AMSTERDAM. Ajax liquidates Willem II 5-1 with goals of Davy Klaassen (41′), Julian Brandt (45′), Viktor Tsygankov (69′), Oscar Gloukh (74′) and Kasper Dolberg (87′). On the opposite side, Willem II scored with Alessandro Ciranni (76′). Ajax was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Johan Cruijff Arena stadium in Amsterdam on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 54,018 spectators. The referee was Allard Lindhout with the collaboration of Johan Balder and Halis Murat Kucukerbir. The 4th official was Stan Teuben. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was quite cold at degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
- ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
- 33 Total 10
- 12 On Target 4
- 11 Off Target 4
- 10 Shots blocked 2
- 153 Attack 51
- 143 Dangerous attack 15
- 39 Ball safe 54
- 3 Free Kicks 6
- 0 Penalties 0
- 14 Corners 2
- 4 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 6 Total 3
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Ajax had a strong ball possession 70% while Willem II was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ajax was more pushing with 143 dangerous attacks and 33 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ajax won the match.
Ajax shot 33 times, 12 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Willem II shot 10 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Ajax has 13 points to occupy the 4th place in the standings. On the other side, Willem II stays with 2 points (17th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Ajax will host Excelsior on the 19th of September with a 0-0 head to head.
Willem II will host Fortuna Sittard on the 19th of September with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Ajax – Formation
Ajax
77'
45'
Ajax started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz decided to play with the following team: Maarten Paes , Lucas Rosa , Thilo Kehrer , Youri Baas , Owen Wijndal , Davy Klaassen , Jorthy Mokio , Julian Brandt , Steven Berghuis , Kasper Dolberg and Oscar Gloukh .
The home team had on the bench: Marc ter Stegen, Anton Gaaei, Sofyan Amrabat , Caio Henrique , Oliver Edvardsen, Tolu Arokodare, Viktor Tsygankov , Jofre Torrents, Dies Janse , Marcos Leonardo, Charlie Setford and Abdellah Ouazane .
Substitutions
Ajax made 5 changes: Davy Klaassen for Sofyan Amrabat (57′), Steven Berghuis for Viktor Tsygankov (57′), Owen Wijndal for Caio Henrique (67′), Julian Brandt for Abdellah Ouazane (67′) and Thilo Kehrer for Dies Janse (77′).
Player of the match: Kasper Dolberg
The most impressive player for Ajax was Kasper Dolberg.
His rating is with 1 goal, 23 passes (70% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8.
Willem II – Formation
Willem II
Willem II started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
John Stegeman played with: Maxime Delanghe , Hidde ter Avest , Finn Stam , Maxim Dekker , Nathan Tjoe-A-On , Calvin Twigt , Tonny Vilhena , Per van Loon , Uriël van Aalst , Jaden Slory and Devin Haen .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Alessandro Ciranni , Jari Schuurman, Jens Mathijsen, Amine Et-Taïbi , Chido Obi , Anass Zarrouk, Wouter van der Steen, Thomas Verheydt, Karst de Leeuw, Eser Gürbüz and Mats Lemmens .
Substitutions
Willem II made 5 changes: Per van Loon for Alessandro Ciranni (46′), Tonny Vilhena for Mats Lemmens (46′), Hidde ter Avest for Amine Et-Taïbi (61′), Jaden Slory for Chido Obi (70′) and Maxim Dekker for Eser Gürbüz (84′).
Player of the match: Maxime Delanghe
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Willem II was the goalkeeper: Maxime Delanghe. His rating is 6.97. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
