AMSTERDAM. Ajax estinguishes Excelsior 7-1 with goals of J. Sanchez (16′), S. Berghuis (26′), B. Brobbey (45′), B. Brobbey (60′), D. Tadic (65′), S. Bergwijn (76′) and M. Kudus (82′). On the other side, Excelsior scored with N. Agrafiotis (90′). Ajax was much superior in terms of ball possession (73%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Johan Cruijff Arena stadium in Amsterdam on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Marc Nagtegaal with the help of Charl Schaap and Patrick Inia. The 4th official was Nick Smit. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 13.5 degrees Celsius or 56.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Ajax had a superior ball possession 73% while Excelsior was struggling with a 27% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ajax was more aggressive with 112 dangerous attacks and 28 shots of which 19 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ajax won the match.
Ajax shot 28 times, 19 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Excelsior shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Ajax will have 25 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Excelsior will stay with 10 points like NEC to hold in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Eredivisie, Ajax will play away against FC Emmen on the 12th of November with a 6-0 head to head statistic in favor of Ajax (0 draws).
Excelsior will play away agasint Feyenoord on the 13th of November with a 15-4 head to head statistic in favor of Feyenoord (0 draws).
Ajax – Formation
Ajax started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Alfred Schreuder decided to play with the following team: Remko Pasveer , Jorge Sánchez , Jurriën Timber , Daley Blind , Calvin Bassey , Davy Klaassen , Edson Álvarez , Steven Berghuis , Steven Bergwijn , Brian Brobbey and Dušan Tadić .
The home team had on the bench: Lorenzo Lucca, Mohammed Kudus , Lisandro Magallán, Maarten Stekelenburg, Florian Grillitsch, Lucas Ocampos, Jay Gorter, Owen Wijndal , Youri Regeer, Francisco Conceição and Youri Baas .
Substitutions
Ajax made 5 changes: D. Blind for O. Wijndal (46′), S. Berghuis for M. Kudus (74′), D. Tadic for F. Conceicao (74′), J. Sanchez for Y. Baas (79′) and B. Brobbey for L. Lucca (84′).
Best player: Dušan Tadić
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajax was Dušan Tadić.
His rating is with 1 goal, 48 passes (83% accurate) and 9 key passes. He performed 17 crosses.
Excelsior – Formation
Excelsior started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Marinus Dijkhuizen played with: Stijn van Gassel , Nathan Markelo , Siebe Horemans , Redouan El Yaakoubi , Serano Seymor , Nathan Tjoe-A-On , Couhaib Driouech , Julian Baas , Kenzo Goudmijn , Mike van Duinen and Reda Kharchouch .
These were the players on the bench: Pascal Kuiper, Jacky Donkor, Maxime Awoudja, Marouan Azarkan , Norbert Alblas, Nikolas Agrafiotis, Lazaros Lamprou , Adrian Fein and Joshua Eijgenraam .
Substitutions
Excelsior made 5 changes: N. Markelo for J. Eijgenraam (46′), K. Goudmijn for A. Fein (70′), M. van Duinen for L. Lamprou (70′), C. Driouech for M. Azarkan (79′) and R. Kharchouch for N. Agrafiotis (84′).
Best player: Stijn van Gassel
The most impressive player for Excelsior was the goalkeeper: Stijn van Gassel. His rating is 7.10. He performed 12 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.
- Ajax – Excelsior – 7-1
- AZ – Feyenoord – 1-3
- PSV – FC Utrecht – 6-1
- FC Twente – FC Groningen – 3-0
- Sparta Rotterdam – NEC – 2-0