Eredivisie 23/24 - discussion thread

[Marvell1]

PSV has lost two matches in a row. And they have lost 5 matches this season. So now they are 5 points behind Ajax. Ajax is consistently performing well. And they are the contenders for the title this season. They have scored 64 goals in 21 matches. On average, they has scored more than 3 goals in each match. PSV has scored 49 goals in 21matches. PSV is not playing badly, but Ajax's performance is much better than PSV's this season.

[Koal-84]

PSV has lost two matches in a row. And they have lost 5 matches this season. So now they are 5 points behind Ajax. Ajax is consistently performing well. And they are the contenders for the title this season. They have scored 64 goals in 21 matches. On average, they has scored more than 3 goals in each match. PSV has scored 49 goals in 21matches. PSV is not playing badly, but Ajax's performance is much better than PSV's this season.

The game before last was against Ajax, and with the form Ajax are in at the moment, you can lose there, but the last slip-up for PSV against AZ shouldn't happen, so Feyenoor has a good chance of winning the second place, hard fight for PSV. And Ajax performance where last year still better than this year but the ajax train is rolling.

[Alanaz]

PSV's two defeats made the competition for the title even more relaxed and this is definitely beneficial for Ajax, which is getting stronger at the top.
besides that, Ajax also continued to stay away by beating Hercales with a pretty landslide score.
In the next match PSV must face Vitese and this is also not something that is easy for them to beat. Because indeed this season Vitese is quite good even though in the last two matches they are the same as PSV because they lost there. PSV should be able to win this match if they really want to stick with Ajax because otherwise I feel sure that Ajax will definitely go on to become eradivisie champions again.

Yep and Ajax is full on fire. Hard to imagine that Ajax will give this away somehow. PSV failed two games in a row and now it is 5 points, not to mention the goal statistics which are beyond ridiculous for Ajax this year. For me personally, the league is almost decided. Ajax would have to really lose some games in a row as PSV isn't stable enough for now I would say.

But with Ajax's Performance now it is very difficult for other teams to beat them and steal points from this team.
they are now very strong in the eradivisie not only from looks but from the Productivity goal as you say.
They have now bagged 64 goals and only conceded 5 goals. It's really crazy and I've only found a team like this in the current season.
They probably have the most cleanshit now in all of Europe's top regular leagues.
Now PSV must change their strategy if they want to reduce the margin from Ajax, at least they must be able to win in the next match at least keep hope to stay close and hope Ajax make mistakes.

[casperBGD]

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The game before last was against Ajax, and with the form Ajax are in at the moment, you can lose there, but the last slip-up for PSV against AZ shouldn't happen, so Feyenoor has a good chance of winning the second place, hard fight for PSV. And Ajax performance where last year still better than this year but the ajax train is rolling.

it was expected, there is no time in Ere that can compete with Ajax, and Ajax had a down phase during Champions league, but now they are back and title is closing

PSV is good, but can hardly have winning strike that is needed to fight with Ajax
other teams are not worth comments, in a fight with Ajax, they can win some points, but cannot have winning strike that last ten rounds

[Marvell1]

PSV has lost two matches in a row. And they have lost 5 matches this season. So now they are 5 points behind Ajax. Ajax is consistently performing well. And they are the contenders for the title this season. They have scored 64 goals in 21 matches. On average, they has scored more than 3 goals in each match. PSV has scored 49 goals in 21matches. PSV is not playing badly, but Ajax's performance is much better than PSV's this season.

The game before last was against Ajax, and with the form Ajax are in at the moment, you can lose there, but the last slip-up for PSV against AZ shouldn't happen, so Feyenoor has a good chance of winning the second place, hard fight for PSV. And Ajax performance where last year still better than this year but the ajax train is rolling.

The PSV team played well despite losing to Ajax, but they lost to AZ Alkmaar. This was an unexpected result for us. If they could have scored 3 points from this match, they would have been 2 points behind Ajax. Now maybe Ajax will be able to win the title, as neither Ajax nor PSV usually loses points against a weaker team. Their performances are regular enough.

[Koal-84]

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The game before last was against Ajax, and with the form Ajax are in at the moment, you can lose there, but the last slip-up for PSV against AZ shouldn't happen, so Feyenoor has a good chance of winning the second place, hard fight for PSV. And Ajax performance where last year still better than this year but the ajax train is rolling.

it was expected, there is no time in Ere that can compete with Ajax, and Ajax had a down phase during Champions league, but now they are back and title is closing

PSV is good, but can hardly have winning strike that is needed to fight with Ajax
other teams are not worth comments, in a fight with Ajax, they can win some points, but cannot have winning strike that last ten rounds

It's correct for PSV or any other team to have a fabulous year to beat Ajax, but it's possible and Ajax will soon have the Champions League burden again and in their current form I also believe Ajax are eligible for further promotion in the Champions League. But PSV has to take advantage of a weakness.

