In the calendar, this day has been circled in red for a long time. March 31, 2019, Ajax - PSV. Mark van Bommel's team travels to Amsterdam with a five-point lead. Below are all the facts about the topper.
Positive balance for PSV
Only PSV has a positive balance sheet against Ajax of the current premier league clubs. They won 53 times and 48 times the victory went to the club from Amsterdam. The goal difference is also in PSV's favor: 210 goals for against 204 goals against. No other club has that.
Goals against from standard situations
PSV gets the fewest goals from standard situations of all clubs. Only three times the ball ended up in the goal. Once it happened from a penalty. The other two goals came from a corner. Ajax got six goals from standard situations this season.
King of the assist
Steven Bergwijn is the king of the assist this season. More than any other player in the Eredivisie, he gave the important pass from which a goal fell. Twelve times to be exact. In places two and three are Steven Berghuis with eleven assists and Hakim Ziyech with ten.
Shots against
PSV's team is also in good shape. It got the fewest shots against of all clubs. Only 226 times did the opponent manage a shot. That amounts to about nine shots per game. 247 managed to hit the Ajax goal.
Lots of scoring chances PSV player
Luuk de Jong stands head and shoulders above the rest in terms of creating scoring chances. 32 times he managed to create a chance. Number two Robin van Persie only managed 21 chances. The first Ajacied back in the rankings is Dušan Tadic with 19 chances.
Keeping the zero
Both PSV and Ajax have already netted 14 times in 26 premier league matches. They therefore share the lead together. Both have a two-match lead over pursuer AZ, who have cleared the goal 12 times.
Fewer players used than Ajax
Mark van Bommel has used fewer players than his college of Ajax this season. Van Bommel called on 25 different players. At Ajax, 28 different players were already fielded. Only NAC Breda used more than Ajax: 32.