Ajax vs Willem II — Eredivisie result and pre-match forecast, Tuesday, 15 September 2026

Eredivisie·Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Ajax

5 – 1

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 9.8 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Ajax

87%

pick · result

Draw

8%

Willem II

5%

Final score

5–1

Top pick landed

Metis gave an Ajax win 87.2% before kick-off, and its most likely result was an Ajax win. Expected goals 3.28–0.73 against 5–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals77%6 scored
Both teams score50%yes
Ajax clean sheet48%no
Willem II clean sheet3%no
Ajax score 2+85%yes
Willem II score 2+17%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.0095
1X2 Brier score0.0251
Probability on the result87.2%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 3–0 (10.9%), 2–0 (10.2%), 4–0 (8.8%). It finished 5–1.

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Ajax

9 AugAvs PEC Zwolle2–0W
16 AugHvs Heerenveen2–2D
30 AugAvs Telstar4–0W
5 SeptHvs PSV1–3L
12 SeptAvs Fortuna Sittard5–1W

Willem II

8 AugAvs Go Ahead Eagles1–4L
15 AugHvs NEC1–4L
30 AugHvs Heerenveen2–2D
5 SeptHvs Excelsior0–3L
11 SeptAvs AZ1–1D

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatAjax
(Home · 6 matches)
Willem II
(Away · 6 matches)
BTTS rate83.3%83.3%
Over 2.5 rate66.7%83.3%
Clean sheet16.7%0.0%
Avg goals3.504.83

Home stats use Ajax's home record; away stats use Willem II's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.