Almere City
- Since his appointment in January 2025, Jeroen Rijsdijk has brought a pragmatic, front-foot mentality to Almere City, with a direct and wing-dominated style of 4-3-3 which has seen the hosts’ recent form take off.
- Almere City have won their last two matches - a 3-0 home victory over VVV-Venlo and 2-1 away success at TOP Oss, which might influence our Almere City vs Ajax Amsterdam Reserves betting tips.
Jong Ajax
- Jong Ajax are winless in five matches (D2, L3).
- Jong Ajax have failed to win any of their eight away matches in the Eerste Divisie this season (D2, L6).
- Willem Weijs has overseen some improvement since taking over as manager of Ajax’s Reserves in July 2025, but they are still 19th in the Eerste Divisie 2025-2026 table, and looking increasingly likely to finish there when the curtain falls on the season.
- Jong Ajax’s results are a secondary priority to the development of their players at this level, and Weijs’s philosophy is to play a possession-based 4-3-3 system, sticking to the Ajax blueprint while encouraging his young stars to develop their positional play, switch places in the system and create numerical advantages in possession.
- That is not necessarily the easiest system to get to grips with, and they have struggled to keep goals out at times this season, conceding an average of 2.38 goals per game away from home, while scoring just 1.25 themselves, shaping the basis of our Almere City vs Ajax Amsterdam Reserves betting tips as well.
Head-to-Head
In the Eerste Divisie this campaign, Almere City are currently 11th with 23 points from 18 games, with Jong Ajax19th on 12 points from 18.
Key Players
Anytime goalscorer bettors can rely on Byron Burgering to get on the score sheet, leading the line with 8 goals in 18 Eerste Divisie appearances this term.
Betting Insights
The difference in form between the two sides makes Almere City the clear favorites for Friday’s match at 1.44 , with Weijs’ side 5.93 long shots.
Prediction
With over 2.5 goals available at 1.36 , the bookmakers are expecting an open, high-scoring affair, which seems likely given the respective defensive frailties of these two teams, but this Almere City vs Ajax Amsterdam Reserves prediction favors the win for Almere City , who have the form, home advantage and firepower to secure all three points.