PSV has lost two matches in a row. And they have lost 5 matches this season. So now they are 5 points behind Ajax. Ajax is consistently performing well. And they are the contenders for the title this season. They have scored 64 goals in 21 matches. On average, they has scored more than 3 goals in each match. PSV has scored 49 goals in 21matches. PSV is not playing badly, but Ajax's performance is much better than PSV's this season.

The game before last was against Ajax, and with the form Ajax are in at the moment, you can lose there, but the last slip-up for PSV against AZ shouldn't happen, so Feyenoor has a good chance of winning the second place, hard fight for PSV. And Ajax performance where last year still better than this year but the ajax train is rolling.

The PSV team played well despite losing to Ajax, but they lost to AZ Alkmaar. This was an unexpected result for us. If they could have scored 3 points from this match, they would have been 2 points behind Ajax. Now maybe Ajax will be able to win the title, as neither Ajax nor PSV usually loses points against a weaker team. Their performances are regular enough.

I agree, PSV can't lose points against a weak team if they lose the direct duel against Ajax. This is how it gets difficult.

[CLS63]

Ajax have captured the first position in the league standings once more and they have already gotten a gap like five points with PSV. This was because PSV lost for two weeks in a row. Both of them were home games even though the opponents were not easy. One of them was Ajax and I can understand that. But they should have been able to beat AZ in the other one. It was a big mistake on the road going to the title. I know there is still time but I believe that Ajax wouldn't lose their chance for the title from now on.

[Koal-84]

Ajax have captured the first position in the league standings once more and they have already gotten a gap like five points with PSV. This was because PSV lost for two weeks in a row. Both of them were home games even though the opponents were not easy. One of them was Ajax and I can understand that. But they should have been able to beat AZ in the other one. It was a big mistake on the road going to the title. I know there is still time but I believe that Ajax wouldn't lose their chance for the title from now on.

I also think that Ajax will not give up their 5 point lead, they will lose one or two games, but I don't think PSV will win all the remaining games. But there are still 13 rounds to play, and we will see how well Ajax and PSV can put the international games away. The games will still be an extra challenge.

Ajax against Benfica and PSV against M. Tel Aviv.

[casperBGD]

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Ajax against Benfica and PSV against M. Tel Aviv.

both have solid chances to pass-through
Ajax could see one or two more rounds after this one, I think that they are really good in Europe, and it will be up to draw to see them not matched with City or Real, all other teams could be kicked-out, IMO

PSV should pass over Tel Aviv, and they could also get far in Conference league, let us not forget that AZ, Feyenoord and Vitesse are also in the competition, in Conference league, all teams that PSV can kick-out

[Koal-84]

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Ajax against Benfica and PSV against M. Tel Aviv.

both have solid chances to pass-through
Ajax could see one or two more rounds after this one, I think that they are really good in Europe, and it will be up to draw to see them not matched with City or Real, all other teams could be kicked-out, IMO

PSV should pass over Tel Aviv, and they could also get far in Conference league, let us not forget that AZ, Feyenoord and Vitesse are also in the competition, in Conference league, all teams that PSV can kick-out

In any case, both teams have the chance to advance, if the draw is right and Ajax is lucky, I can imagine a Champions League semi-final. Ajax's goal difference was also phenomenal in the Champions League group stage. Ajax feel they are stronger than they have been for years.

PSV also has a good chance but for the national league, which team can cope better with the international exposure, plus Ajax gets a lot of money in the Champions League where they are superior to the other teams.

[ILuckyGuyI]

On this week, PSV have another very tough game against Vitesse away. They are really unlucky that they have been facing difficult opponents in the league for a few weeks. And they already lost to two of them which caused them to lose their lead in the standings and Ajax to have a decent gap with them. And I think that Vitesse are powerful enough to resist PSV too. But if PSV lose points here too, Ajax would most probably increase the point difference more and consolidate their place.

[Koal-84]

PSV go ahead and after 70 minutes it's already 0:4 for PSV. Well, if PSV go ahead, Ajax will probably follow suit and win their game. Feyenoord should also win to keep up with PSV. It remains exciting.

[mv1986]

PSV go ahead and after 70 minutes it's already 0:4 for PSV. Well, if PSV go ahead, Ajax will probably follow suit and win their game. Feyenoord should also win to keep up with PSV. It remains exciting.

