Dutch Eredivisie

FT Thursday, May 21, 2026
FC Groningen DLLWW 0
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Ajax Amsterdam WWDLD 2
1st2ndT
GRO000
AJA112
Kras Stadion · 6,776 att.

Team Stats

17
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
0
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
1
38.2
Possession
61.8
5
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
255
Accurate Passes
449
339
Passes
544
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
7
Crosses
11
0.1
Cross %
0.3
43
Long Balls
67
15
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
10
22
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
8
16
Effective Clearances
21
16
Clearances
21

Head to Head

AJA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

AJA · 4-3-3

  1. 26Maarten PaesG
  2. 15Youri BaasCD-L
  3. 30Aaron BouwmanCD-R
  4. 2Lucas RosaLB
  5. 3Anton GaaeiRB
  6. 24Jorthy MokioCM
  7. 48Sean SteurLM
  8. 18Davy KlaassenRM
  9. 25Wout WeghorstF
  10. 11Mika GodtsLF
  11. 23Steven BerghuisRF

GRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Etienne VaessenG
  2. 4Dies JanseCD-L
  3. 3Thijmen BlokzijlCD-R
  4. 43Marvin PeersmanLB
  5. 5Marco RenteRB
  6. 17David Van Der WerffAM
  7. 8Tika De JongeLM
  8. 18Tygo LandRM
  9. 26Thom Van BergenF
  10. 14Jorg SchreudersAM-L
  11. 7Travis HearnesAM-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Ajax 1, FC Groningen 0. Davy Klaassen (Ajax) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mika Godts with a cross.
  2. 32' Substitution, FC Groningen. Brynjólfur Willumsson replaces Thom van Bergen because of an injury.
  3. 40' Marvin Peersman (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 57' Goal! Ajax 2, FC Groningen 0. Jorthy Mokio (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 61' Dies Janse (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 62' Substitution, Ajax. Youri Regeer replaces Sean Steur because of an injury.
  7. 64' Mika Godts (Ajax) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 67' Substitution, FC Groningen. Ryan Metu replaces Travis Hernes.
  9. 67' Substitution, FC Groningen. Wouter Prins replaces Marvin Peersman.
  10. 67' Substitution, FC Groningen. Mats Seuntjens replaces David van der Werff.
  11. 71' Substitution, Ajax. Maher Carrizo replaces Steven Berghuis.
  12. 71' Substitution, Ajax. Kasper Dolberg replaces Wout Weghorst.
  13. 77' Substitution, FC Groningen. Rui Mendes replaces Tygo Land.
  14. 84' Substitution, Ajax. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Davy Klaassen because of an injury.
  15. 90'+1' Brynjólfur Willumsson (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+2' Mats Seuntjens (FC Groningen) is shown the yellow card.

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