Dutch Eredivisie

FT Saturday, February 21, 2026
NEC Nijmegen WWWLD 1
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Ajax Amsterdam WLDDW 1
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NEC011
AJA101
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Team Stats

16
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
7
51.9
Possession
48.1
17
SHOTS
9
9
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
347
Accurate Passes
322
437
Passes
415
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
2
21
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
65
22
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
6
15
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
8
Interceptions
10
16
Effective Clearances
29
16
Clearances
29

Head to Head

AJA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

AJA · 4-3-3

  1. 26Maarten PaesG
  2. 15Youri BaasCD-L
  3. 37Josip SutaloCD-R
  4. 5Owen WijndalLB
  5. 2Lucas RosaRB
  6. 6Youri RegeerCM
  7. 48Sean SteurLM
  8. 28Kian Fitz-JimRM
  9. 9Kasper DolbergF
  10. 11Mika GodtsLF
  11. 43Rayane BounidaRF

Substitutes

  1. 25Wout WeghorstSUB
  2. 68Abdellah OuazaneSUB
  3. 24Jorthy MokioSUB
  4. 12Joeri HeerkensSUB
  5. 3Anton GaaeiSUB
  6. 17Oliver EdvardsenSUB
  7. 23Steven BerghuisSUB
  8. 52Paul ReversonSUB
  9. 30Aaron BouwmanSUB
  10. 7Maher CarrizoSUB
  11. 10Oscar GloukhSUB
  12. 32Takehiro TomiyasuSUB

NEC · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Gonzalo CrettazG
  2. 3Philippe SandlerCD
  3. 4Ahmetcan KaplanCD-L
  4. 14Eli DasaCD-R
  5. 6Darko NejasmicCM-L
  6. 23Kodai SanoCM-R
  7. 11Basar ÖnalLM
  8. 25Sami OuaissaRM
  9. 30Bryan LinssenF
  10. 20Noé LebretonCF-L
  11. 10Tjaronn CheryCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Bram NuytinckSUB
  2. 7Virgil MisidjanSUB
  3. 71Dirk ProperSUB
  4. 9DaniloSUB
  5. 24Deveron FonvilleSUB
  6. 15Jetro WillemsSUB
  7. 22Jasper CillessenSUB
  8. 34Youssef El KachatiSUB
  9. 2Brayann PereiraSUB
  10. 18Koki OgawaSUB
  11. 19Willum Thór WillumssonSUB
  12. 8Isak Hansen-AarøenSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Rayane Bounida (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 39' Goal! Ajax 1, N.E.C. 0. Mika Godts (Ajax) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 57' Goal! Ajax 1, N.E.C. 1. Darko Nejasmic (N.E.C.) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  4. 63' Noé Lebreton (N.E.C.) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 64' Substitution, N.E.C.. Youssef El Kachati replaces Basar Önal.
  6. 64' Substitution, N.E.C.. Danilo replaces Bryan Linssen.
  7. 64' Substitution, Ajax. Wout Weghorst replaces Kasper Dolberg because of an injury.
  8. 64' Substitution, Ajax. Jorthy Mokio replaces Kian Fitz-Jim.
  9. 65' Substitution, Ajax. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Owen Wijndal.
  10. 69' Substitution, N.E.C.. Deveron Fonville replaces Philippe Sandler.
  11. 77' Substitution, Ajax. Oscar Gloukh replaces Youri Regeer because of an injury.
  12. 84' Substitution, Ajax. Steven Berghuis replaces Rayane Bounida.

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