Ajax 3-1 NAC Breda: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 4 February 2018

Result

Ajax 3-1 NAC Breda

Eredivisie · Sunday 4 February 2018, 15:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Ajax 3-1 NAC Breda: match report

Ajax defeated NAC Breda 3-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 4 February 2018. It was 2-1 at half-time.

T. Ambrose opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Ajax's goals came from Donny van de Beek (25'), David Neres (39') and Hakim Ziyech (90+3'). NAC Breda scored through T. Ambrose (6').

Discipline: Ajax received 1 yellow card; NAC Breda received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ajax were 2nd on 45 points from 20 and NAC Breda 16th on 16 points from 20. Ajax went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and NAC Breda 14th with 34.

Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and NAC Breda in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Hakim Ziyech of Ajax (9.4), ahead of David Neres (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Ajax win, 0 draws and 0 for NAC Breda.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · T. AmbroseNAC Breda · 0-1
  • 21'Yellow card · Arno VerschuerenNAC Breda
  • 25'Goal · Donny van de BeekAjax · 1-1
  • 29'Yellow card · B. MeijersNAC Breda
  • 39'Goal · David NeresAjax · 2-1
  • 42'Yellow card · T. AmbroseNAC Breda
  • 56'Yellow card · Matthijs de LigtAjax
  • 90+3'Goal · Hakim ZiyechAjax · 3-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Ajax 1, draws 0, NAC Breda 0.

Team news

Ajax line-up (4-3-3)

André Onana, Joël Veltman, Matthijs de Ligt, Frenkie de Jong, Nicolás Tagliafico, Donny van de Beek, Hakim Ziyech, Lasse Schöne, David Neres, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Justin Kluivert

NAC Breda line-up (4-3-3)

Mark Birighitti, Arno Verschueren, Bart Meijers, Pablo Marí, Angeliño, Karol Mets, Manu García, Lucas Schoofs, Giovanni Korte, Mounir El Allouchi, Thierry Ambrose