Dutch Eredivisie

Ajax Amsterdam vs PEC Zwolle, 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
Ajax Amsterdam
  • 18': Davy Klaassen
  • 37': Mika Godts
2nd Half: 77'
2 - 1
PEC Zwolle
  • 69': Kaj De Rooij

About

Ajax Amsterdam are hosting PEC Zwolle 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.
  • 4': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Simon Graves.
  • 5': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Sherel Floranus.
  • 5': Foul by Youri Baas (Ajax).
  • 5': Jamiro Monteiro (PEC Zwolle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Attempt blocked. Koen Kostons (PEC Zwolle) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kaj de Rooij.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Koen Kostons (PEC Zwolle) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dylan Mbayo with a cross.
  • 12': Attempt blocked. Wout Weghorst (Ajax) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Mika Godts.
  • 13': Foul by Anselmo MacNulty (PEC Zwolle).
  • 13': Wout Weghorst (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Offside, Ajax. Mika Godts is caught offside.
  • 15': Attempt saved. Wout Weghorst (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Tom de Graaff (PEC Zwolle). Assisted by Kenneth Taylor.
  • 15': Foul by Dylan Mbayo (PEC Zwolle).
  • 15': Owen Wijndal (Ajax) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 16': Attempt saved. Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Tom de Graaff (PEC Zwolle). Assisted by Youri Regeer.
  • 18': Goal! Ajax 1, PEC Zwolle 0. Davy Klaassen (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mika Godts with a through ball.
  • 20': Handball by Wout Weghorst (Ajax).
  • 21': Foul by Ko Itakura (Ajax).
  • 21': Kaj de Rooij (PEC Zwolle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 22': Davy Klaassen (Ajax) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 22': Foul by Thijs Oosting (PEC Zwolle).
  • 23': Dylan Mbayo (PEC Zwolle) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 23': Foul by Youri Regeer (Ajax).
  • 23': Youri Regeer (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 24': Attempt saved. Anselmo MacNulty (PEC Zwolle) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Vítezslav Jaros (Ajax). Assisted by Thijs Oosting with a cross.
  • 24': Attempt missed. Mika Godts (Ajax) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Anton Gaaei following a fast break.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Mika Godts (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Youri Baas.
  • 27': Delay in match because of an injury Kenneth Taylor (Ajax).
  • 28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 30': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Tom de Graaff.
  • 30': Attempt blocked. Wout Weghorst (Ajax) header from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Steven Berghuis with a cross.
  • 30': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Olivier Aertssen.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Anton Gaaei (Ajax) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Steven Berghuis.
  • 32': Dylan Mbayo (PEC Zwolle) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 32': Foul by Davy Klaassen (Ajax).
  • 33': Foul by Thijs Oosting (PEC Zwolle).
  • 33': Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Ryan Thomas.
  • 37': Goal! Ajax 2, PEC Zwolle 0. Mika Godts (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kenneth Taylor.
  • 39': Foul by Kenneth Taylor (Ajax).
  • 39': Thijs Oosting (PEC Zwolle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 41': Foul by Wout Weghorst (Ajax).
  • 41': Simon Graves (PEC Zwolle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Dylan Mbayo (PEC Zwolle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Foul by Owen Wijndal (Ajax).
  • 45': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Ryan Thomas.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Ajax 2, PEC Zwolle 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Ajax 2, PEC Zwolle 0.
  • 45': Substitution, PEC Zwolle. Zico Buurmeester replaces Jamiro Monteiro.
  • 49': Foul by Koen Kostons (PEC Zwolle).
  • 49': Youri Baas (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 50': Foul by Davy Klaassen (Ajax).
  • 50': Kaj de Rooij (PEC Zwolle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Attempt saved. Ryan Thomas (PEC Zwolle) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Vítezslav Jaros (Ajax). Assisted by Simon Graves.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Ryan Thomas (PEC Zwolle) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Zico Buurmeester.
  • 56': Dylan Mbayo (PEC Zwolle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Foul by Owen Wijndal (Ajax).
  • 56': Owen Wijndal (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 57': Delay in match because of an injury Dylan Mbayo (PEC Zwolle).
  • 57': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 58': Foul by Wout Weghorst (Ajax).
  • 58': Ryan Thomas (PEC Zwolle) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 60': Foul by Koen Kostons (PEC Zwolle).
  • 60': Youri Baas (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Foul by Anton Gaaei (Ajax).
  • 62': Kaj de Rooij (PEC Zwolle) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 63': Attempt blocked. Ryan Thomas (PEC Zwolle) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Zico Buurmeester.
  • 64': Foul by Ryan Thomas (PEC Zwolle).
  • 64': Youri Regeer (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Ryan Thomas (PEC Zwolle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 67': Substitution, Ajax. James McConnell replaces Youri Regeer.
  • 67': Substitution, Ajax. Josip Sutalo replaces Ko Itakura.
  • 67': Substitution, Ajax. Oliver Edvardsen replaces Steven Berghuis.
  • 67': Substitution, Ajax. Oscar Gloukh replaces Kenneth Taylor.
  • 67': Substitution, PEC Zwolle. Jan Faberski replaces Dylan Mbayo.
  • 69': Goal! Ajax 2, PEC Zwolle 1. Kaj de Rooij (PEC Zwolle) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Koen Kostons following a fast break.
  • 71': Youri Baas (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Zico Buurmeester (PEC Zwolle).
  • 72': Offside, PEC Zwolle. Koen Kostons is caught offside.
  • 73': Attempt saved. Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Tom de Graaff (PEC Zwolle). Assisted by Anton Gaaei.
  • 75': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Anselmo MacNulty.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Anton Gaaei (Ajax) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 77': Jan Faberski (PEC Zwolle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 12
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
0 Corner Kicks 7
3 Saves 3
39 POSSESSION 61
7 SHOTS 11
3 ON GOAL 6
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
259 Accurate Passes 422
313 Passes 476
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 2
8 Crosses 22
0.5 Cross % 0.1
28 Long Balls 38
12 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
3 Blocked Shots 1
10 Effective Tackles 8
14 Tackles 10
0.7 Tackle % 0.8
10 Interceptions 14
29 Effective Clearances 16
29 Clearances 16

