AMSTERDAM. Ajax estinguishes FC Twente 5-0 with goals of D. Klaassen (31′), S. Haller (53′), R. Propper (77′ own), S. Haller (85′) and S. Haller (88′). Ajax was truly superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
D. Tadic didn’t convert a penalty (62′) 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. The referee was Allard Lindhout with the collaboration of Erwin Zeinstra and Roy de Nas. The 4th official was Sander van der Eijk. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.6 degrees Celsius or 47.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Ajax was in firm control of the ball 67% while FC Twente was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ajax was more aggressive with 80 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ajax won the match.
Ajax shot 21 times, 10 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, FC Twente shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Ajax received 1 yellow card (D. Tadic). On the opposite side, FC Twente received 1 yellow card (D. Rots).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Ajax will have 54 points to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, FC Twente will stay with 41 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Ajax will play away with Willem II on the 19th of February with a 26-3 head to head record in favor of Ajax (2 draws).
FC Twente will host Go Ahead Eagles on the 20th of February with a 7-4 head to head stats in favor of FC Twente (1 draw).
Ajax – Formation
Ajax
80'
31'
41'
Ajax started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Erik ten Hag decided to play with the following team: Remko Pasveer , Noussair Mazraoui , Jurriën Timber , Lisandro Martínez , Daley Blind , Davy Klaassen , Edson Álvarez , Steven Berghuis , Antony , Sébastien Haller and Dušan Tadić .
The home team had on the bench: Devyne Rensch, Youri Regeer, Nicolás Tagliafico , Ryan Gravenberch , Kenneth Taylor, Mohammed Daramy, Mohammed Kudus, Perr Schuurs, Danilo, Charlie Setford and André Onana.
Substitutions
Ajax made 4 changes: D. Klaassen for R. Gravenberch (64′), D. Blind for N. Tagliafico (80′), S. Berghuis for M. Kudus (86′) and Antony for Danilo (86′).
Best player: Sébastien Haller
The most impressive player for Ajax was Sébastien Haller.
His rating is with 3 goals, 27 passes (74% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 12.
FC Twente – Formation
FC Twente
FC Twente started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Ron Jans played with: Lars Unnerstall , Giovanni Troupee , Mees Hilgers , Robin Pröpper , Gijs Smal , Ramiz Zerrouki , Michal Sadílek , Daan Rots , Jesse Bosch , Dimitris Limnios and Ricky van Wolfswinkel .
These were the players on the bench: Denilho Cleonise , Luca Everink, Casper Staring, Virgil Misidjan , Max Bruns , Michel Vlap , Jeffrey De Lange, Joshua Brenet, Manfred Ugalde, Ennio Van Der Gouw and Václav Černý .
FC Twente could not rely on the presence of M. Bruns (injured).
Substitutions
FC Twente made 5 changes: D. Limnios for V. Misidjan (68′), R. van Wolfswinkel for D. Cleonise (69′), J. Bosch for M. Vlap (69′), D. Rots for V. Cerny (69′) and M. Hilgers for M. Bruns (84′).
Best player: Ramiz Zerrouki
The most impressive player for FC Twente was Ramiz Zerrouki.
His rating is with 53 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- Go Ahead Eagles – AZ – 1-4
- RKC Waalwijk – Feyenoord – 0-2
- SC Heerenveen – NEC – 0-1
- Ajax – FC Twente – 5-0
- Sparta Rotterdam – Willem II – 1-0
