Ajax 2-2 Excelsior: result and report

Ajax 2-2 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Saturday 19 September 2026, 18:00 UTC · Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam · half-time 1-1

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Ajax drew with Excelsior 2-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 19 September 2026 at Johan Cruijff Arena. The half-time score was 1-1.

Julian Brandt opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Ajax's goals came from Julian Brandt (32') and Tolu Arokodare (64'). Excelsior scored through Lennard Hartjes (45+1') and Aymen Sliti (62').

Discipline: Ajax received 1 yellow card; Excelsior received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ajax were 4th on 13 points from 6 and Excelsior 7th on 10 points from 6. In the current table Ajax are 2nd on 24 points and Excelsior are 15th on 11 points.

Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and Excelsior in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Oscar Gloukh of Ajax (9.1), ahead of Julian Brandt (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Ajax wins, 3 draws and 1 for Excelsior.

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