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: Johan Cruijff Arena
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Eredivisie Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Feyenoord Rotterdam 3 +7 9
2 NEC Nijmegen 4 +10 9
3 FC Utrecht 4 +8 9
4 PSV Eindhoven 4 +7 9
Full Table

Line-Ups

AJA Ajax Amsterdam (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Vitezslav Jaros (GK)
15 Youri Baas
4 Kou Itakura
5 Owen Wijndal Yellow Card
3 Anton Gaaei
8 Kenneth Taylor
18 Davy Klaassen
6 Youri Regeer Yellow Card
25 Wout Weghorst
11 Mika Godts
23 Steven Berghuis
Ajax Amsterdam Substitutes:
Raúl Moro, Joeri Heerkens, Jorthy Mokio, Oscar Gloukh, Remko Pasveer, Gerald Alders, Kasper Dolberg, Lucas Rosa, Josip Sutalo, Oliver Valaker Edvardsen, James McConnell, Kian Fitz-Jim.

PEC PEC Zwolle (4-3-3)

No. Name
16 Tom De Graaff (GK)
4 Anselmo Garcia MacNulty
28 Simon Graves Jensen
2 Sherel Floranus
3 Olivier Aertssen
30 Ryan Thomas Yellow Card
35 Jamiro Monteiro
25 Thijs Oosting
10 Koen Kostons
22 Kaj De Rooij
11 Dylan Mbayo
PEC Zwolle Substitutes:
Len Bakker, David Voute, Shola Shoretire, Jan Faberski, Gabriel Reiziger, Duke Verduin, Samir Lagsir, Jadiel Pereira Da Gama, Givaro Rahajaän, Zico Buurmeester, Thomas Buitink, Dylan Ruward.

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