Roda JC - SC Heerenveen (Eredivisie) 21/9/2013 18:45

Date: 21/9/2013 18:45 (UTC+1)
Match: Roda JC - SC Heerenveen
Competition: Eredivisie
Pick: Heerenveen +0 (DNB)
Odds: 2.10
Bookmaker: Marathonbet
Stake: 10/10


Heerenveen has a good squad with Finbogasson, van la Parra, Eikrem etc.
Roda does not have a great squad. Only players who are above average are Donald, Fledderus and Hocher.


Roda will miss their targetman Frank Demouge, due to a suspension. Heerenveen has a better squad than Roda. Roda also lost last week with 1-5 at home from relegation candidates NAC Breda. This has been a huge mental blown for them. All of this makes me I like Heerenveen DNB.

Go Ahead Eagles - Cambuur Leeuwarden (Eredivisie) 20/9/2013 20:00

Date: 20/9/2013 20:00 (UTC+1)
Match: Go Ahead Eagles - Cambuur Leeuwarden
Competition: Eredivisie
Pick: Go Ahead Eagles to win
Odds: 2.25
Bookmaker: Tempobet
Stake: 10/10

Match between most named candidates for relegation. Both have started surprisingly well. Especially Go Ahead have shown some great play. Go Ahead are very strong at home, in de Adelaarshorst is always a great atmosphere

PSV Eindhoven - Go Ahead Eagles (Eredivisie) 17/8/2013 18:45

Date: 17/8/2013 18:45 (UTC+1)
Match: PSV Eindhoven - Go Ahead Eagles
Competition: Eredivisie
Pick: BTTS NO
Odds: 2.25
Bookmaker: William Hill
Stake: 10/10

PSV new defence is doing great. Bruma and Rekik are really stable except one mistake against ADO. PSV won easily last week against NEC and I think GAE is a similar level. PSV have had a clean sheet this season in all games except the game against ADO.

RKC Waalwijk - Vitesse Arnhem (Eredivisie) 11/8/2013 16:30

Date: 11/8/13 16:30 (UTC+1)
Match: RKC Waalwijk - Vitesse Arnhem
Competition: Eredivisie
Pick: Vitesse -1 AH
Odds: 3.35
Bookmaker: Marathonbet
Stake: 10/10

RKC had a good result against FC Twente, but was defending the whole game and Twente was weak in the finishing. Vitesse did great last week and played very dominant. Vitesse lost thursday against Petrolul unfortunately in the Europa League in the 90+5 minute.

RKC can not defend the whole game like last week cause they are playing home and the public will not accept that. I think Vitesse should win this game and the odds are very generous, given the fact that Vitesse have much more quality. I think Vitesse will win this game and just like Groningen there is a big chance that this will be with 2 goals difference.

Feyenoord Rotterdam - FC Twente (Eredivisie) 11/8/2013 12:30

Date: 11/8/13 2:30 (UTC+1)
Match: Feyenoord Rotterdam - FC Twente
Competition: Eredivisie
Pick: Feyenoord to win
Odds: 1.90
Bookmaker: Interwetten
Stake: 10/10

Feyenoord will want to recover their shamefull loss against PEC Zwolle. Ronald Koeman is demanding for from his players than last year, in his last year at Feyenoord (expectation is that he will leave to go the Dutch national team) he wants to crown his work with the title. Feyenoord has more quality in the squad than the current squad from Twente. Twente has some good talents but they are not ready for the big work yet. Also they have lost Chadli. Twente drawn the first game with 0-0 against relegation candidate RKC, Twente was the dominant team and produced enough shots but they have not the power to score.
Feyenoord is always very strong at home in de Kuip, the most beuatiful stadium of the Netherlands (after het Kasteel ofcourse lol), I have been there and the atmosfere is unbelievable, the stands are shaking and the crowd is amazing. It is not only the story that Feyenoord is strong at home, you can see it also in the stats. Feyenoord did not lose one game at home last year, in fact the last time Feyenoord lost in de Kuip was at 5 November 2011 when NEC beat Feyenoord with 1-0. I expect Feyenoord to recover and especially with the special powers de Kuip the players give I think Feyenoord have a good chance to win this.

