Ajax coach has five options at centre-back after Blind return
Daley Blind is back and gives Míchel Sánchez another choice in central defence. Ajax now have five players competing for a starting place there.
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- W 2-1 at Sparta Rotterdam (A) Eredivisie · 25 Oct
- W 2-0 vs Atalanta (H) Conference League · 22 Oct
- W 5-2 at FC Groningen (A) Eredivisie · 18 Oct
- L 1-2 at Hajduk Split (A) Conference League · 15 Oct
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Attack and defence
- Attack
- 88 / 100 · 2.9 goals per match this season
- Defence
- 82 / 100 · 1.3 conceded per match this season
- Eredivisie
- 2 of 18, 21 points from 10 matches
0 to 100 against this season's Eredivisie clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once; beside it, this season's actual goals per match. As of Ajax vs AZ Alkmaar.