- Home form: Ajax are unbeaten in three of their last four home games in all competitions.
- Head-to-head: The head-to-head record favours Ajax, who have won all three of the last three meetings between the two sides (W3).
- Tactics: Ajax boss Michel will set his team up to play a possession-based, high-energy game where they will use their pressing game as a launching pad to hit the opponents in waves.
Ajax should come out on top
The Dutch giants should have too much quality for Vojvodina in this one and I'm expecting them to come out on top, albeit not before the visitors may have made them work for it. Ajax have a solid base to build upon here as they have won three, drawn one and lost one of their last five in all competitions, while they arrive off the back of two straight wins, beating Olympiakos Piraeus FC 1-0 at home in a friendly and thrashing Vojvodina 4-1 away in UEFA Conference League Qualification 2026 on Thursday.
Miroslav Tanjga's team have won two and lost three of their last five in all competitions, and that 4-0 home win against OFK Belgrade arrived just one week prior to their clash with Ajax which they ended up losing. Their record away from home in all competitions is two wins and two defeats from four, scoring an average of 3.00 goals per game and conceding the same number, so they could be dangerous.
Vojvodina could be vulnerable
Tactical approaches:
However, they are more open than most teams on the road, so that should be music to the ears of the Ajax players, who will be more than ready to play their game, which is to dominate the ball, press, push on and finish off their opponents in the vertical thirds. However, Vojvodina will set up to be pragmatic, will sit deep in a compact midblock, will narrow the width of the field and will look to counter-attack Europe's most popular club.
Key players:
- Petar Sukacev has three goals in Vojvodina's last five games, has scored 1 goal in 1 appearance in UEFA Conference League Qualification 2026 and is the most likely candidate to cause problems on Thursday.
- Midfielder Davy Klaassen has been Ajax's top scorer in this season's competition with one goal from one game, and he gives the hosts an extra edge in the final third when playing in a midfield role.
Ajax expected to win with both teams likely to score
The home team are the clear favorites for this one at 1.26, and although that is a fair price considering the head-to-head, I'm backing Ajax to win and both teams to score at 1.93. The draw seems fairly valued at 6.0 but I think the home side will have too much of the momentum and too many goals in their locker to let this match slip from their grasp.
Over 2.5 goals at 1.47 also looks likely, but I'm going for the BTTS market as the tactical contrast should make for an exciting night in Europe for the Ajax fans, who will expect their team to finish off a game they've been in control of since the first leg.