Go Ahead Eagles - ADO Den Haag (Eredivisie) 10/8/2013 19:45

Date: 10/8/13 19:45 (UTC+1)
Match: Go Ahead Eagles - ADO Den Haag
Competition: Eredivisie
Pick: ADO +0.25
Odds: 2.00
Bookmaker: Pinnacle Sports
Stake: 10/10


ADO has a great squad this season. V. Duinen, Holla, Coutinho, Jannsen, v. Haaren, Cabral and Gouriye are all great promising Eredivisie players who can make a step up in the future. They started the season with a 2-3 loss against PSV, which is not a shame. I expect a strong season from ADO if v. Duinen stays.

GAE has almost the same squad as last year, they ended 6th place but promoted via the play-offs. During the play-offs they were pretty impressive. Last week against Utrecht they did great the second half and deserved the three points. It was a great performance but I also think it was because of the worse form Utrecht in is and the lack of quality from Utrecht this year.

ADO has on all positions a better squad than GAE. I think ADO will win this. The value is for sure with ADO. I wil go for the ADO +0.25 AH handicap.

PSV Eindhoven - NEC Nijmegen (Eredivisie) 10/8/2013 20:45

Date: 10/8/13 20:45 (UTC+1)
Match: PSV Eindhoven - NEC Nijmegen
Competition: Eredivisie
Pick: BTTS NO
Odds: 1.95
Bookmaker: William Hill
Stake: 10/10

PSV started the season with almost a whole new squad and it looks like it is paying off. The most improvement is in defence, with Bruma and Rekik you both two one of the most promising defenders of the Netherlands and they are playing with each other like they are 29 years old. I expect a big PSV win with no NEC goals. PSV had a clean sheet two times against Zulte-Waregem. Against ADO they did not, but this was an difficult away game. PSV playing at home so big chance they will keep the 0. Also NEC was very poor against Groningen at home, they have bought the Schottish Premier League topscorer, but the rest of the team is under average, I think they will get a difficult season if they do not any transfers.

Vitesse Arnhem - Heracles Almelo (Eredivisie) 4/8/13 14

Date: 4/8/13 14:30 (UTC+1)
Match: Vitesse Arnhem - Heracles Almelo
Competition: Eredivisie
Pick: Vitesse -1 AH
Odds: 2.25
Bookmaker: Marathonbet
Stake: 10/10

Vitesse had a great season last year, still coach Rutten left. The new coach is Peter Bosz, who was before coach at Heracles Almelo, today's opponent. Bosz is known by his attacking tactics. Last season he played a while with only 3 defenders. Vitesse had a slow start in pre-season and also the match against Petrolul was (in special second half) not very good. At least Vitesse managed to get a good result for the return.

Vitesse's best players Bony and van Ginkel left, this will be a huge loss for them as both scored most goals and made assists. Still Vitesse has a great squad, and with Pedersen, Reis and Havenaar all players who easily can score goals.
Heracles has no secrets for Bosz and that is why I think Vitesse will beat them, also because they are playing at home. Count the fact that Bosz loves attacking football, surely a two goal difference win is not impossible.

Advice: Back this tip at the Betfair Asian handicap market, you will get a better price and the comission is only 0.5% this month.

Cambuur Leeuwarden - NAC Breda (Eredivisie) 4/8/13 12:30

Date: 4/8/13 12:30 (UTC+1)
Match: Cambuur Leeuwarden - NAC Breda
Competition: Eredivisie
Pick: NAC Breda +0 AH (DNB)
Odds: 2.52

Bookmaker: Pinnacle
Stake: 10/10

Cambuur was great last season but only became champions because rivals were failing. (mainly Sparta R. / Volendam). Also Cambuur lost Tighadouini, who returned to Vitesse.

NAC did some great business at the transfermarket. NAC also has a good coach with Gudelj, when he took over, the second half of the season was brilliant. Only big loss for NAC is the leaving of Gudelj son Nemanja, who was playmaker last season. Also central defender Botteghin left for FC Groningen.

