Ajax 3-1 AEK Athens: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 14 December 2023
Result
Ajax 3-1 AEK Athens
Europa League · Thursday 14 December 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Ajax 3-1 AEK Athens: match report
Ajax beat AEK Athens 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 14 December 2023. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Chuba Akpom opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Ajax's goals came from Chuba Akpom (5'), Kenneth Taylor (20') and Chuba Akpom (56'). AEK Athens scored through Levi García (11').
Discipline: Ajax received 4 yellow cards; AEK Athens received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Ajax were 26th on 5 points from 7 and AEK Athens 33rd on 4 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and AEK Athens in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Chuba Akpom of Ajax (8.9), ahead of Jorrel Hato (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Ajax wins, 1 draw and 0 for AEK Athens.
Going into the match Ajax's last five read L-L-L-D-D and AEK Athens's L-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Chuba Akpom
- 8'Yellow card · Brian Brobbey
- 10'Yellow card · Borna Sosa
- 11'Goal · Levi García
- 15'Yellow card · Nordin Amrabat
- 20'Goal · Kenneth Taylor
- 35'Yellow card · Domagoj Vida
- 45+2'Yellow card · Harold Moukoudi
- 54'Yellow card · Jorrel Hato
- 56'Goal · Chuba Akpom
- 58'Yellow card · Matías Almeyda
- 76'Yellow card · Josip Sutalo
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Paolo Fernandes
- Sivert Mannsverk
- Jay Gorter
- Branco van den Boomen
- Remko Pasveer
- Mika Godts
- C. Stanković
- Silvano Vos
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
Diant Ramaj, Devyne Rensch, Josip Sutalo, Jorrel Hato, Borna Sosa, Kristian Hlynsson, Benjamin Tahirović, Kenneth Taylor, Chuba Akpom, Brian Brobbey, Carlos Forbs
AEK Athens line-up (4-4-2)
Georgios Athanasiadis, Lazaros Rota, Domagoj Vida, Harold Moukoudi, Ehsan Hajsafi, Damian Szymański, Petros Mantalos, Niclas Eliasson, Steven Zuber, Nordin Amrabat, Levi García