Dutch Eredivisie

Heracles Almelo vs Ajax Amsterdam, 2020-21 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
Heracles Almelo
    FT
    0 - 2
    Ajax Amsterdam
    • 15': Davy Klaassen
    • 79': Sébastien Haller

    About

    Heracles Almelo are hosting Ajax Amsterdam at Asito Stadion, Almelo, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the Dutch Eredivisie.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Attempt missed. Teun Bijleveld (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Delano Burgzorg following a fast break.
    • 6': Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax).
    • 6': Teun Bijleveld (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 11': Attempt blocked. Ismail Azzaoui (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Delano Burgzorg.
    • 11': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Daley Blind.
    • 13': Foul by Robin Pröpper (Heracles Almelo).
    • 13': Sébastien Haller (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 14': Foul by Teun Bijleveld (Heracles Almelo).
    • 14': Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Goal! Heracles Almelo 0, Ajax 1. Davy Klaassen (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sébastien Haller.
    • 20': Attempt missed. Sébastien Haller (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolás Tagliafico.
    • 22': Dusan Tadic (Ajax) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 22': Foul by Marco Rente (Heracles Almelo).
    • 23': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Ismail Azzaoui.
    • 23': Attempt saved. Davy Klaassen (Ajax) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch with a cross.
    • 23': Foul by Edson Álvarez (Ajax).
    • 23': Teun Bijleveld (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Attempt blocked. Ismail Azzaoui (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Teun Bijleveld.
    • 24': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Noussair Mazraoui.
    • 26': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by David Neres.
    • 27': Attempt blocked. Lucas Schoofs (Heracles Almelo) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Rai Vloet with a cross.
    • 27': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Sébastien Haller.
    • 34': Attempt blocked. Rai Vloet (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ismail Azzaoui.
    • 35': Dusan Tadic (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Foul by Ismail Azzaoui (Heracles Almelo).
    • 36': Foul by Ismail Azzaoui (Heracles Almelo).
    • 36': Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by Davy Klaassen (Ajax).
    • 40': Ismail Azzaoui (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Foul by Daley Blind (Ajax).
    • 43': Ismail Azzaoui (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45': Offside, Ajax. Edson Álvarez tries a through ball, but David Neres is caught offside.
    • 45'+2': Hand ball by Dusan Tadic (Ajax).
    • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Delano Burgzorg (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Ismail Azzaoui (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Delano Burgzorg.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Heracles Almelo 0, Ajax 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Heracles Almelo 0, Ajax 1.
    • 47': Dusan Tadic (Ajax) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 47': Foul by Tim Breukers (Heracles Almelo).
    • 48': Delano Burgzorg (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 48': Foul by Jurriën Timber (Ajax).
    • 49': Attempt saved. Rai Vloet (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 49': Attempt missed. Sébastien Haller (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Davy Klaassen.
    • 50': Attempt missed. Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 53': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Giacomo Quagliata.
    • 55': David Neres (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Foul by Giacomo Quagliata (Heracles Almelo).
    • 57': Foul by Dusan Tadic (Ajax).
    • 57': Tim Breukers (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Attempt missed. Delano Burgzorg (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Robin Pröpper.
    • 59': Delano Burgzorg (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 59': Foul by Noussair Mazraoui (Ajax).
    • 62': Attempt blocked. Dusan Tadic (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sébastien Haller.
    • 62': Foul by Dusan Tadic (Ajax).
    • 62': Marco Rente (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Ahmed Kutucu replaces Rai Vloet.
    • 65': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Silvester van der Water replaces Teun Bijleveld.
    • 66': Foul by Sébastien Haller (Ajax).
    • 66': Marco Rente (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 66': Sébastien Haller (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Ismail Azzaoui (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Tim Breukers (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ismail Azzaoui.
    • 71': Substitution, Ajax. Antony replaces David Neres.
    • 72': Substitution, Ajax. Devyne Rensch replaces Noussair Mazraoui because of an injury.
    • 72': Foul by Sébastien Haller (Ajax).
    • 72': Robin Pröpper (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 75': Foul by Robin Pröpper (Heracles Almelo).
    • 75': Sébastien Haller (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Delano Burgzorg (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 78': Hand ball by Lucas Schoofs (Heracles Almelo).
    • 79': Goal! Heracles Almelo 0, Ajax 2. Sébastien Haller (Ajax) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Davy Klaassen with a headed pass.
    • 80': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Sinan Bakis replaces Ismail Azzaoui.
    • 81': Attempt saved. Lucas Schoofs (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Silvester van der Water with a cross.
    • 84': Antony (Ajax) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 84': Foul by Giacomo Quagliata (Heracles Almelo).
    • 84': Giacomo Quagliata (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 87': Substitution, Ajax. Zakaria Labyad replaces Dusan Tadic.
    • 88': Substitution, Ajax. Mohammed Kudus replaces Davy Klaassen.
    • 88': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Jurriën Timber.
    • 89': Foul by Sinan Bakis (Heracles Almelo).
    • 89': Jurriën Timber (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Sébastien Haller (Ajax).
    • 90'+2': Marco Rente (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Delano Burgzorg (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Devyne Rensch (Ajax).
    • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Sinan Bakis (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Heracles Almelo 0, Ajax 2.
    • 0': Match ends, Heracles Almelo 0, Ajax 2.

    Statistics

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    13 Fouls 11
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 0
    2 Corner Kicks 5
    2 Saves 1
    54.6 Possession 45.4
    7 SHOTS 14
    3 ON GOAL 2
    0.4 On Target % 0.1
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    425 Accurate Passes 329
    540 Passes 434
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 5
    11 Crosses 23
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    71 Long Balls 89
    34 Accurate Long Balls 47
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    1 Blocked Shots 5
    15 Effective Tackles 12
    31 Tackles 22
    0.5 Tackle % 0.5
    14 Interceptions 16
    17 Effective Clearances 13
    17 Clearances 13

    Game Information

    Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

    Venue: Asito Stadion
    Location: Almelo, Netherlands

    Eredivisie Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 PSV Eindhoven 28 +41 68
    2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 28 +21 53
    3 NEC Nijmegen 28 +22 50
    4 Ajax Amsterdam 28 +18 48
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    HER Heracles Almelo (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Janis Blaswich (GK)
    4 Robin Pröpper
    5 Marco Rente
    3 Giacomo Quagliata Yellow Card
    2 Tim Breukers
    8 Teun Bijleveld
    15 Lucas Schoofs
    18 Ismail Azzaoui
    10 Rai Vloet
    37 Delano Burgzorg
    14 Luca de la Torre
    Heracles Almelo Substitutes:
    Michael Brouwer, Silvester van der Water, Jeff Hardeveld, Adrian Szöke, Noah Fadiga, Sinan Bakıs, Orestis Kiomourtzoglou, Rohat Agca, Mats Knoester, Ahmed Kutucu, Koen Bucker.

    AJA Ajax Amsterdam (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Maarten Stekelenburg (GK)
    17 Daley Blind
    2 Jurriën Timber
    31 Nicolás Tagliafico
    12 Noussair Mazraoui
    6 Davy Klaassen
    8 Ryan Gravenberch
    4 Edson Álvarez
    22 Sébastien Haller
    10 Dusan Tadic
    7 David Neres
    Ajax Amsterdam Substitutes:
    Kjell Scherpen, Brian Brobbey, Antony, Lisandro Martínez, Sean Klaiber, Dominik Kotarski, Perr Schuurs, Lassina Traoré, Mohammed Kudus, Devyne Rensch, Jurgen Ekkelenkamp, Zakaria Labyad.

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