İSTANBUL. Ajax managed to find the solution against Beşiktaş to win 2-1. S. Haller was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Beşiktaş to strike first with a penalty of R. Ghezzal at the 22′. Then it was a goal in the 54′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, S. Haller gave the win to Ajax in the 69′ minute with a goal scoring a double.
The match was played at the Vodafone Park (İstanbul) stadium in İstanbul on Wednesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Irfan Peljto with the help of Senad Ibrišimbegović and Davor Beljo. The 4th official was Miloš Gigović. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.3 degrees Celsius or 50.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Ajax had a superior ball possession 55% while Beşiktaş was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ajax was putting more pressure with 71 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ajax won the contest.
Beşiktaş shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Ajax shot 18 times, 6 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Beşiktaş received 1 yellow card (C. Larin). Regarding the opposition, Ajax received 1 yellow card (S. Haller).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this match, Beşiktaş will stay with 0 points to hold in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Ajax will have 15 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Champions League, Beşiktaş will play away against Borussia Dortmund on the 7th of December with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Borussia Dortmund (0 draws).
Ajax will host Sporting CP on the 7th of December with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Ajax (0 draws).
Beşiktaş – Formation
Beşiktaş
81'
22'
88'
Beşiktaş adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ali Rıza Sergen Yalçın decided to play with the following team: Mert Günok , Valentin Rosier , Domagoj Vida , Francisco Montero , Cengiz Umut Meraş , Miralem Pjanić , Mehmet Topal , Rachid Ghezzal , Alex Teixeira , Georges-Kévin N’Koudou and Cyle Larin .
The home team had on the bench: Can Bozdoğan , Oğuzhan Özyakup, Ersin Destanoğlu, Welinton, Michy Batshuayi , Atiba Hutchinson , Necip Uysal , Salih Uçan and Kenan Karaman.
Beşiktaş could not rely on the presence of N. Uysal (injured).
Substitutions
Beşiktaş made 5 changes: A. Teixeira for C. Bozdogan (59′), R. Ghezzal for M. Batshuayi (67′), M. Pjanic for S. Ucan (81′), F. Montero for N. Uysal (81′) and M. Topal for A. Hutchinson (81′).
Best player: Valentin Rosier
The player that probably impressed the most for Beşiktaş was Valentin Rosier.
His rating is with 45 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Ajax – Formation
Ajax
Also Ajax adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Erik ten Hag played with: André Onana , Noussair Mazraoui , Perr Schuurs , Lisandro Martínez , Nicolás Tagliafico , Davy Klaassen , Ryan Gravenberch , David Neres , Steven Berghuis , Mohammed Daramy and Dušan Tadić .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Remko Pasveer, Zakaria Labyad, Daley Blind , Devyne Rensch , Danilo, Jay Gorter, Jurriën Timber , Kenneth Taylor and Sébastien Haller .
Ajax could not rely on the presence of K. Taylor (injured).
Substitutions
Ajax made 5 changes: M. Daramy for S. Haller (46′), N. Mazraoui for J. Timber (72′), N. Tagliafico for D. Blind (77′), P. Schuurs for D. Rensch (77′) and S. Berghuis for K. Taylor (83′).
Best player: Sébastien Haller
The most impressive player for Ajax was Sébastien Haller.
His rating is with 2 goals, 9 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 7.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League.
- Sheriff – Real Madrid – 0-3
- Sporting CP – Borussia Dortmund – 3-1
- Inter – Shakhtar Donetsk – 2-0
- Beşiktaş – Ajax – 1-2
- Liverpool – Porto – 2-0
- Atlético Madrid – Milan – 0-1
- Club Brugge – RB Leipzig – 0-5
- Manchester City – Paris Saint Germain – 2-1
