Ajax is having a decent season. Under the leadership of Eric Ten Hag, the team has made it to the Europa League quarterfinals. Having failed to win the competition against Liverpool and Atalanta in the Champions League, the Amsterdam club ended up in the playoffs of the Europa League, where they did not experience any problems with Lille in the 1/16 finals, beating with the same score 2:1 in each of the matches. In the 1/8 finals, Ajax also resolved all issues with reaching the quarterfinals already in the first match, beating Young Boys 3:0 at home. In the return meeting, Ten Hag’s wards were more modest and scored only two goals, keeping their goal locked. In the Netherlands championship, Ajax leads the table with 69 points after 28 rounds. The capital club breaks away from the main pursuer in the person of PSV by 11 points, while also having a match in reserve. A 2:0 victory over Heerenveen in the last round was Ajax’s seventh in a row in all tournaments.
Villarreal has traditionally been one of the leaders in the Spanish championship. After 29 rounds of the current championship, the yellow submarine recorded 11 victories and 13 peaceful outcomes, which brought 46 points and sixth place in the standings of Primera. In the last three duels, the Valencians took turns defeating Eibar (3:1), Cadiz (2:1) and Granada (3:0). In the Europa League, Unai Emery and his players knocked out Salzburg (2:0 and 2:1) and Dinamo Kiev with a total score of 4:0 in the spring part of the tournament, for which we gave a prediction. Today, Estupinan, Trigueros and Iborra, whose knee is injured, will not be able to enter the field.
