Heracles Almelo vs Ajax betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Eredivisie match on October 20th, 2024

Heracles Almelo and Ajax will on Sunday, October 20th, 2024 at 12:30h (UTC), play in a Eredivisie football game in Netherlands, check the Heracles Almelo vs Ajax betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Heracles Almelo vs Ajax will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Casino-Stadion stadium, in the city of Bregenz, with a capacity for 12000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Heracles Almelo vs Ajax betting tip 2024/2025

The Eredivisie has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.24 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.76 goals per match played.

Heracles Almelo last match

Heracles Almelo come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Go Ahead Eagles, valid for the Eredivisie, ended with a 4-1. The team coached by E. van de Looi lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The odds for them to win, of 5.50 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

The team's defensive line was far from their best in the contest. Damon Mirani had a terrible performance, failed at crucial moments, and became one of the leading players responsible for the negative result.

Ajax last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Eredivisie, Ajax, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the FC Groningen team with a final score of 3-1.

The positive result confirmed that the team's favoritism before the start of the match was certain, making the odds 1.27.

Heracles Almelo vs Ajax h2h

The last time these teams battled against each other in Eredivisie, Ajax ranked 5th place while Heracles Almelo was in 15th place. Ajax took to the field with a 4-2-3-1 tactic, while Heracles Almelo deployed in a 5-4-1 formation.

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2023/2024 Eredivisie season. The match, played on 27-01-2024, recorded the 2-4 win for Ajax.

The Ajax team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Heracles Almelo team, which won only 2 matches.

Teams varying in strengths and motivations.

In this game, the referee E. van de Graaf will be in charge, assisted by K. Bodde and M. Osseweijer.

Heracles Almelo

Eredivisie leaderboard now

Ranking in 12th place in the Eredivisie, Heracles Almelo enters this match with 9 points, 2 wins, 3 losses, 3 draws. What’s more, it is saddled with a negative balance.

In the 9th round the team ranks over the NAC Breda team with the same score which is just below the scoreboard in position 13, and the same points that the FC Groningen team that is in the 11th place.

Heracles Almelo analysis

Heracles Almelo have a negative goal difference, having after 8 rounds conceded 13 goals to opponents and scored 7. An average to improve.

The Heracles Almelo team comes from a defeat in the Eredivisie, and its coach Erwin van de Looi wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Heracles Almelo, with a ball possession of 40.5% per game on average, is not the team that imposes its game, and rather prefers a tactic devoted to waiting and counterattacks. However, in the match against Ajax of 2024/2025 they will have to do something more, try to maintain possession of the ball and attack the opponent's goal with more continuity.

Best goalscorer from Heracles Almelo

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Luka Kulenović. The Attacker has scored 2 times in this competition and helped Heracles Almelo avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

Ajax

Eredivisie leaderboard now

The Ajax team with 13 points currently occupies the 5th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play-off, with a campaign of 4 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss.

Which means that the team, has the same number of points in the 9th round that the Feyenoord team in 6th place.

Ajax analysis

Ajax counted 13 goals scored and 4 conceded at the end of Eredivisie day number 8.

Ajax is in an excellent moment! With a sequence of 2 wins in the Eredivisie, there doesn't seem to be any doubt of who is the favorite.

As we approach the Regular Season, Ajax is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 5.67 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Eredivisie.

Teams can usually exert control over their opponents with ball possession above 50%. Therefore, the Ajax team typically seeks to control the game with an average ball possession of 64.17%.

Ajax is a more offensive team than Heracles Almelo, having 790 attacks vs. 679 from Heracles Almelo, having scored 13 times, in comparison, Heracles Almelo converted into goal 7 times.

Best goalscorer from Ajax

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Davy Klaassen. The Midfielder has scored 2 times in this competition and helped Ajax avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

Historical data: Ajax

With 36 titles won in the history of the tournament, the Ajax team is one of the competition's leading names. The record of the team will impact the final outcome of the match and it will not be the first time the team has managed to impress their opponents with a win at a time when they are in bad shape.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Some study shows us that between 75-90 minutes is where most goals occur, this can be a good bet for those who follow the live game.

Since Ajax has an average of 1.33 goals per game when playing away from home, and they often do not concede goals away from home, the under 2.5 goals can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.5.

Handicap Betting Tip

It is very clear the huge favoritism that Ajax has for this match. The difference between the teams is big, and that should be evident in the final result. Therefore, a good bet for this clash is on the Asian handicap of -1.5 in favor of the visiting team.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 6.73 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Ajax is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 7.83 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Ajax in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 2.75 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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