Ajax sit fifth in the Eredivisie after five matches, with ten points from three wins, one draw and one defeat. Their goals record reads 14 scored and six conceded, and the club are placed in the top third of the eighteen-team table. Tuesday's match at the Johan Cruijff Arena kicks off at 18:00 UTC.
Willem II arrive in Amsterdam in seventeenth place, in the bottom two of the table. They have picked up two points from five matches — two draws and three defeats — and their goals record stands at five scored and fourteen conceded. Eight points separate the two sides.
Ajax have taken twelve points from their last five matches. Their most recent outing produced a 1-5 win away at Fortuna Sittard, and earlier form includes a 0-4 win at Telstar and back-to-back victories over FC Sion. Their only defeat in that run came at home to PSV Eindhoven, a 1-3 loss.
Willem II have taken two points from their last five matches. Their sequence shows a draw against AZ Alkmaar, a 0-3 home defeat to Excelsior, a draw with Heerenveen, a 1-4 loss to NEC Nijmegen and a 4-1 defeat away at GO Ahead Eagles. They are yet to win in the Eredivisie this Regular Season.
With Willem II occupying a bottom-two position and Ajax firmly in the top third, the table makes clear the scale of the gap between the two sides heading into this Eredivisie Regular Season matchday.