Ajax Amsterdam vs. Liverpool 10. 21, 2020 Free soccer tips
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Ajax Amsterdam vs. Liverpool Tip & Forecast - October 21, 2020
Two offensive teams meet - analysis
Ajax Amsterdam is on the 1st matchday of the group stage of the Champions League in Group D against Liverpool in the underdog role. However, the reigning English champions have to cope with 2 serious failures on the defensive. In addition to regular goalkeeper Alisson, defense chief Virgil van Dijk is also out. This could play into the cards for the attacking Dutchmen. So we tend to bet on over 2.5 goals
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Can Ajax take advantage of Liverpool's defensive problems?
In the Champions League group D, Ajax Amsterdam will meet Liverpool FC on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 9:00 p.m.
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The English rep is the big favorite in this group and one of the co-favorites for the title. Ajax Amsterdam, on the other hand, is the third strongest team in the group. Against Liverpool, however, the Dutch have the home advantage on their side. They could at least get one point against defensively weakened Englishmen. The venue for the upcoming game is the Johan Cruijff Arena.
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AJAX AMSTERDAM
- won all 3 home games this season
- Scored 10 goals in 3 home games
- Both teams met in 2 of 3 home games
- over 2.5 goals in all 3 home games
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FC LIVERPOOL
- the clear favorite in group D.
- won none of the last 3 competitive games
- already conceded 13 goals in the Premier League
- Alisson and van Dijk are out
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Can Ajax annoy Liverpool FC?
As Ajax Amsterdam is the record champions of the Dutch Eredivisie with 34 titles, the club from the country's capital is represented in the Champions League almost every year. This season the Dutch are taking part in the group stage of the competition for the third time in a row. The biggest European success in recent years was without a doubt the Champions League semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur in the 2018/2019 season.
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Then, with Matthijs de Ligt and Frenkie de Jong, 2 top performers left the club. Ajax Amsterdam is currently not as strong as it was 2 years ago. In Group D, the team of coach Erik ten Hag is probably the 3rd strongest team, behind Liverpool FC and Atalanta Bergamo, but ahead of FC Midtjylland. Next Wednesday, Ajax Amsterdam will face their toughest opponent, Liverpool FC. The Dutch record champions have the home advantage on their side.
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Ajax relies on the home advantage
Ajax Amsterdam got off to a satisfactory start to the season. The club from the capital of the Netherlands won on 4 of the first 5 match days and is now 2nd in the Eredivisie, behind PSV Eindhoven. The only defeat so far was the 0: 1 at FC Groningen on matchday four. At home, however, Ajax is a force.
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The team of coach Erik ten Hag won all 3 games of the season in the local Johan Cruijff Arena. She also has a goal difference of 10: 2 at home games. Last Sunday, Ajax Amsterdam recorded a 5-1 home win against SC Heerenveen. Center forward Dusan Tadic scored a brace. Mohammed Kudus, Davy Klaassen and Antony took care of the other hits on the Ajax side. Due to the strong offensive, there were more than 2 hits in all 3 home games this season.
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Liverpool are the big favorites in Group D.
Since Jürgen Klopp became head coach of Liverpool FC, the traditional English club has been steadily improving. That is why the "Reds” are in the group stage of the Champions League for the fourth time in a row this year. The greatest European success in recent years was the CL title in the 2018/2019 season.
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At that time, Liverpool won the final against Tottenham. A year earlier, the "Reds" failed in the final at Real Madrid. One of the greatest highlights in the club's history was definitely winning the English championship last season. Liverpool FC would like to build on these successes this season. The team of coach Jürgen Klopp is one of the favorites for the Champions League title. In Group D with Atalanta Bergamo, Ajax Amsterdam and FC Midtjylland, the club is aiming for 1st place.
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Personnel worries on the defensive
Liverpool FC imagined the start of the 2020/2021 season a little differently. The reigning English champions lost the Community Shield final against Arsenal FC on penalties at the beginning of the season. The first 3 league games could then be made victorious, but in the last 3 competitive games there was no victory for the team of coach Jürgen Klopp. The "Reds" lost the round of 16 of the EFL Cup against Arsenal, suffered a significant 7-2 defeat against Aston Villa in the Premier League and parted ways with Everton FC on the last day of the match with a 2-2 draw in the derby.
