Dutch Eredivisie

FT Saturday, August 12, 2023
Heracles Almelo WWWWW 1
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Ajax Amsterdam WLWLL 4
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HER101
AJA134
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Team Stats

14
Fouls
11
5
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
13
9
Saves
1
29.7
Possession
70.3
7
SHOTS
31
2
ON GOAL
13
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
152
Accurate Passes
455
217
Passes
515
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
12
10
Crosses
31
0.1
Cross %
0.4
56
Long Balls
40
26
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
8
12
Effective Tackles
8
18
Tackles
9
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
9
Interceptions
2
29
Effective Clearances
15
29
Clearances
15

Head to Head

AJA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

AJA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gerónimo RulliG
  2. 4Jorrel HatoCD-L
  3. 18Jakov MedicCD-R
  4. 17Anass Salah-EddineLB
  5. 2Devyne RenschRB
  6. 8Kenneth TaylorCM
  7. 21Branco van den BoomenLM
  8. 33Benjamin TahirovicRM
  9. 9Brian BrobbeyF
  10. 7Steven BergwijnLF
  11. 20Mohammed KudusRF

Substitutes

  1. 39Mika GodtsSUB
  2. 24Silvano VosSUB
  3. 37Christian RasmussenSUB
  4. 38Kristian HlynssonSUB
  5. 19Jorge SánchezSUB
  6. 40Diant RamajSUB
  7. 5Owen WijndalSUB
  8. 11Carlos ForbsSUB
  9. 12Jay GorterSUB
  10. 6Davy KlaassenSUB
  11. 43Olivier AertssenSUB

HER · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Michael BrouwerG
  2. 21Justin HoogmaCD-L
  3. 4Sven SonnenbergCD-R
  4. 15Jetro WillemsLB
  5. 19Navajo BakboordRB
  6. 8Mario EngelsAM
  7. 10Anas OuahimLM
  8. 14Brian De KeersmaeckerRM
  9. 23Jizz HornkampF
  10. 29Emil HanssonAM-L
  11. 24Abdenego NankishiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Sava-Arangel CesticSUB
  2. 9Antonio SatrianoSUB
  3. 32Sem SchepermanSUB
  4. 7Bryan LimbombeSUB
  5. 18Marko VejinovicSUB
  6. 3Jannes WieckhoffSUB
  7. 17Thomas BrunsSUB
  8. 12Ruben RooskenSUB
  9. 28Robin JalvingSUB
  10. 30Diego Van OorschotSUB
  11. 36Timo JansinkSUB
  12. 35Stijn BultmanSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Justin Hoogma (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Substitution, Ajax. Jay Gorter replaces Gerónimo Rulli because of an injury.
  3. 45'+1' Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Thomas Bruns replaces Jizz Hornkamp because of an injury.
  4. 45'+5' Goal! Ajax 0, Heracles Almelo 1. Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 45'+8' Goal! Ajax 1, Heracles Almelo 1. Jakov Medic (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jorrel Hato.
  6. 56' Anas Ouahim (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 58' Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 61' Benjamin Tahirovic (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 61' Substitution, Ajax. Davy Klaassen replaces Kenneth Taylor.
  10. 68' Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Bryan Limbombe replaces Abed Nankishi.
  11. 69' Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Marko Vejinovic replaces Anas Ouahim.
  12. 69' Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Ruben Roosken replaces Jetro Willems.
  13. 74' Devyne Rensch (Ajax) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 74' Thomas Bruns (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 75' Goal! Ajax 2, Heracles Almelo 1. Mohammed Kudus (Ajax) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Benjamin Tahirovic.
  16. 85' Goal! Ajax 3, Heracles Almelo 1. Steven Bergwijn (Ajax) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Anass Salah-Eddine.
  17. 88' Bryan Limbombe (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 89' Substitution, Ajax. Owen Wijndal replaces Anass Salah-Eddine.
  19. 89' Substitution, Ajax. Carlos Forbs replaces Brian Brobbey.
  20. 89' Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Diego van Oorschot replaces Emil Hansson.
  21. 90'+6' Goal! Ajax 4, Heracles Almelo 1. Steven Bergwijn (Ajax) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

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