AMSTERDAM. Jong Ajax conquers Willem II 1-0 after S. Idumbo scored just 1 goal (9′).
The match was played at the Sportpark De Toekomst stadium in Amsterdam on Monday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Nick Smit with the support of Jari de Koning and Mark Pelgrom. The 4th official was Shona Shukrula. The weather was light snow. The temperature was freezing at -2.05 degrees Celsius or 28.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Jong Ajax was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Willem II that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Willem II was more aggressive with 97 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Jong Ajax was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Jong Ajax shot 8 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Willem II shot 15 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Jong Ajax received 4 yellow cards (Anass Salah-Eddine, Julian Brandes, Tristan Gooijer and Jaydon Banel). Regarding the opposition, Willem II didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Jong Ajax will have 9 points to hold in the 19th place. Talking about the opposition, Willem II will stay with 26 points like ADO Den Haag to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, Jong Ajax will host Jong AZ on the 10th of May with a 7-3 head to head record in favor of Jong AZ (3 draws).
Willem II will play away agasint FC Dordrecht on the 3rd of May with a 6-2 head to head in favor of Willem II (2 draws).
Jong Ajax – Formation
Jong Ajax
82'
46'
9'
Jong Ajax started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Dave Vos decided to play with the following team: Charlie Setford , Tristan Gooijer , Olivier Aertssen , Ahmetcan Kaplan , Oualid Agougil , Nassef Chourak , Julian Brandes , Anass Salah-Eddine , Stanis Idumbo Muzambo , Jaydon Banel and Mika Godts .
The home team had on the bench: Tom de Graaff, Raphaël Sarfo, David Kalokoh and Rico Speksnijder.
Jong Ajax could not rely on the presence of Olaf Gorter (injured).
Substitutions
Jong Ajax made 3 changes: Ahmetcan Kaplan for Nick Verschuren (46′), Jaydon Banel for David Kalokoh (84′) and Stanis Idumbo Muzambo for Raphaël Sarfo (90′).
Best player: Anass Salah-Eddine
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Jong Ajax was Anass Salah-Eddine even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 37 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12.
Willem II – Formation
Willem II
Willem II started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Peter Maes played with: Joshua Smits , Tommy St. Jago , Raffael Behounek , Erik Schouten , Rúnar Þór Sigurgeirsson , Nick Doodeman , Matthias Verreth , Ringo Meerveld , Jesse Bosch , Thijs Oosting and Jeredy Hilterman .
These were the players on the bench: Freek Heerkens, Max de Waal, Max Svensson, Jeremy Bokila , Valentino Vermeulen , Michael de Leeuw, Connor van den Berg, Amine Lachkar, Khaled Razak, Maarten Schut and Niels van Berkel .
Willem II could not rely on the presence of Jeremy Bokila (injured).
Substitutions
Willem II made 3 changes: Jeredy Hilterman for Jeremy Bokila (71′), Rúnar Þór Sigurgeirsson for Niels van Berkel (80′) and Nick Doodeman for Valentino Vermeulen (80′).
Best player: Thijs Oosting
The player that probably impressed the most for Willem II was Thijs Oosting.
His rating is with 30 passes (87% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eerste Divisie.
- Jong PSV – ADO Den Haag – 1-2
- Jong Ajax – Willem II – 1-0
- TOP Oss – SC Cambuur – 1-8
- MVV Maastricht – FC Emmen – 1-1
- FC Eindhoven – Roda JC Kerkrade – 1-1
