AMSTERDAM. Ajax crushes RKC Waalwijk 4-1 with goals of Brian Brobbey (9′), Brian Brobbey (35′), Kristian Hlynsson (64′) and Steven Berghuis  (87′). On the opposite side, RKC Waalwijk scored with ​Michiel Kramer (15′). Ajax was truly superior in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

Brian Brobbey squandered a penalty (70′) for Ajax.​

The match was played at the Johan Cruijff Arena stadium in Amsterdam on Sunday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. In front of 54,514 spectators.​ The referee was Bas Nijhuis with the help of Roy de Nas and Charl Schaap. The 4th official was Laurens Gerrets.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Ajax was in firm control of the ball 68% while RKC Waalwijk was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ajax was more pushing with 90 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ajax won the match​.

Ajax shot 14 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, RKC Waalwijk shot 8 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Ajax received 1 yellow card (Benjamin Tahirovic). Regarding the opposition, RKC Waalwijk didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Ajax has 31 points to hold in the 5th place. On the opposite side, RKC Waalwijk will stays with 14 points to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Ajax will play away against Heracles Almelo on the 27th of January with a 25-3 head to head in favor of Ajax (7 draws).

RKC Waalwijk will host Sparta Rotterdam on the 27th of January with a 13-7 head to head stats in favor of Sparta Rotterdam (7 draws).

Ajax – Formation

Ajax started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager John van ‘t Schip decided to play with the following team: Borna Sosa, Josip Sutalo, Diant Ramaj (7.3), Tristan Gooijer (7.0), Devyne Rensch (7.3), Jorrel Hato (7.0), ArJany Martha (7.9), Benjamin Tahirovic (7.5), Kenneth Taylor (7.8), Steven Berghuis  (8.4), Kristian Hlynsson (7.3), Steven Bergwijn (8.4) and Brian Brobbey (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Gerónimo Rulli , Anton Gaaei (6.8), Carlos Forbs (7.1), Jay Gorter, Ahmetcan Kaplan , Anass Salah-Eddine, Jakov Medic, Kian Fitz-Jim, Jaydon Banel (6.4) and Gabriel Misehouy.

Ajax could not rely on the presence of Anton Gaaei (injured).

Substitutions

Ajax made 3 changes: Kristian Hlynsson for Carlos Forbs (79′), Tristan Gooijer for Anton Gaaei (53′) and Brian Brobbey for Jaydon Banel (82′).

Player of the match: Steven Bergwijn​

The most impressive player for Ajax was Steven Bergwijn even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.4 with 55 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.

RKC Waalwijk – Formation

RKC Waalwijk started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Henk Fraser played with: Etienne Vaessen (7.0), Julian Lelieveld (7.0), J. Gaari (6.0), Shawn Adewoye (6.7), Dario Van den Buijs (6.3), Aaron Meijers (6.8), Denilho Cleonise (6.7), Yassin Oukili (6.4), G. Roemeratoe (7.1), Mats Seuntjens (6.3), Michiel Kramer (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Chris Lokesa (6.3), Reuven Niemeijer (6.8), K. Felida, Thierry Lutonda (6.3), Patrick Vroegh, David Min (6.7), Filip Stevanovic, Zakaria Bakkali, Mark Spenkelink, Jeroen Houwen and Ilias Takidine (6.6).

Substitutions

RKC Waalwijk made 5 changes: Aaron Meijers for Thierry Lutonda (76′), Michiel Kramer for Reuven Niemeijer (76′), Julian Lelieveld for Chris Lokesa (62′), Denilho Cleonise for David Min (82′) and Mats Seuntjens for Ilias Takidine (82′).

Player of the match: Michiel Kramer​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for RKC Waalwijk was Michiel Kramer.

His rating is 7.3 with 1 goal, 14 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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

• FC Utrecht – PSV – 1-1
• Ajax – RKC Waalwijk – 4-1
• Sparta Rotterdam – Go Ahead Eagles – 0-2
• Vitesse – Feyenoord – 1-2