Ajax – Besiktas. Forecast and announcement for the Europa League match

On September 26, the match of the 1st round of the Europa League will be held at the “Johan Cruyff Arena”, in which “Ajax” will meet with “Besiktas”. The match will start at 22:00 Kyiv time.

Ajax

The team was at the peak of its failure a year ago, breaking anti-records. But in 2024, they managed to add, eventually finishing in fifth place – not enough either, but at least the Dutch got the right to try themselves in the Europa League. Already under the leadership of the new mentor Francesco Farioli. The first Italian coach in Amsterdam had a good, but not perfect, start in the Eredivisie. So there was only a draw with Go Ahead Eagles. And since the summer, in the qualification, Ajax played in the Europa League. Not everything turned out so easily, with Panathinaikos, having exchanged victories on the road, they generally beat post-match penalties. But before that, with Vojvodina, and then with Jagiellonia, there were only victories, and often quite large ones.

Besiktas

The club also had a bad last season, and it was not for nothing that the coaches changed here and contracts with foreign players were terminated in the winter. However, in the end, the Eagles were able to sweeten the pill well, winning the national cup, which compensated for the drop to sixth place. In the summer, status newcomers appeared in Istanbul – Udohai, Joao Mario, Ndur and, most importantly, Immobile. And van Bronkhorst became a mentor. Gio started by thrashing neighbors Galatasaray 5-0 in the Super Cup. Then only Trabzonspor was able to take points away from the white and black. Not everything went well with Eyupspor either, but they still won there 2:1. At the same time, Lugano was able to qualify for the Europa League – 3:3 in Switzerland and 5:1 at home.

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Statistics of personal meetings

In 2021, the sides played in the Champions League. Then the Dutch won both matches.

Forecast

Bookmakers quite logically believe that the Dutch in their native Amsterdam will be the pair’s favourites. But van Bronkhorst has prepared his wards well, and for him personally, they are old enemies. We are waiting for spectacular football, which will result in a result in the form of a total of more than 2.5 goals (coefficient – 1.74).