Twente vs Ajax Eredivisie prediction & result
Final score: Twente 2-2 Ajax.
Before kick-off the model made it 45% Twente, 27% draw, 28% Ajax — fair odds of 2.22, 3.70 and 3.57.
Most likely scoreline: 2-1.
The model got this one wrong.
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Has the model earned this number?
Twente at 45%: of 2,957 settled 40–50% forecasts, 46.1% came in (average 43.9%). It can be read literally. The full record.
Match analysis
Match timeline
Match stats — Twente vs Ajax
Goals against chances
Expected goals totals what the openings were worth, so the gap between it and the score is the finishing — and the luck. Under half a goal either way is called level: xG is an estimate and a smaller gap than that is inside its own error.
Line-ups
- 16J. DrommelG
- 28B. van RooijD
- 3R. PröpperD
- 4R. NijstadD
- 29A. AdelgaardD
- 6R. ZerroukiM
- 8D. WeidmannM
- 11D. RotsM
- 10Y. TahaM
- 27S. ØrjasæterM
- 9W. WeghorstF
- 18Jordy BawuahM
- 31Yannick GerritsenG
- 14K. HlynssonM
- 24K. KurowskiD
- 22R. PasveerG
- 7M. PjacaF
- 2M. RosiakD
- 20T. van den BeltM
- 25Lucas Vennegoor of HesselinkF
- 1M. ter StegenG
- 2Lucas RosaD
- 30A. BouwmanD
- 36D. JanseD
- 5O. WijndalD
- 28Y. BissoumaM
- 15Y. BaasM
- 18D. KlaassenM
- 24J. MokioM
- 10O. GloukhM
- 99T. ArokodareF
- 38Marcos LeonardoF
- 68A. OuazaneM
- 26M. PaesG
- 21Jofre TorrentsD
- 20O. EdvardsenF
- 12Caio HenriqueD
- 22J. HeerkensG
- 43Rayane BounidaF
- 17D. BlindD
Form going into Twente vs Ajax
Twente
Eredivisie
- W9-0away to Excelsior1 November 2026
- W2-0away to AZ Alkmaar25 October 2026
- L1-2Utrecht18 October 2026
- D1-1away to Fortuna Sittard10 October 2026
Ajax
Eredivisie
- W1-0AZ Alkmaar31 October 2026
- W2-1away to Sparta Rotterdam25 October 2026
- W5-2away to Groningen18 October 2026
- D1-1NEC Nijmegen10 October 2026
What these results say
- Twente scored in every one of these 4 matches.
- Ajax went unbeaten through these 4 matches.
- Ajax scored in every one of these 4 matches.
- Ajax won 3 of these 4 matches.
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first; context, not the model's input. How to read this.
Eredivisie table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Twente | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 12 | +18 | 24 |
| 3 | Ajax | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 15 | +17 | 25 |
Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table
Head-to-head: Twente vs Ajax
- 16 April 2026Ajax 0–1 TwenteFriendlies Clubs
- 4 April 2026Ajax 1–2 TwenteEredivisie
- 26 October 2025Twente 2–3 AjaxEredivisie
- 18 May 2025Ajax 2–0 TwenteEredivisie
- 10 November 2024Twente 2–2 AjaxEredivisie
- 14 April 2024Ajax 2–1 TwenteEredivisie
Leading scorers: Twente and Ajax
Twente
GoalsAssists
- W. Weghorst92
Ajax
GoalsAssists
- T. Arokodare71
- J. Brandt62
Top 3 by league goals this season; player availability is not in the model. How to read this.
The result against the call
Twente and Ajax drew 2–2. The model had leaned towards a win for Twente at 45% and given a draw 27%. At that figure it expects the outcome about once in every 4 matches like this one. The goals: Tolu Arokodare 3' for Ajax, Rayane Bounida 66' for Ajax, Dies Janse (own goal) 68' for Twente, Wout Weghorst (penalty) 90+5' for Twente. On expected goals it finished 2.56–0.72.
What this result changed
Before kick-off the season simulation gave Twente a 16.0% chance to finish top of the regular season: 20.0% after a win, 13.8% after a draw, 10.4% after a defeat. The draw was the middle one of the three, and left the figure at 13.8%, 2.2 points lower than before the match.
For Ajax the question was the chance to finish in the top four, 78.2% going in: 84.2% after a win, 80.1% after a draw, 74.4% after a defeat. The draw was the middle one of the three, and left the figure at 80.1%, 1.9 points higher than before the match.
Read from our Eredivisie season simulation as it stood before this match (10,000 runs), counting this result alone. Every result since then has moved the table again, so today's figure is on the competition page.
How the call on Twente v Ajax has moved
First published on 25 Oct at 37% / 28% / 35% (home / draw / away). By kick-off, after 5 updates, it read 45% / 27% / 28%: the biggest move is Twente's chance of winning, up 8 points.
- Twente win45%▲ +8
- Draw27%▼ −1
- Ajax win28%▼ −7
Each update is a full rebuild of both sides' ratings from the latest results, and now and then a change to the model itself. The thin mark is the first published figure.
Goal trends
Over 1.5 goals
Over 2.5 goals
Over 3.5 goals
Both teams score
Outer rings: how often each side's most recent league matches before kick-off (up to 10 games; the count is under each ring) went over the line; middle ring: the model's probability for this match. Not betting advice. How to read this.