengstedt remains out injured. Pim Saathof is racing against time with a knee problem. That means extra responsibility falls on Victor Edvardsen, who bagged eight league goals last season. His work rate and movement could trouble an Ajax backline still adjusting under Johnny Heitinga’s setup. One thing’s certain: De Adelaarshorst will be rocking.
Ajax, meanwhile, weren’t exactly convincing in their opener. A 2-0 win over newly promoted Telstar looks good on paper, but they were carved open more than Heitinga would like. Wout Weghorst bailed them out with a brace, showing why he remains central to Ajax’s attack. Still, questions linger. Away form has been patchy in 2025, and trips to Deventer have often been banana skins. Since February 2022, Ajax have only beaten Eagles twice in six attempts. That’s not the dominance fans are used to.
Injuries don’t help Ajax either. Brian Brobbey is sidelined, Josip Sutalo and Youri Regeer are doubts, and Berghuis has to carry extra creative weight. The one bright spark? Ajax have kept five clean sheets in their last eight away matches, and when they do click, their firepower can overwhelm anyone. Still, this fixture has that unpredictable energy about it. The Eagles are stubborn at home, Ajax are fragile away, and goals at both ends feel more likely than not. No wonder many bold bettors are circling Eredivisie Predictions for this one.
Both teams to score looks like solid value in this fixture. Go Ahead Eagles have been resilient at home, losing only once at De Adelaarshorst in 2025. Even when outshot heavily, as seen against Fortuna Sittard, they still found a way to score twice, highlighting their never-say-die mentality. Victor Edvardsen, now leading the line, has the work rate and instinct to trouble Ajax’s backline. On the other side, Ajax are too dangerous to be kept quiet. Wout Weghorst scored twice in their opener, and Steven Berghuis is pulling the strings creatively. Despite Ajax’s defensive record away from home earlier this year, they’ve looked vulnerable when pressed, and the Eagles tend to rise to these big occasions. With history also showing draws and goals in recent head-to-heads, BTTS feels like the most reasonable call. Both teams have the firepower to find the net here.
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