AMSTERDAM. Ajax estinguishes SC Heerenveen 5-0 with goals of D. Klaassen (4′), K. Taylor (16′), M. Kudus (48′), M. Kudus (59′) and B. Brobbey (70′). Ajax was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (71%) 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 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Edwin van de Graaf with the collaboration of Freek Vandeursen and Don Frijn. The 4th official was Martijn Vos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.2 degrees Celsius or 64.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
- ! 71 Ball Possession 29
Shots
- 19 Total 5
- 7 On Target 1
- 12 Off Target 4
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 143 Attack 65
- 91 Dangerous attack 27
- 80 Ball safe 70
- 0 Penalties 0
- 17 Corners 3
- 3 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 3 Total 4
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Ajax had a strong ball possession 71% while SC Heerenveen was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ajax was more pushing with 91 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ajax won the match.
Ajax shot 19 times, 7 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, SC Heerenveen shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Ajax received 1 yellow card (E. Alvarez). Talking about the opposition, SC Heerenveen received 2 yellow cards (S. van Beek and P. Bochniewicz).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Ajax will have 18 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, SC Heerenveen will stay with 9 points like Excelsior to sit in the 6th 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 stats in favor of Ajax (9 draws).
SC Heerenveen will host FC Twente on the 18th of September with a 16-13 head to head record in favor of FC Twente (8 draws).
Ajax – Formation
Ajax
46'
4'
45'
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 , Davy Klaassen , Edson Álvarez , Kenneth Taylor , Dušan Tadić , Mohammed Kudus and Steven Bergwijn .
The home team had on the bench: Florian Grillitsch , Brian Brobbey , Lorenzo Lucca, Jay Gorter, Lucas Ocampos , Maarten Stekelenburg, Jorge Sánchez , Ahmetcan Kaplan, Youri Baas, Lisandro Magallán and Steven Berghuis .
Substitutions
Ajax made 5 changes: D. Rensch for J. Sanchez (46′), S. Bergwijn for B. Brobbey (60′), E. Alvarez for F. Grillitsch (60′), K. Taylor for S. Berghuis (67′) and M. Kudus for L. Ocampos (72′).
Best player: Daley Blind
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajax was Daley Blind even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 143 passes (92% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.
SC Heerenveen – Formation
SC Heerenveen
SC Heerenveen started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Kees van Wonderen played with: Andries Noppert , Milan van Ewijk , Sven van Beek , Paweł Bochniewicz , Joost van Aken , Rami Kaib , Thom Haye , Simon Olsson , Anas Tahiri , Alex Timossi Andersson and Sydney van Hooijdonk .
These were the players on the bench: Rami Al Hajj , Amin Sarr , Ali Hussein, Antoine Colassin , Syb van Ottele, Jan Bekkema, Timo Zaal, Xavier Mous and Kaj van der Veldt.
Substitutions
SC Heerenveen made 3 changes: S. van Hooijdonk for A. Sarr (66′), A. Andersson for A. Colassin (67′) and S. Olsson for R. Al Hajj (72′).
Best player: Paweł Bochniewicz
The player that probably impressed the most for SC Heerenveen was Paweł Bochniewicz.
His rating is with 35 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- NEC – Fortuna Sittard – 1-1
- Excelsior – FC Emmen – 2-1
- Ajax – SC Heerenveen – 5-0
