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AMSTERDAM. Ajax finds the way to recover against Fortuna Sittard with a goal on the D. Duarte 49′ and a goal on the K. Sierhuis 66′. Ajax was truly superior in terms of ball possession (72%)
The match was played at the Johan Cruijff Arena stadium in Amsterdam on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Edwin van de Graaf with the collaboration of Joost van Zuilen and Marco Ribbink. The 4th official was Laurens Gerrets.
Match Statistics
- ! 72 Ball Possession 28
Shots
- 17 Total 9
- 8 On Target 4
- 7 Off Target 4
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 146 Attack 85
- 65 Dangerous attack 39
- 90 Ball safe 71
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 2
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Ajax had a superior ball possession 72% while Fortuna Sittard was struggling with a 28% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ajax was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Ajax to win the match.
Ajax shot 17 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Sittard shot 9 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Ajax received 1 yellow card (Ahmetcan Kaplan ). Regarding the opposition, Fortuna Sittard didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Ajax has 40 points to hold in the 5th place. On the other side, Fortuna Sittard will has 31 points like SC Heerenveen to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Ajax will play away against Sparta Rotterdam on the 17th of March with a 17-2 head to head stats in favor of Ajax (2 draws).
Fortuna Sittard will host PEC Zwolle on the 17th of March with a 16-5 head to head statistic in favor of PEC Zwolle (4 draws).
Ajax – Formation
Ajax
90'
62'
8'
Ajax started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager John van ‘t Schip decided to play with the following team: Diant Ramaj , Josip Sutalo , Ahmetcan Kaplan , Jorrel Hato , Tristan Gooijer , Jordan Henderson , Sivert Mannsverk , Borna Sosa , Kristian Hlynsson , Chuba Akpom and Kenneth Taylor .
The home team had on the bench: Anton Gaaei , Brian Brobbey , Gerónimo Rulli , Carlos Forbs , Jakov Medic, Julian Rijkhoff, Branco van den Boomen , Remko Pasveer , Kian Fitz-Jim, Benjamin Tahirovic and ArJany Martha.
Substitutions
Ajax made 4 changes: Kristian Hlynsson for Brian Brobbey (62′), Borna Sosa for Carlos Forbs (62′), Sivert Mannsverk for Branco van den Boomen (62′) and Tristan Gooijer for Anton Gaaei (80′).
Player of the match: Jordan Henderson
The player that probably impressed the most for Ajax was Jordan Henderson.
His rating is with 93 passes (86% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 9 crosses.
Fortuna Sittard – Formation
Fortuna Sittard
Fortuna Sittard started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Danny Buijs played with: Michael Verrips , Ivo Pinto , Rodrigo Guth , Dimitrios Siovas , Mitchell Dijks , Oguzhan Özyakup , Deroy Duarte , Justin Lonwijk , Ragnar Oratmangoen , Iñigo Córdoba and Kaj Sierhuis .
They had on the bench: Luuk Koopmans, Siemen Voet , Sadik Fofana, Kristoffer Peterson , Alen Halilovic, Iman Griffith , Tom Hendriks, Alessio Da Cruz , N. Markelo, Jayden Braaf, Loreintz Rosier and Rémy Vita.
Substitutions
Fortuna Sittard made 5 changes: Ragnar Oratmangoen for Loreintz Rosier (67′), Oguzhan Özyakup for Alessio Da Cruz (76′), Justin Lonwijk for Siemen Voet (76′), Iñigo Córdoba for Kristoffer Peterson (86′) and Kaj Sierhuis for Iman Griffith (86′).
Player of the match: Justin Lonwijk
The player that probably impressed the most for Fortuna Sittard was Justin Lonwijk.
His rating is with 16 passes (56% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- NEC – SC Heerenveen – 2-0
- PEC Zwolle – FC Volendam – 1-1
- Feyenoord – Heracles Almelo – 3-0
- AZ – Excelsior – 4-0
- Ajax – Fortuna Sittard – 2-2
