Dutch Eredivisie

Ajax Amsterdam vs Excelsior, 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
Ajax Amsterdam
  • 59': Kasper Dolberg
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Excelsior
  • 37': Noah Naujoks
  • 46': Noah Naujoks

About

Ajax Amsterdam are hosting Excelsior 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': Foul by Noah Naujoks (Excelsior).
  • 1': Youri Baas (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 2': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Ilias Bronkhorst.
  • 3': Attempt missed. Youri Baas (Ajax) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kenneth Taylor with a cross following a corner.
  • 4': Foul by Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior).
  • 4': Oliver Edvardsen (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 8': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Rick Meissen.
  • 8': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Lennard Hartjes.
  • 9': Corner, Excelsior. Conceded by Oliver Edvardsen.
  • 15': Delay in match (Ajax).
  • 15': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. Oliver Edvardsen (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anton Gaaei.
  • 16': Casper Widell (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Foul by Wout Weghorst (Ajax).
  • 16': Wout Weghorst (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 17': Handball by Derensili Sanches Fernandes (Excelsior).
  • 18': Foul by Rick Meissen (Excelsior).
  • 18': Wout Weghorst (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Attempt saved. Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Stijn van Gassel (Excelsior). Assisted by Oliver Edvardsen with a cross.
  • 21': Foul by Lennard Hartjes (Excelsior).
  • 21': Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 23': Offside, Ajax. Wout Weghorst is caught offside.
  • 23': Offside, Ajax. Wout Weghorst is caught offside.
  • 23': Foul by Ilias Bronkhorst (Excelsior).
  • 23': Mika Godts (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 24': Ilias Bronkhorst (Excelsior) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 25': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Rick Meissen.
  • 25': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Noah Naujoks.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Josip Sutalo (Ajax) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Oscar Gloukh with a cross following a corner.
  • 26': Foul by Noah Naujoks (Excelsior).
  • 26': Youri Regeer (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Foul by Rick Meissen (Excelsior).
  • 28': Oliver Edvardsen (Ajax) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 30': Foul by Derensili Sanches Fernandes (Excelsior).
  • 30': Gerald Alders (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Attempt saved. Noah Naujoks (Excelsior) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Remko Pasveer (Ajax).
  • 33': Foul by Anton Gaaei (Ajax).
  • 33': Noah Naujoks (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Delay in match (Ajax).
  • 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Wout Weghorst (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mika Godts with a cross.
  • 37': Goal! Ajax 0, Excelsior 1. Noah Naujoks (Excelsior) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rick Meissen.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Wout Weghorst (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kenneth Taylor.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Jerolldino Bergraaf (Excelsior) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Casper Widell.
  • 45': Anton Gaaei (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Gyan de Regt (Excelsior).
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Ajax 0, Excelsior 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Ajax 0, Excelsior 1.
  • 46': Goal! Ajax 0, Excelsior 2. Noah Naujoks (Excelsior) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 51': Delay in match because of an injury Lennard Hartjes (Excelsior).
  • 52': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 52': Substitution, Excelsior. Adam Carlén replaces Lennard Hartjes because of an injury.
  • 53': Delay in match because of an injury Anton Gaaei (Ajax).
  • 54': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 57': Foul by Josip Sutalo (Ajax).
  • 57': Jerolldino Bergraaf (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Josip Sutalo (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 57': Substitution, Ajax. Kasper Dolberg replaces Anton Gaaei because of an injury.
  • 59': Goal! Ajax 1, Excelsior 2. Kasper Dolberg (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mika Godts.
  • 61': Foul by Derensili Sanches Fernandes (Excelsior).
  • 61': Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Attempt blocked. Oliver Edvardsen (Ajax) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kenneth Taylor.
  • 66': Substitution, Excelsior. Mike van Duinen replaces Jerolldino Bergraaf.
  • 66': Substitution, Excelsior. Stefan Mitrovic replaces Derensili Sanches Fernandes.
  • 67': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Ilias Bronkhorst.
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Ilias Bronkhorst (Excelsior) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stefan Mitrovic.
  • 68': Corner, Excelsior. Conceded by Gerald Alders.
  • 69': Attempt saved. Mike van Duinen (Excelsior) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Remko Pasveer (Ajax). Assisted by Gyan de Regt with a cross.
  • 69': Foul by Gyan de Regt (Excelsior).
  • 69': Gerald Alders (Ajax) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 70': Attempt saved. Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Stijn van Gassel (Excelsior). Assisted by Kasper Dolberg.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Ilias Bronkhorst (Excelsior) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gyan de Regt.
  • 71': Attempt saved. Wout Weghorst (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Stijn van Gassel (Excelsior). Assisted by Mika Godts.
  • 76': Substitution, Ajax. Owen Wijndal replaces Gerald Alders.
  • 76': Substitution, Ajax. Raúl Moro replaces Oliver Edvardsen.
  • 78': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Nolan Martens.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Oscar Gloukh (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mika Godts.
  • 78': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Casper Widell.
  • 79': Attempt saved. Youri Baas (Ajax) header from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal by Stijn van Gassel (Excelsior). Assisted by Oscar Gloukh with a cross.
  • 80': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Nolan Martens.
  • 82': Delay in match because of an injury Nolan Martens (Excelsior).
  • 83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 84': Substitution, Excelsior. Simon Janssen replaces Nolan Martens because of an injury.
  • 84': Substitution, Excelsior. Lewis Schouten replaces Casper Widell because of an injury.
  • 84': Substitution, Ajax. Davy Klaassen replaces Josip Sutalo.
  • 86': Foul by Stefan Mitrovic (Excelsior).
  • 86': Owen Wijndal (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Kasper Dolberg (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Oscar Gloukh.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Owen Wijndal (Ajax).
  • 90'+3': Stefan Mitrovic (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Gyan de Regt (Excelsior) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Noah Naujoks.
  • 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Wout Weghorst (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Youri Regeer.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Ajax 1, Excelsior 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Ajax 1, Excelsior 2.

