Utrecht II Ajax II betting prediction

After 2 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses, the home team is in the 19^th position, havinf won 14 points so far. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against FC Den Bosch by (2‑0), after in the previous match they have lost (3‑0) an away match against Roda JC Kerkrade. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 draws and 8 losses in away matches, with 13 goals scored and 30 conceded; against 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses at their stadium, with 16 goals scored and 30 conceded. For the league, Utrecht II won 9 points out of 30 possible points, after 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in the last 10 home matches. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that has had a hard time trying to score first. They have opened up the score in only 4 of the last 23 matches for the Eerste Divisie, they have reached half‑time in front in all of those 4 matches and have held on to the lead in 1. In 23 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 17 times and have only turned the score around in 1. there is 1 period that stands out in the last 12 home matches for this competition: they have scored 4 of their 10 goals between minutes (31'‑45').

Jong Utrecht is a reserve team that plays in the Eerste Divisie just to give experience to young players who are being groomed to join Utrecht's main squad for the Eredivisie and other elite competitions. Even so, it's shameful for the club to be in second-to-last place in the 2024/2025 Eerste Divisie and to have the second-worst record among the home sides (25% record, 9 points from 12 games). Jong Utrecht have the worst attacking record in the league (20 goals scored in 23 games, an average of 0.8 goals per game), while defensively they are the third worst (45 goals conceded in all, an average of 1.9 goals conceded per game), a performance that is even worse when you consider only their home games (25 goals conceded in 12 games, an average of more than 2 goals conceded per game in their stadium). As a result, the club has the worst clean sheet record (it has not conceded a goal in just 2 of the 23 games played so far). Jong Utrecht have the third fewest shots on target (11.1 per game) and the second fewest shots on goal (3.8 per game). Coach Ivar van Dinteren will be able to repeat his previous starting line-up, based on the 4-3-3 tactical formation, as he only has American right-back Rickson Van Hees out injured since matchday 20 on 20-12-2024. Tom de Graaff remains the first-choice goalkeeper despite being the league's second-lowest scorer (2.1 goals conceded per appearance, having conceded 31 goals in 15 appearances).

Confirmed Lineup: Tom Gerard de Graaff, Wessel Kooy, Massien Ghaddari, Nazjir Held, Per Kloosterboer, Ivar Jenner, Sil van der Wegen, Gibson Yah, Bjorn Menzo, Lynden Edhart, Georgios Charalampoglou.
Coach: I. van Dinteren.