Ajax and Sporting CP are going to clash on Tuesday the 7th of December at 9:00 pm in the 6th week of the Champions League. The match will be staged in Amsterdam at the Johan Cruijff Arena. The appointed referee is Davide Massa.
Ajax is in the 1st place in the standings with 15 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Beşiktaş in its last match in the Champions League.
Ajax won the last 5 consecutive matches. Up to now it still has to lose a match this season (Champions League).
Sporting CP sits in the 2nd place in the table with 9 points. It comes from a 3-1 win against Borussia Dortmund in its last match in the Champions League. To date, it has won 3 times and lost twice.
Sporting CP won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 28th of September against Borussia Dortmund and the score was 1-0.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Ajax
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (5 times).
Erik ten Hag is expected to play against Sporting CP with the following players: A. Onana, N. Alejandro Tagliafico, P. Schuurs, L. Martínez, N. Mazraoui, D. Klaassen, R. Gravenberch, S. Berghuis, M. Daramy, D. Neres Campos and D. Tadić.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Ajax would be 25.09.
M. Stekelenburg, S. Klaiber and M. Kudus will definitely miss the match.
Erik ten Hag will not be able to have the presence of E. Álvarez Velázquez who is suspended.
Sporting CP
Sporting CP has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (4 times or 80.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (4 times) and 3-4-3 (once).
Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim is expected to play against Ajax with the following players: A. Adán Garrido, Z. Feddal, S. Coates Nión, G. Inácio, M. Reis de Lima, J. Lobo Alves Palhinha Gonçalves, M. Nunes, P. Porro Sauceda, P. Pereira Gonçalves and P. Sarabia García.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Sporting CP would be 26.60.
R. Nascimento Vinagre and J. Borges Cabral will definitely miss the match.
