AFC Ajax travel to face Sparta Rotterdam on Sunday. The Eredivisie match kicks off at 16:45 local time at the Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel.
It is the tenth matchday of the league season. Ajax arrive in Rotterdam with confidence following a 2-0 victory over Atalanta in the Europa Conference League on Thursday. Prior to that, they won 2-5 away at FC Groningen. The team currently sits fourth in the Eredivisie with 18 points from nine games, a record of five wins, three draws and one loss. Their recent form over the last five matches is two wins, two draws and one loss, but they are currently on a two-game winning run. In total, Ajax have scored 27 goals and conceded 12 this season.
Ajax currently sits fourth in the standings with 18 points from nine games. Top scorer Julian Brandt has netted six times this season, averaging a goal every 103 minutes. Ajax trail leaders Feyenoord by five points.
Sparta Rotterdam are in 13th place and beat Willem II 3-2 last week. The hosts lost 0-4 to Heerenveen before that. In the last meeting between the sides, in March, Ajax won 4-0.
Ajax's starting lineup against Atalanta featured Ter Stegen, Rosa, Bouwman, Y. Baas, Wijndal, Mokio, Amrabat, Klaassen, Brandt, Gloukh and Leonardo. In that 2-0 win, the goals were scored by T. Arokodare in the 87th minute and A. Ouazane in stoppage time. In the earlier 2-5 victory over Groningen, Julian Brandt (twice), Aaron Bouwman and Jorthy Mokio (twice) were on target. Sparta began against Willem II with Brouwer, Martes, Young, Martins Indi, Kuipers, J. Baas, Hatenboer, Terho, Babadi, Ideho and Zonneveld.
The match will be broadcast live on ESPN 3. Ajax have the chance to extend their positive run on Sunday ahead of their next fixture on the fixtures schedule.