Yes but I would say that every game now is like a little preliminary match ball for Ajax. If PSV fails one more time and Ajax wins, it is going to be tough for PSV to catch up again as Ajax has one game less. I am still blown away by Ajax' goal statistics this season...

[Koal-84]

PSV go ahead and after 70 minutes it's already 0:4 for PSV. Well, if PSV go ahead, Ajax will probably follow suit and win their game. Feyenoord should also win to keep up with PSV. It remains exciting.

Yes but I would say that every game now is like a little preliminary match ball for Ajax. If PSV fails one more time and Ajax wins, it is going to be tough for PSV to catch up again as Ajax has one game less. I am still blown away by Ajax' goal statistics this season...

Exactly, PSV must not lose any more games if they want to become champion, the direct duels has been lost by PSV. The game Ajax vs. Twente has just started, and it's still 0:0 but Ajax has a possession of almost 70% and is overwhelmingly superior, I think Ajax will win the game.

[casperBGD]

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I think Ajax will win the game.

good thinking, they won 5:0, there is no short of goals, when Ajax is playing good football
I would like to see more interesting race for title, but I really cannot see any team in Ere that could fight Ajax this season, they are good, but far down from what Ajax is currently playing, would like to see Ajax holding strong in Europe too

[Koal-84]

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I think Ajax will win the game.

good thinking, they won 5:0, there is no short of goals, when Ajax is playing good football
I would like to see more interesting race for title, but I really cannot see any team in Ere that could fight Ajax this season, they are good, but far down from what Ajax is currently playing, would like to see Ajax holding strong in Europe too

The first 3 of the Eredivisie have all won their games, PSV and Ajax both 5:0 also Feyenoord won the game 2:0. For 2nd place it will be exciting but as you wrote I don't think PSV or Feyenoord have a real chance to win the title. Ajax is simply too strong this year, unless they have problems in the league after the Champions League games.

[mv1986]

PSV go ahead and after 70 minutes it's already 0:4 for PSV. Well, if PSV go ahead, Ajax will probably follow suit and win their game. Feyenoord should also win to keep up with PSV. It remains exciting.

Yes but I would say that every game now is like a little preliminary match ball for Ajax. If PSV fails one more time and Ajax wins, it is going to be tough for PSV to catch up again as Ajax has one game less. I am still blown away by Ajax' goal statistics this season...

Exactly, PSV must not lose any more games if they want to become champion, the direct duels has been lost by PSV. The game Ajax vs. Twente has just started, and it's still 0:0 but Ajax has a possession of almost 70% and is overwhelmingly superior, I think Ajax will win the game.

It is almost ridiculous to be honest how Ajax is performing in the Eredivisie. Another 5-0 to their books, now making it 69 to 5 goals, lol. That must certainly be a record in the history of the league after 22 games. Scoring more than 3 goals per game and conceding one all 4.4 games

[Pulsar77]

There were some great games this week. Firstly, PSV played against Vitesse in an away game and obliterated them by 5-0. Vitesse were one of the decent teams of this season too but PSV didn't care about it even a little. They needed this win so bad and this score must have boosted their morale a lot now. And Ajax answered them in the same way by beating Twente by a huge score like 5-0 again. S. Haller had a great day by making a hat-trick. It is really delightful to watch when Ajax and PSV play like this.

[Koal-84]

It is almost ridiculous to be honest how Ajax is performing in the Eredivisie. Another 5-0 to their books, now making it 69 to 5 goals, lol. That must certainly be a record in the history of the league after 22 games. Scoring more than 3 goals per game and conceding one all 4.4 games

If the Ajax goal machine continues like this, they could possibly score a total of 100 goals this season. You can't imagine it when you think about it, 100 goals scored and maybe only 10 scored, that would be a record that would be hard to break in the future.

There were some great games this week. Firstly, PSV played against Vitesse in an away game and obliterated them by 5-0. Vitesse were one of the decent teams of this season too but PSV didn't care about it even a little. They needed this win so bad and this score must have boosted their morale a lot now. And Ajax answered them in the same way by beating Twente by a huge score like 5-0 again. S. Haller had a great day by making a hat-trick. It is really delightful to watch when Ajax and PSV play like this.

PSV and Ajax are playing very good football at the moment, but I am curious to see how PSV will cope with the double burden, this Thursday UEFA Conference League and on Sunday the league game.

[Koal-84]

A late goal gave Ajax a narrow 0:1 win today. Ajax had an overwhelming 73% of the ball, but they scored in minute 81 to extend their lead. PSV and Feyenoord now have to follow suit to stay in the race for the title, even though it is almost hopeless to challenge Ajax for the title.