Ajax 1-0 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 31 October 2026

Result

Ajax 1-0 AZ Alkmaar

Eredivisie · Saturday 31 October 2026, 20:00 UTC · Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam · half-time 1-0

Ajax · AZ Alkmaar · Eredivisie predictions

Ajax 1-0 AZ Alkmaar: match report

Ajax beat AZ Alkmaar 1-0 in Eredivisie on Saturday 31 October 2026 at Johan Cruijff Arena. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Tolu Arokodare of Ajax in the 9th minute.

Discipline: Ajax received 1 yellow card; AZ Alkmaar received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ajax were 3rd on 21 points from 10 and AZ Alkmaar 5th on 20 points from 10. In the current table Ajax are 2nd on 24 points and AZ Alkmaar are 5th on 20 points.

Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marc ter Stegen of Ajax (8.2), ahead of Tolu Arokodare (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Ajax wins, 4 draws and 6 for AZ Alkmaar.

Going into the match Ajax's last five read W-W-W-L-D and AZ Alkmaar's L-W-D-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Tolu ArokodareAjax · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · Weslley PatatiAZ Alkmaar
  • 30'Yellow card · Abdellah OuazaneAjax
  • 44'Yellow card · Mees de WitAZ Alkmaar

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
2Ajax117313013+1724DDWWW
5AZ Alkmaar116232013+720WLDLL

Full Eredivisie table

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Ajax 0, draws 4, AZ Alkmaar 6.

Team news

Unavailable

Ajax line-up (4-3-3)

Marc ter Stegen, Lucas Rosa, Aaron Bouwman, Youri Baas, Owen Wijndal, Jorthy Mokio, Sofyan Amrabat, Julian Brandt, Davy Klaassen, Tolu Arokodare, Abdellah Ouazane

AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jari De Busser, Elijah Dijkstra, Wouter Goes, Lewis Schouten, Mees de Wit, Peer Koopmeiners, Dave Kwakman, Weslley Patati, Valdemar Byskov Andreasen, Ro-Zangelo Daal, Mexx Meerdink

More Eredivisie fixtures