LEEUWARDEN. Ajax overcomes SC Cambuur 5-0 after playing a incredible match. Dusan Tadić (16′), Steven Berghuis  (36′), Steven Berghuis  (64′), B. Brobbey (79′) and B. Brobbey (90′). Ajax was much superior in terms of ball possession (75%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Cambuurstadion stadium in Leeuwarden on Sunday and it started at 12:15 pm local time. The referee was Martin van den Kerkhof assisted by Charl Schaap and Richard Brondijk. The 4th official was Luuk Timmer. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8 degrees Celsius or 46.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Ajax was in firm control of the ball 75% while SC Cambuur was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ajax had a more offensive attitude with 77 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ajax won the match.​

SC Cambuur shot 4 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Ajax shot 25 times, 10 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

SC Cambuur received 3 yellow cards (Michael Breij, Remco Balk and Alex Bangura). Regarding the opposition, Ajax received 1 yellow card (Owen Wijndal).

Standings

After this encounter, SC Cambuur will stay with 12 points to hold in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Ajax will have 40 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, SC Cambuur will host Go Ahead Eagles on the 5th of March with a 13-9 head to head in favor of SC Cambuur (9 draws).

Ajax will host NEC on the 5th of March with a 16-1 head to head stats in favor of Ajax (9 draws).

SC Cambuur – Formation

SC Cambuur started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Sjors Ultee decided to play with the following team: Robbin Ruiter (6.2), Sai Van Wermeskerken (6.2), Marco Tol (6.3), Floris Smand (6.4), Leon Bergsma (6.5), Alex Bangura (5.8), Michael Breij (6.4), Daniel van Kaam (6.2), Mees Hoedemakers (6.3), Navarone Foor (5.8) and Silvester van der Water (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Mitchell Paulissen (6.4), Vincent Pichel (6.4), Remco Balk (6.3), Mimoun Mahi (6.6), Ben Rienstra, Sekou Sylla, Bret Minnema, João Virgínia, Björn Johnsen (6.8), Roberts Uldriķis, Doke Schmidt and Milan Smit.

Substitutions

SC Cambuur made 4 changes: Floris Smand for Mitchell Paulissen (46′), Silvester van der Water for R. Balk (58′), Mees Hoedemakers for Bjorn Johnsen (58′) and Michael Breij for Mimoun Mahi (74′).

Best player: Björn Johnsen​

The most impressive player for SC Cambuur was Björn Johnsen.

His rating is (6.8) with 4 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 58′.

Ajax – Formation

Ajax started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Johnny Heitinga played with: Gerónimo Rulli (6.9), Devyne Rensch (7.2), Edson Álvarez (6.8), Jurriën Timber (7.4), Owen Wijndal (6.9), Steven Berghuis (9.1), Kenneth Taylor (7.3), Davy Klaassen (7.2), Mohammed Kudus (7.7), Dušan Tadić (8.4) and Steven Bergwijn (7.9).

These were the players on the bench: Silvano Vos, Jorge Sánchez, Francisco Conceição (6.3), Calvin Bassey, Youri Regeer, Kian Fitz-Jim (6.7), Maarten Stekelenburg, Jorrel Hato (6.7), Olivier Aertssen, Remko Pasveer, Brian Brobbey (7.3) and Lorenzo Lucca.

Substitutions

Ajax made 5 changes: Dusan Tadić for Brian Brobbey (73′), Owen Wijndal for Jorrel Hato (73′), Davy Klaassen for Kian Fitz-Jim (86′), Kenneth Taylor for Francisco Conceição (86′) and Devyne Rensch for Youri Regeer (86′).

Best player: Steven Berghuis​

The most impressive player for Ajax was Steven Berghuis.

His rating is (9.1) with 2 goals, 77 passes (84% accurate) and 4 key passes. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.​

• FC Groningen – FC Twente – 1-1
• Go Ahead Eagles – NEC – 1-0
• Feyenoord – PSV – 2-2
• SC Cambuur – Ajax – 0-5