Dutch Eredivisie

FT Saturday, December 20, 2025
Ajax Amsterdam WWWWW 2
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NEC Nijmegen WWWDW 2
1st2ndT
AJA202
NEC112
Goffertstadion · 12,650 att. · ESPN+

Team Stats

8
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
1
4
Saves
6
60.7
Possession
39.3
19
SHOTS
14
8
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
440
Accurate Passes
264
522
Passes
339
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
3
22
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.2
37
Long Balls
62
13
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
4
4
Effective Tackles
9
9
Tackles
15
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
3
25
Effective Clearances
16
25
Clearances
16

Head to Head

AJA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NEC · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Gonzalo CrettazG
  2. 3Philippe SandlerCD
  3. 4Ahmetcan KaplanCD-L
  4. 14Eli DasaCD-R
  5. 6Darko NejasmicCM-L
  6. 23Kodai SanoCM-R
  7. 10Tjaronn CheryAM
  8. 11Basar ÖnalLM
  9. 25Sami OuaissaRM
  10. 30Bryan LinssenCF-L
  11. 18Koki OgawaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Jetro WillemsSUB
  2. 20Noé LebretonSUB
  3. 21Roberto GonzálezSUB
  4. 7Virgil MisidjanSUB
  5. 22Jasper CillessenSUB
  6. 71Dirk ProperSUB
  7. 24Deveron FonvilleSUB
  8. 9Kento ShiogaiSUB
  9. 31Rijk JanseSUB
  10. 2Brayann PereiraSUB
  11. 32Vito van CrooijSUB
  12. 35Sam De LaatSUB

AJA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Vitezslav JarosG
  2. 15Youri BaasCD-L
  3. 4Kou ItakuraCD-R
  4. 2Lucas RosaLB
  5. 3Anton GaaeiRB
  6. 6Youri RegeerCM
  7. 48Sean SteurLM
  8. 18Davy KlaassenRM
  9. 9Kasper DolbergF
  10. 11Mika GodtsLF
  11. 10Oscar GloukhRF

Substitutes

  1. 30Aaron BouwmanSUB
  2. 5Owen WijndalSUB
  3. 7Raúl MoroSUB
  4. 8Kenneth TaylorSUB
  5. 21Branco van den BoomenSUB
  6. 22Remko PasveerSUB
  7. 46Lucas JettenSUB
  8. 19Don-Angelo KonaduSUB
  9. 17Oliver EdvardsenSUB
  10. 43Rayane BounidaSUB
  11. 24Jorthy MokioSUB
  12. 52Paul ReversonSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Own Goal by Vítezslav Jaros, Ajax. N.E.C. 1, Ajax 0.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  2. 11' Bryan Linssen (N.E.C.) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Goal! N.E.C. 1, Ajax 1. Kasper Dolberg (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anton Gaaei.
  4. 44' Goal! N.E.C. 1, Ajax 2. Mika Godts (Ajax) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Youri Regeer.
  5. 45' Substitution, Ajax. Kenneth Taylor replaces Sean Steur.
  6. 46' Goal! N.E.C. 2, Ajax 2. Sami Ouaissa (N.E.C.) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bryan Linssen.
  7. 59' Sami Ouaissa (N.E.C.) is shown the red card.
  8. 63' Substitution, N.E.C.. Deveron Fonville replaces Koki Ogawa.
  9. 63' Substitution, N.E.C.. Noé Lebreton replaces Bryan Linssen.
  10. 72' Substitution, Ajax. Rayane Bounida replaces Davy Klaassen.
  11. 74' Substitution, N.E.C.. Kento Shiogai replaces Basar Önal.
  12. 75' Substitution, N.E.C.. Brayann Pereira replaces Tjaronn Chery.
  13. 77' Rayane Bounida (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 83' Substitution, Ajax. Don-Angelo Konadu replaces Oscar Gloukh.
  15. 88' Mika Godts (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+2' Substitution, Ajax. Jorthy Mokio replaces Lucas Rosa.
  17. 90'+3' Youri Regeer (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+4' Gonzalo Crettaz (N.E.C.) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 90'+5' Ahmetcan Kaplan (N.E.C.) is shown the yellow card.

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