Ajax will take on Atalanta at Johan Cruijff Arena on 18:55 9th December. Atalanta are at a brilliant 2nd place in the table on 8 points after 5 games. Ajax are trailing by 1 point at a brilliant 3rd place on 5 games.
Ajax enter the match against Atalanta this coming Wednesday hoping to pass them by in the table, our expert tipster has looked at the stats and data to give you yet another Champions League Prediction for you in Gameweek 6.
We will publish the confirmed team line ups when they are confirmed here are our predicted line ups for the game.
Liverpool are group winners and are due to play FC Midtjylland in a match that doesn’t count for much, this means that second place is up for grabs between the two teams that find themselves 2nd and 3rd in the group.
This is a must win game for both Ajax and Atalanta with the winner finishing second in Group D and progressing to the knockout stages of the competition. The last time these two met it finished 2-2 and a similar outcome would see Atlanta progressing at the expense of Ajax.
Ajax were halted in their steps with a league defeat last week but the form has otherwise been good lately. In the last 3 matches, Ajax destroyed FC Emmen by 5 goals, followed by a lean 1-0 defeat against Liverpool in the Champions League and most recent a small 2-1 defeat against Twente.
Going into this encounter with 4 wins in their previous 6 matches on home turf, Ajax will be looking to add 3 points to their tally on Wednesday.
Atalanta go into this encounter in miserable league form. In the last 3 matches, Atalanta finished off Liverpool in null 2-0 win in the Champions League, followed by a 2-0 defeat to Verona and a 1-1 draw against FC Midtjylland in the Champions League in the last match.
A string of good performances on the road have seen Atalanta winning 4 of their last 6 matches here, and they will fancy their chances of producing a small upset.
No team managed to grab a decisive hold of their last match and thus both had to settle for a point. Their few previous meetings have been equally split and offer little indication of a potential winner here.
Some interesting facts and streaks.
Ajax conceded in the last 8 of 10 matches; Ajax conceded the last 6 matches in a row; Total goals was OVER 3.5 in Ajax’s last 2 of 4 matches.
Atalanta has won the last 4 matches in a row when playing away; Atalanta has won in the last 4 of 5 matches when playing away; Atalanta scored in the last 12 of 14 matches; Total goals was OVER 2.5 in Atalanta’s last 7 of 9 matches.Duvan Zapata has managed 3 goals in 5 Champions League games but has failed to score in the last 3. Dusan Tadic has scored twice for Ajax so far this season.
One thing Atlanta like to do is score away from home scoring 2 away at Anfield in their last Champions League game. Ajax have failed to replicate their League goal scoring form in the Champions League so far this season so they will need to find a goal or two to stand any chance of progressing against free scoring Atlanta.
There is a 90% chance of either team scoring 1 goal in the particular fixture, with Atlanta having a 90% chance of scoring 1.5 goals or more. One thing is almost certain this game is unlikely to end in a 0-0 draw.
