AMSTERDAM. Ajax liquidates SC Cambuur 4-0 with goals of S. Bergwijn (35′), S. Bergwijn (40′), K. Taylor (53′) and M. Kudus (64′). Ajax was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (74%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Johan Cruijff Arena stadium in Amsterdam on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Joey Kooij who was helped by Bas van Dongen and Frans Ozinga. The 4th official was Robin Hensgens. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 26.3 degrees Celsius or 79.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 37%.
Match Statistics
- ! 75 Ball Possession 25
Shots
- 21 Total 4
- 6 On Target 3
- 15 Off Target 1
- 3 Shots blocked 0
- 137 Attack 58
- 121 Dangerous attack 20
- 100 Ball safe 97
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 1
Fouls
- 7 Total 7
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Ajax had a strong ball possession 74% while SC Cambuur was struggling with a 26% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ajax was more aggressive with 121 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ajax won the match.
Ajax shot 21 times, 6 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, SC Cambuur shot 4 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Ajax received 1 yellow card (E. Alvarez). Regarding the opposition, SC Cambuur received 2 yellow cards (M. Paulissen and R. Balk).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Ajax will have 15 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, SC Cambuur will stay with 4 points like FC Emmen and FC Volendam to hold in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Ajax will play away with AZ on the 18th of September with a 22-12 head to head record in favor of Ajax (9 draws).
SC Cambuur will play away agasint RKC Waalwijk on the 17th of September with a 6-3 head to head in favor of SC Cambuur (10 draws).
Ajax – Formation
Ajax
79'
53'
44'
Ajax started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Alfred Schreuder decided to play with the following team: Remko Pasveer , Devyne Rensch , Jurriën Timber , Calvin Bassey , Daley Blind , Dušan Tadić , Edson Álvarez , Davy Klaassen , Steven Berghuis , Brian Brobbey and Steven Bergwijn .
The home team had on the bench: L. Lucca, Kenneth Taylor , Mohammed Kudus , Lucas Ocampos , L. Magallán, J. Gorter, Jorge Sánchez , M. Stekelenburg, A. Kaplan, Francisco Conceição , F. Grillitsch and Y. Baas.
Substitutions
Ajax made 5 changes: B. Brobbey for M. Kudus (46′), E. Alvarez for K. Taylor (46′), S. Bergwijn for F. Conceicao (61′), J. Timber for J. Sanchez (79′) and D. Tadic for L. Ocampos (80′).
Best player: Steven Bergwijn
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajax was Steven Bergwijn.
His rating is with 2 goals, 45 passes (95% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.
SC Cambuur – Formation
SC Cambuur
SC Cambuur started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Henk de Jong played with: João Virgínia , Sai Van Wermeskerken , Marco Tol , Floris Smand , Alex Bangura , Daniel van Kaam , Jasper ter Heide , Michael Breij , Mitchell Paulissen , Remco Balk and Roberts Uldriķis .
These were the players on the bench: Felix Mambimbi , B. Minnema, C. Mac-Intosch, M. Smit, Silvester van der Water , S. Sylla, David Sambissa, Doke Schmidt , Tom Boere and R. Ruiter.
Substitutions
SC Cambuur made 5 changes: R. Balk for F. Mambimbi (46′), S. V. Wermeskerken for D. Schmidt (58′), R. Uldrikis for S. van der Water (66′), J. Ter Heide for T. Boere (66′) and M. Breij for D. Sambissa (87′).
Best player: Mitchell Paulissen
The most impressive player for SC Cambuur was Mitchell Paulissen.
His rating is with 30 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- Go Ahead Eagles – Feyenoord – 3-4
- Sparta Rotterdam – FC Volendam – 4-0
- FC Twente – PSV – 2-1
- Ajax – SC Cambuur – 4-0