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Even more serious than these 3 games without a win are the injuries of goalkeeper Alisson and defensive boss Virgil van Dijk. The latter suffered a cruciate ligament injury in the derby against Everton and will be out for months. Liverpool FC conceded an unusually large number of goals this season. Together with West Bromwich Albion, they conceded the most goals in the entire Premier League. Most of the Reds' games were accordingly spectacular. Over 3.5 goals were scored in 4 out of 5 league games.
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Betting tip and forecast
Due to the significantly higher quality in the squad, Liverpool are the favorites in the first group game on Wednesday against Ajax Amsterdam. However, we can imagine that Ajax Amsterdam will get at least one point and therefore tend to bet a double chance in favor of the host. The Dutch have the home advantage on their side and have won all 3 home games this season, 2 of them quite clearly.
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On the other hand, Liverpool FC could not win any of the last 3 competitive games. We see a safer and better betting variant in the tip that over 2.5 goals will be scored. Both teams stand for offensive enthusiasm. In addition, goalkeeper Alisson and Virgil van Dijk, the two most important defensive players in Liverpool, are absent due to injury. The Champions League winner of the 2018/2019 season has already conceded 13 goals in the Premier League. As an alternative to betting, we can therefore recommend the tip "meet both teams”.
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Of course, Ajax hopes to achieve high marks in the Champions League again this season. The team from Amsterdam can start right away on Wednesday evening, because none other than Liverpool comes to visit the Johan Cruijff Arena. However, the English are plagued by an injury wave.
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Ajax:
Football-loving Europe has been hanging on Ajax’s lips again in recent years. It all started, of course, with that lost Europa League final against Manchester United in 2017. Two years later, the team from Amsterdam was next to a final place in the Champions League after the drama against Tottenham Hotspur. Last year, Erik ten Hag’s team again provided spectacle (think for example of the insane 4-4 draw against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge), but did not manage to overwinter it in the European champion ball.
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So Ajax counts completely again, but of course it has the bad luck that it sees its best players leave every year. Following Matthijs de Ligt and Frenkie de Jong, this summer it was the turn of Donny van de Beek and Hakim Ziyech to seek refuge with a larger club in a larger league. With Mohammed Kudus and Antony, the Amsterdammers have once again brought in some potential gems, but of course they are not yet at the level of their predecessors.
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In the Dutch Eredivisie Ajax usually waltzes over its opponents, such as last weekend in the 5-1 victory over a powerless Heerenveen. However, this is the first serious test for the Ajax players, in which Ten Hag will probably fall back on the system with Dusan Tadic in the point of the attack. However, I am especially concerned about the Amsterdam rearguard, as I doubt Perr Schuurs and especially Daley Blind will be able to keep the fast Liverpool vanguard in check.
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Liverpool:
Liverpool has had an insane and sensational start to the season. Jürgen Klopp’s team scores continuously, but also regularly keeps an open house in the back. Barely two and a half weeks ago, the English national champion was beaten by no less than 7-2 (!) At Aston Villa, after previously winning 4-3 and 3-1 against Leeds United and Arsenal respectively.
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Last weekend’s Merseyside Derby against fellow townsman Everton also yielded many goals with a 2-2 draw. Afterwards, however, it was only about the injured outbreak of Virgil van Dijk, who will be sidelined for months and may even have to miss the European Championship.
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The English rearguard was severely damaged on Wednesday evening anyway, because in addition to Van Dijk, Joel Matip and first goalkeeper Alisson Becker will probably also be absent. In midfield, Klopp is unlikely to have access to Nabi Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Thiago Alcantara.
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Liverpool is struggling with a laundry list of absentees, but it is certainly not all doom and gloom at Anfield Road. Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mane, Andy Robertson and Mohammed Salah are in top form, while Gini Wijnaldum, Takumi Minamino and Diogo Jota got a rest last weekend and are therefore in top shape. So the English still have plenty of quality.
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Ajax vs Liverpool head to head matches
01.08.03 LGA Ajax Liverpool 0 : 0
28.07.01 LGA Ajax Liverpool 3 : 1
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