Still NAC has a better squad, and the players of Cambuur do not have Eredivisie experience, or only a little bit.
That is why I think NAC is a value bet.

Advice: Back this tip at the Betfair Asian handicap market, you will get a better price and the comission is only 0.5% this month.

 

ADO Den Haag - PSV Eindhoven (Eredivisie) 3/8/13 18:45

Date: 3/8/13 18:45 (UTC+1)
Match: ADO Den Haag - PSV Eindhoven
Competition: Eredivisie
Pick: Both teams to score (BTTS) - NO
Odds: 2.50
Bookmaker: William Hill/Betvictor
Stake: 10/10

 PSV was very impressive against Zulte-Waregem this week. No one expected anything, cause of the leaving of all keyplayers. But in fact, it looks like the lots of changes did PSV good. In attack they have some exciting youngsters. In midfield they won the battle for Adam Maher and grabbed some experience with Schaars. The biggest win for PSV is in defence, last season the defence was every week very worrieng. In fact, PSV scored more than 100 goals but conceded a lot. I think if PSV had this defence last season they would became champions. The defence looks with Rekik and Bruma now very solid. ADO Den Haag has a squad that love goals, especially at home. Mike van Duinen is very dangerous, but I think there is a great chance PSV will concede no goals. Bigger chance than the 2.5 suggests. I suggest to take it now as I think it is possible this will drop.

Ajax Amsterdam - Roda JC Kerkrade (Eredivisie) 2/8/2013 20:00

Date: 2/8/13 20:00 (UTC+1)
Match: Ajax Amsterdam - Roda JC Kerkrade  
Competition: Eredivisie
Pick: Both teams to score (BTTS) - NO
Odds: 1.91  
Bookmaker: William Hill/Coral/Betvictor  
Stake: 10/10

Ajax is the huge favorite for this match. 1.15 to win. And this is justly as Ajax is the much better team and has huge goalscoring potential. Ajax defence has been better since last year. Kenneth Vermeer is a great goalkeeper. Against AZ Ajax was sometimes a bit sloppy so you should say Roda has a chance to score a goal. But in fact, I do not understand the hype of Roda getting European football this season. Ofcourse they did a great job with getting Kali, but the rest are all average Eredivisie players. The only thing today where I can see a goal from Roda would be a Fledderus free kick. So in fact I think this bet is value and has a great chance of winning, especially cause Ajax is playing at home.

Eredivisie preview: Ajax Amsterdam

                                          A.F.C. Ajax

2012/13

Ajax had a great season last year. They became champions after a very exciting season with 4 posssible contenders for the title.  PSV, Feyenoord and Vitesse also have had some good papers at some stage in the competition. In the first part of the competition Ajax seems a bit unstable but the second part of the competition was very impressive.  In the second part of the completion they only lost away against Vitesse(3-2).  But after that loss Ajax kept winning, apart from some dodgy draws against smaller opponents.  In fact Ajax did this also with very impressive football. 

 

Last season a few players stood out. Tobias Sana, began the competition with some outstanding performances, but later on he was left out of the squad cause he was run-down.  Kenneth Vermeer became a stable keeper and developed himself in to the first choice keeper of the Dutch national team. Daley Blind finally showed his real skills as many doubted him. His attacking abilities were never doubted but he was always very weak in defence. He became stronger and worked on his lack of defensive skills. Daley Blind rewarded himself with the Title of Ajax’s player of the year and also became Oranjes first left-back. Christian Eriksen had an average season, but at the end he reached his ability.   Viktor Fischer finally made his breakthrough  and scored some great goals and showed that he is a great player.  Siem de Jong was very constant and was very important with his goals in absence of striker Sigthorsson. Striker Danny Hoesen showed in the games that he played that he is one to watch, he showed some great skills and also made some nice goals.

