Wednesday at 20:00 pm on “Mestalla”, Valencia will receive the visit of the Ajax Amsterdam team in a match counting for the second leg of Group H of the Champions League.
Both Valencia and Ajax cut in their favor the first round duels they had with Chelsea and Lille. If Lille’s victory with Lille 3-0 on Amsterdam Arena cannot be considered a surprise, instead, the success that the “bats” have achieved on “Stamford Bridge” with Chelsea 1-0 thanks the goal scored by Rodrigo in the 74th minute was one of the big surprises of the first round of the group stage in the Champions League.
Since the duel with Chelsea, Valencia has claimed another three games in La Liga by registering two draws at home, 1-1 with Leganes and 3-3 with Getafe and a away victory in Bilbao with 1-0, being 9th. in the championship with 9 points.
On the other side, since the victory with Lille, Ajax went 1-1 in the PSV derby and won the matches with Sittard and Groningen, 5-0 and 2-0. In the first Dutch league, Ajax is in the first place on points equal to PSV, both not accumulating 20 points, the “lancier” having a superior goal.
The two teams played in the Champions League in the 2002-2003 edition of the competition, resulting in two identical draws, 1-1.
Probable teams Valencia- Ajax
Valencia: Cillessen- Wass, Garay, Diakhaby, Costa- Torres, Parejo, Coquelin, Cheryshev- Gomez, Rodrigo
Ajax: Onana- Dest, Veltman, Blind, Tagliafico- Alvarez, Promes, Martinez- Ziyech, Tadic, Neres
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,52