Statistics

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13 Fouls 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 9
4 Saves 2
35.7 Possession 64.3
8 SHOTS 15
4 ON GOAL 5
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
285 Accurate Passes 555
360 Passes 631
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 7
11 Crosses 38
0.1 Cross % 0.2
81 Long Balls 51
47 Accurate Long Balls 34
0.6 Long Balls % 0.7
1 Blocked Shots 6
14 Effective Tackles 13
19 Tackles 22
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
9 Interceptions 11
40 Effective Clearances 17
40 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: Johan Cruijff Arena
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 54,484

Eredivisie Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 PSV Eindhoven 24 +41 62
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 24 +22 48
3 NEC Nijmegen 24 +19 43
4 Ajax Amsterdam 24 +16 43
Full Table

Line-Ups

AJA Ajax Amsterdam (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
22 Remko Pasveer (GK)
15 Youri Baas
37 Josip Sutalo Yellow Card
41 Gerald Alders
3 Anton Gaaei
10 Oscar Gloukh
8 Kenneth Taylor
6 Youri Regeer
25 Wout Weghorst Yellow Card
11 Mika Godts
17 Oliver Edvardsen
Ajax Amsterdam Substitutes:
Jorthy Mokio, Vitezslav Jaros, Davy Klaassen, Paul Reverson, James McConnell, Owen Wijndal, Sean Steur, Kian Fitz-Jim, Kasper Dolberg, Raúl Moro, Rayane Bounida, Kou Itakura.

EXC Excelsior (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Stijn van Gassel (GK)
3 Rick Meissen
4 Casper Widell
17 Nolan Martens
2 Ilias Bronkhorst Yellow Card
10 Noah Naujoks
20 Lennard Hartjes
23 Irakli Yegoian
33 Jerolldino Armantrading
11 Gyan De Regt
30 Sanches Fernandes
Excelsior Substitutes:
Calvin Raatsie, Mike van Duinen, Stjin Middendorp, Szymon Wlodarczyk, Simon Janssen, Noa El Hamdaoui, Lewis Schouten, Adam Carlén, Stan Hendrikx, Stefan Mitrovic.

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