Ajax aim to bounce back from last weekend\u2019s humiliating 1-2 loss to FC Twente when they travel to bottom club Heracles Almelo on Saturday. Kick-off is set for 21:00 and the match will be shown live on ESPN 2.
\nManager \u00d3scar Garc\u00eda is notably worried about his side\u2019s midfield.<\/p>\n
Davy Klaassen, Youri Regeer and Kian Fitz-Jim remain sidelined, while defender Takehiro Tomiyasu is still building fitness. Joeri Heerkens is ruled out for an extended period with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n
Maarten Paes, who has been the subject of criticism, will again start in goal. Anton Gaaei and Lucas Rosa occupy the full-back positions, while Josip Sutalo and Youri Baas partner in central defence.<\/p>\n
Jorthy Mokio, who signed a new contract on Thursday, aims to build on that milestone with a strong showing in Almelo. Sean Steur returns to the starting XI, while Oscar Gloukh gets another chance due to the ongoing midfield absences.<\/p>\n
Steven Berghuis occupies the right wing, while Mika Godts provides the threat on the left. Wout Weghorst, fresh from scoring against FC Twente, leads the line against his former club.<\/p>\n
Finishing second will be a tough ask for Ajax, as they trail Feyenoord by six points. The Rotterdam side face third-placed NEC this weekend, who are just one point behind Feyenoord.<\/p>\n
Probable Ajax line-up: Paes; Gaaei, Sutalo, Baas, Rosa; Steur, Gloukh, Mokio; Berghuis, Weghorst, Godts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ajax aim to bounce back from last weekend\u2019s humiliating 1-2 loss to FC Twente when they travel to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[749,199,5257,32591,32592,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-59176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-amsterdam","8":"tag-ajax","9":"tag-amsterdam","10":"tag-eredivisie","11":"tag-heracles","12":"tag-heracles-vs-ajax","13":"tag-netherlands"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116382330156522147","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}