Transfers:

In:

Cause of the hold off of transfers going out Ajax only get 2 real signings.  Most striking name is surely Bojan Krkic. Bojan was always one of Barcelona’s greatest talents and described by some as ‘the new Messi’.  Cause he not wanted to stay in the shadow of Messi he decided a couple of years ago to move to Italy. He first signed for AS Roma for 12 millon euro’s (Barcelona had a 13 million buy-back clausule) in sight of coach Luis Enrique, also a Barcelonian. Luis Enrique was fired by Roma and Bojan decided to join AC Milan in last season. He only made 19 apearances in a disappointing season.  Barcelona still decided to buy Bojan back from Roma, but Bojan wanted more playing time. PSV and Feyenoord were also interested, but the strong friendship Bojan have with Johan Cruyff and the similar culture and style of play from Ajax made him decide to join Ajax. Ajax surely has a player now with the potential to be worldclass. Because Bojan already made his debut in 2006, you will almost forget that Bojan is still only 22 years old.

Other signing is Mike van der Hoorn, a central defender who came from FC Utrecht.  Last season he was one of the strongholders from FC Utrecht, but was most striking cause some big mistakes he made.  Because of his strong season, Netherlands U21 coach Cor Pot decided him to put him in the squad for the EURO U21 Championship in Israel, which he won’t wanted to be reminded off. He got some playing time in the game against Spain which Oranje lost with their B-team and vd Hoorn was not impressive. In the semi-final against Italy he replaced injured Stefan de Vrij but he made a big mistake in Italy’s goal.  Van der Hoorn realized him this self also and was in tears after the game.  Van der Hoorn is signed cause of Alderweireld might be leaving.

Out:

Ryan Babel, has decided to cash in Turkey. He needed this cause he decided last year to buy himself out of his contract with TSG Hoffenheim.  Was last year mostly injured, but if he played a welcome addition.

Miralem Sulejmani: Ajax biggest signing ever (16 million) never paid back his transfer fee. He shined some times but never was the player Ajax had seen at Heerenveen. Last year he did not play anymore cause of injuries and de Boer thought he was not good enough. Benfica still thinks he can be the player he once was, and a great chance Benfica will be right. At Ajax he was used as a right winger. He glanced at Heerenveen as an striker with a free role.

Isaac Cuenca; Cuenca did not played much games due to injuries but showed that he is a good player. He also said that Ajax is a great club and that he thinks about returning in the future.

Rumours:

Captain Siem de Jong was linked with several clubs, but decided last week that he will stay at Ajax this season. Christian Eriksen, is linked with several clubs among Liverpool, Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen. Leverkusen was very concrete but Eriksed refused them as he thinks Leverkuses ‘is not a bigger club than Ajax’. Expectation is Eriksen only will leave if a top 10 European club will sign him.

Toby Alderweireld wants to leave this season. Norwich City had a deal with Ajax, but Alderweireld refused the offer as he thinks he can play for a bigger club.

Pre-season:

Ajax had a great pre-season which they crowned with a victory in the Johan Cruyff Schaal in extra time over cupwinners AZ Alkmaar.

Pre-season Results:

Striking is that Ajax played at the last stage of pre-season two games at the same day. They devided the squad so all players could gain some match experience at the same times and everyone is recovered at the same time. 

 

Ajax had a great performance against Werder Bremen which you can see the highlights in the Youtube video below.  Second half Ajax played with a B-team.

Johan Cruyff Schaal (Dutch Super Cup)

In the first half Ajax was in control and very threatening with Bojan Krkic. HT score 0-0.In the second half Ajax was more sloppy and AZ scored 2 goals, after that Ajax made a comeback after a own goal and a shot from distance from Alderweireld. In extra time Siem de Jong scored the winner with a header.

Line-up:

Ajax will play in a 4-3-3 formation. The style of play can be compared to Barcelona's, althought Ajax shoots more from distance. 

Most used subs:

Hoesen for Sigthorsson

Andersen for Fischer/Krkic

Poulsen for Schone

Current Injuries:

Van Rhijn (hamstring, 2-7 days), Boerrigter (ancle, 5-14 days)

Notes: Ajax Reserve team will join the Jupiler league, the second level in Holland. Jong Ajax can use players from the first team, unless they have made 15 appereances or more in the first team.

Objective:

Ajax wants to add the fourth title in a row. Also Ajax have spoken out the ambition to get to 1/16 finals in the Champions League.