PROSHOTS
| PROBABLE LINEUPS |
AJAX  Vermeer Van Rhijn, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Koppers Enoh, Eriksen, AnitaOzbiliz, De Jong, Aissati | PSV  Tyton Hutchison, Marcelo, Bouma, Pieters Wijnaldum, Toivonen, StrootmanLens, Matavz, Mertens |
Ajax head coach Frank de Boer will be without several first team regulars due to injury as Nicolai Boilesen, Gregory van der Wiel, Miralem Sulejmani, Kolbeinn Sigthorsson and Derk Boerrigter are all unavailable.Additionally, midfielder Theo Janssen won't feature on Sunday either due to a one-match ban.
PSV trainer Phillip Cocu doesn't have too many injury worries ahead of Sunday's encounter as defender Abel Tamata is the only player with physical problems.Back-up shot stopper Andreas Isaksson is expected to return to the match squad after a brief injury lay-off, while Stanislav Manolev is back from suspension.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
Ajax are on a six-game unbeaten run in the Eredivisie.
- The Amsterdam side have lost only one home match in the league in 2011-12.
- Jan Vertonghen has already netted seven Eredivisie goals this term, more than any other defender in the Dutch top tier.
- PSV have not won a single Eredivisie game away from home in 2012.
- The Eindhoven giants have not kept a clean sheet once in their last 18 official games.
- Dries Mertens (pictured right) is the Eredivisie's most valuable player at the moment with 18 goals and 11 assists.
The home side have won their last five Eredivisie games, whereas PSV managed to win only two out of their last five league encounters. Therefore, Ajax start the match at the Amsterdam ArenA as clear favourites. The Eindhoven giants won't be pushovers though as they can not afford to lose in order to keep their title ambitions alive. Nevertheless, their poor defence could cost them on Sunday as they are unlikely to shut out the Ajax attack.
Editor's Prediction
Ajax 2-1 PSV 
