UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, November 25, 2020
FC Midtjylland LLLWW 1
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Ajax Amsterdam DWWWW 3
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Johan Cruijff Arena

Match Report

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Ajax beat Midtjylland to stay second in Champions League group

Ajax Amsterdam spurned a series of chances in the first half but scored quickly at the start of the second to beat Midtjylland of Denmark 3-1.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
4
41
Possession
59
9
SHOTS
17
5
ON GOAL
8
0.6
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
238
Accurate Passes
372
340
Passes
489
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
8
Crosses
13
0.4
Cross %
0.2
75
Long Balls
67
34
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
9
8
Tackles
20
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
30
Interceptions
11
14
Effective Clearances
13
14
Clearances
13

Head to Head

AJA leads series 1-0

Lineups

AJA · 4-3-3

  1. 24André OnanaG
  2. 17Daley BlindCD-L
  3. 3Perr SchuursCD-R
  4. 31Nicolás TagliaficoLB
  5. 12Noussair MazraouiRB
  6. 6Davy KlaassenCM
  7. 8Ryan GravenberchLM
  8. 19Zakaria LabyadRM
  9. 23Lassina TraoréF
  10. 10Dusan TadicLF
  11. 7David NeresRF

Substitutes

  1. 33Dominik KotarskiSUB
  2. 21Lisandro MartínezSUB
  3. 2Jurriën TimberSUB
  4. 30Brian BrobbeySUB
  5. 11Quincy PromesSUB
  6. 9Klaas-Jan HuntelaarSUB
  7. 1Maarten StekelenburgSUB
  8. 18Jurgen EkkelenkampSUB
  9. 5Sean KlaiberSUB
  10. 4Edson ÁlvarezSUB
  11. 39AntonySUB

MID · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jesper HansenG
  2. 14Alexander ScholzCD-L
  3. 28Erik SviatchenkoCD-R
  4. 29Paulo VictorLB
  5. 2Dion CoolsRB
  6. 7Pione SistoAM
  7. 38Frank OnyekaLM
  8. 43Nicolas MadsenRM
  9. 9Sory KabaF
  10. 11Awer MabilAM-L
  11. 36Anders DreyerAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 31Mikkel AndersenSUB
  2. 33Luca PfeifferSUB
  3. 6Joel AnderssonSUB
  4. 26Lasse VibeSUB
  5. 25Manjrekar JamesSUB
  6. 24Oliver SørensenSUB
  7. 15Bozhidar KraevSUB
  8. 44Nikolas DyhrSUB
  9. 45Gustav IsaksenSUB
  10. 30Oliver OttesenSUB
  11. 34Mikkel AndersonSUB
  12. 5Daniel HøeghSUB

Timeline

  1. 26' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Joel Andersson replaces Paulinho because of an injury.
  2. 41' David Neres (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 43' Nicolas Madsen (FC Midtjylland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 47' Goal! Ajax 1, FC Midtjylland 0. Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
  5. 49' Goal! Ajax 2, FC Midtjylland 0. Noussair Mazraoui (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
  6. 66' Substitution, Ajax. Edson Álvarez replaces Davy Klaassen.
  7. 66' Substitution, Ajax. Lisandro Martínez replaces Daley Blind because of an injury.
  8. 66' Goal! Ajax 3, FC Midtjylland 0. David Neres (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lassina Traoré.
  9. 69' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Bozhidar Kraev replaces Sory Kaba.
  10. 69' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Mikael Anderson replaces Nicolas Madsen.
  11. 80' Goal! Ajax 3, FC Midtjylland 1. Awer Mabil (FC Midtjylland) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  12. 81' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Luca Pfeiffer replaces Pione Sisto.
  13. 81' Substitution, Ajax. Quincy Promes replaces Zakaria Labyad.
  14. 82' Substitution, Ajax. Sean Klaiber replaces Noussair Mazraoui.
  15. 82' Substitution, FC Midtjylland. Gustav Isaksen replaces Anders Dreyer.
  16. 90'+1' Erik Sviatchenko (FC Midtjylland) is shown the red card.
  17. 90'+3' Substitution, Ajax. Jurgen Ekkelenkamp replaces David Neres.

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