FC Twente vs Ajax prediction and preview
Eredivisie · Sunday 8 November 2026, 13:30 UTC
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FC Twente vs Ajax
Eredivisie · Sunday 8 November 2026, 13:30 UTC · De Grolsch Veste, Enschede
FC Twente vs Ajax preview
FC Twente welcome Ajax at De Grolsch Veste in Enschede on Sunday 8 November 2026 (13:30 UTC) in Eredivisie. FC Twente go into the round 4th, on 23 points from 11 games, while Ajax are 2nd in the table with 24 points from 11.
Recent form: FC Twente W-W-W-L-W, Ajax W-W-W-W-L (most recent first). Over their last 6, FC Twente have scored 3.0 and conceded 0.7 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Ajax average 2.0 scored and 1.0 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.
Head to head, FC Twente have 3 wins to Ajax's 4 across 10 meetings, with 3 draws. Those games averaged 3.2 goals, 7 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 7. The most recent meeting, on 4 Apr 2026, ended Ajax 1-2 FC Twente.
FC Twente list 4 absentees, including Stav Lemkin (injury), Max Bruns (injury) and Lars Unnerstall (injury). Stav Lemkin and Max Bruns have featured heavily in recent matches. Ajax list 6 absentees, including Caio Henrique (injury), Kasper Dolberg (injury) and Anton Gaaei (injury). Caio Henrique and Kasper Dolberg have featured heavily in recent matches. Joey Kooij is the appointed referee. Across 85 earlier matches in our data the average is 3.3 yellow cards per game and 0.2 penalties per game, and home sides won 48% of those games.
Bookmaker prices give FC Twente a slight edge. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.
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- Stav Lemkin
- Kasper Dolberg
- Caio Henrique
- Lars Unnerstall
- Anton Gaaei
- Max Bruns
- Simon Adingra
- Oliver Edvardsen
- Filip Thorvaldsen
- Viktor Tsygankov
FC Twente expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joël Drommel, Bart van Rooij, Robin Pröpper, Ruud Nijstad, Aske Adelgaard, Ramiz Zerrouki, Thomas van den Belt, Daan Rots, Younes Taha, Sondre Ørjasæter, Wout Weghorst
Ajax expected line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Lucas Rosa, Aaron Bouwman, Dies Janse, Owen Wijndal, Jorthy Mokio, Oscar Gloukh, Youri Baas, Davy Klaassen, Tolu Arokodare, Abdellah Ouazane
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