Ajax will look to continue their winning run in the UEFA Champions League when they visit Besiktas on Wednesday.
Venue: Vodafone Park
Key Statistics
- Ajax have won all of their four games in the Champions League this season, sitting at the top of Group C.
- Besiktas are the only team alongside Malmo to fail to win a single game in the group stage thus far.
- Ajax striker Sebastien Haller has netted 7 goals in UCL and is second in the scoring charts behind Robert Lewandowski.
Head to Head record
Ajax have emerged victorious in all of the three games played against Besiktas in the Champions League. The Dutch side also beat Besiktas in the reverse fixture this season.
Recent form
Besiktas: L L L W L
Ajax: W D W D W
Besiktas
The Turkish giants have endured a disastrous campaign so far in the domestic competition and Champions League.
Failing to win a single game in the UCL group stage, their chances for the next round are all but over.
They will host in-form Ajax on Wednesday and it will take some doing for them to upset the Dutch giants.
Furthermore, Besiktas have picked up only one win in their last five games and they are coming on the back of a 2-0 defeat to Alanyaspor.
Possible Besiktas line-up
Ersin Destanoglu; Valentin Rosier, Welinton, Domagoj Vida, Cengiz Meras; Atiba Hutchinson, Miralem Pjanic, Mehmet Topal; Rachid Ghezzal, Cyle Larin, Kenan Kara
Injured players: Ajdin Hasic, Huseyin Uner, Douglas
Doubtful players: None
Suspended: Souza
Ajax
Erik ten Hag’s Ajax have been immaculate in the Champions League, winning all of their four games. Borussia Dortmund have also fallen short to Ajax in both home and away legs.
Their Eredivisie form has been at its usual best this season, as they sit at the top of the table with 30 points after 13 games.
The well-rounded Ajax team are once again the favourites against the struggling Besiktas.
Injured players: Maarten Stekelenburg, Sean Klaiber, Mohammed Kudus
Possible Ajax line-up
Andre Onana; Daley Blind, Lisandro Martinez, Jurrien Timber, Noussair Mazraoui; Edson Alvarez, Ryan Gravenberch; David Neres, Steven Berghuis, Dusan Tadic; Sebastien Haller
Doubtful players: None
Suspended players: None
Prediction
Besiktas 1 – 4 Ajax
