Dutch Eredivisie

Ajax Amsterdam vs Almere City, 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
Ajax Amsterdam
  • 12': Wout Weghorst
  • 40': Kenneth Taylor
  • 55': Kian Fitz-Jim
FT
3 - 0
Almere City

    About

    Ajax Amsterdam are hosting Almere City at Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam, 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.
    • 1': Offside, Ajax. Chuba Akpom is caught offside.
    • 2': Foul by Hamdi Akujobi (Almere City FC).
    • 2': Owen Wijndal (Ajax) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 3': Attempt saved. Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordan Henderson with a through ball.
    • 6': Attempt missed. Junior Kadile (Almere City FC) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp.
    • 7': Foul by James Lawrence (Almere City FC).
    • 7': Wout Weghorst (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Devyne Rensch (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Foul by Junior Kadile (Almere City FC).
    • 12': Goal! Ajax 1, Almere City FC 0. Wout Weghorst (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Davy Klaassen.
    • 13': Foul by Joey Jacobs (Almere City FC).
    • 13': Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Attempt saved. Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 20': Offside, Ajax. Devyne Rensch is caught offside.
    • 22': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Vasilios Zagaritis.
    • 30': Attempt missed. Junior Kadile (Almere City FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Thomas Robinet.
    • 32': Foul by James Lawrence (Almere City FC).
    • 32': Wout Weghorst (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Delay in match (Ajax).
    • 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 36': Foul by Kian Fitz-Jim (Ajax).
    • 36': Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp (Almere City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Hamdi Akujobi (Almere City FC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp.
    • 38': Foul by Hamdi Akujobi (Almere City FC).
    • 38': Owen Wijndal (Ajax) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 40': Goal! Ajax 2, Almere City FC 0. Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
    • 45': First Half ends, Ajax 2, Almere City FC 0.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced %injmins% minutes of added time.
    • 45': Second Half begins Ajax 2, Almere City FC 0.
    • 46': Foul by Kenneth Taylor (Ajax).
    • 46': Hamdi Akujobi (Almere City FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 46': Foul by Ruben Providence (Almere City FC).
    • 46': Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 48': Chuba Akpom (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 48': Foul by Adi Nalic (Almere City FC).
    • 49': Foul by Junior Kadile (Almere City FC).
    • 49': Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Devyne Rensch (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Youri Baas.
    • 50': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Nordin Bakker.
    • 50': Joey Jacobs (Almere City FC) is shown the yellow card.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Junior Kadile (Almere City FC) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 55': Attempt saved. Kian Fitz-Jim (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 55': Goal! Ajax 3, Almere City FC 0. Kian Fitz-Jim (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kenneth Taylor with a headed pass.
    • 57': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Joey Jacobs.
    • 57': Delay in match because of an injury Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp (Almere City FC).
    • 57': Devyne Rensch (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 58': Wout Weghorst (Ajax) hits the bar with a header from very close range. Assisted by Owen Wijndal with a cross.
    • 61': Substitution, Ajax. Mika Godts replaces Jordan Henderson.
    • 61': Substitution, Ajax. Bertrand Traoré replaces Chuba Akpom.
    • 62': Substitution, Almere City FC. Thom Haye replaces Anas Tahiri.
    • 62': Substitution, Almere City FC. Álex Balboa replaces Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp.
    • 62': Substitution, Almere City FC. Théo Barbet replaces James Lawrence.
    • 65': Devyne Rensch (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Foul by Junior Kadile (Almere City FC).
    • 66': Junior Kadile (Almere City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 71': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Ruben Providence.
    • 73': Foul by Théo Barbet (Almere City FC).
    • 73': Wout Weghorst (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Substitution, Almere City FC. Kornelius Hansen replaces Ruben Providence.
    • 74': Devyne Rensch (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 74': Foul by Álex Balboa (Almere City FC).
    • 75': Foul by Wout Weghorst (Ajax).
    • 75': Junior Kadile (Almere City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 75': Substitution, Ajax. Brian Brobbey replaces Wout Weghorst.
    • 77': Foul by Brian Brobbey (Ajax).
    • 77': Théo Barbet (Almere City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Foul by Brian Brobbey (Ajax).
    • 78': Théo Barbet (Almere City FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 80': Foul by Owen Wijndal (Ajax).
    • 80': Hamdi Akujobi (Almere City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Théo Barbet.
    • 82': Attempt blocked. Devyne Rensch (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Davy Klaassen.
    • 82': Attempt saved. Devyne Rensch (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 84': Substitution, Ajax. Ahmetcan Kaplan replaces Owen Wijndal.
    • 85': Substitution, Ajax. Kristian Hlynsson replaces Kian Fitz-Jim.
    • 85': Substitution, Almere City FC. Faïz Mattoir replaces Junior Kadile.
    • 86': Attempt blocked. Devyne Rensch (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bertrand Traoré.
    • 86': Attempt blocked. Brian Brobbey (Ajax) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Devyne Rensch with a cross.
    • 86': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Joey Jacobs.
    • 88': Attempt saved. Bertrand Traoré (Ajax) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+3': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Théo Barbet.
    • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Daniele Rugani (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ahmetcan Kaplan.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Ajax 3, Almere City FC 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Ajax 3, Almere City FC 0.

    Statistics

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    12 Fouls 6
    2 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 2
    0 Corner Kicks 7
    5 Saves 0
    26.5 Possession 73.5
    4 SHOTS 14
    0 ON GOAL 8
    0.0 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    248 Accurate Passes 803
    315 Passes 877
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    0 Accurate Crosses 4
    5 Crosses 13
    0.0 Cross % 0.3
    41 Long Balls 32
    14 Accurate Long Balls 23
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.7
    0 Blocked Shots 5
    8 Effective Tackles 6
    15 Tackles 15
    0.5 Tackle % 0.4
    6 Interceptions 4
    17 Effective Clearances 8
    17 Clearances 8

    Game Information

    Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

    Venue: Johan Cruijff Arena
    Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Attendance: 54,231

    Eredivisie Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 PSV Eindhoven 26 +44 68
    2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 26 +20 49
    3 NEC Nijmegen 26 +21 46
    4 FC Twente 26 +18 44
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    AJA Ajax Amsterdam (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    22 Remko Pasveer (GK)
    15 Youri Baas
    24 Daniele Rugani
    5 Owen Wijndal
    2 Devyne Rensch Yellow Card
    6 Jordan Henderson
    18 Davy Klaassen
    28 Kian Fitz-Jim
    25 Wout Weghorst
    8 Kenneth Taylor
    10 Chuba Akpom
    Ajax Amsterdam Substitutes:
    Jorrel Hato, Brian Brobbey, Bertrand Traoré, Jay Gorter, Mika Godts, Branco van den Boomen, Kristian Hlynsson, Christian Rasmussen, Anton Gaaei, Ahmetcan Kaplan, Diant Ramaj, Steven Berghuis.

    ALM Almere City (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Nordin Bakker (GK)
    15 Jamie Lawrence
    3 Joey Jacobs Yellow Card
    14 Vasilios Zagaritis
    20 Hamdi Akujobi
    8 Anas Tahiri
    5 Jochem Ritmeester Van De Kamp
    11 Junior Kadile Yellow Card
    7 Ruben Providence
    16 Adi Nalic
    9 Thomas Robinet
    Almere City Substitutes:
    Jonas Wendlinger, Àlex Carbonell, Theo Barbet, Thom Haye, Tim Receveur, Álex Balboa, Damil Dankerlui, Logan Delaurier-Chaubet, Faiz Mattoir, Christopher Mamengi, Kornelius Hansen, Joël Van Der Wilt.

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