Ajax 5-0 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 20 November 2016

Result

Ajax 5-0 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Sunday 20 November 2016, 13:30 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Ajax 5-0 NEC Nijmegen: match report

Ajax defeated NEC Nijmegen 5-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 20 November 2016. The half-time score was 3-0.

Kasper Dolberg opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Ajax's goals came from Kasper Dolberg (19'), Kasper Dolberg (24'), Kasper Dolberg (37'), Bertrand Traoré (55') and Lasse Schöne (57'). NEC Nijmegen did not score.

Discipline: Ajax received no yellow cards; NEC Nijmegen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ajax were 2nd on 27 points from 12 and NEC Nijmegen 15th on 11 points from 12. Ajax went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and NEC Nijmegen 17th with 33.

Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and NEC Nijmegen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kasper Dolberg of Ajax (10.0), ahead of Lasse Schöne (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Ajax wins, 2 draws and 1 for NEC Nijmegen.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Kasper DolbergAjax · 1-0
  • 24'Goal · Kasper DolbergAjax · 2-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Julian von HaackeNEC Nijmegen
  • 37'Goal · Kasper DolbergAjax · 3-0
  • 39'Yellow card · W. GollaNEC Nijmegen
  • 52'Yellow card · M. DyrestamNEC Nijmegen
  • 55'Goal · Bertrand TraoréAjax · 4-0
  • 57'Goal · Lasse SchöneAjax · 5-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Ajax 7, draws 2, NEC Nijmegen 1.

Team news

Ajax line-up (4-3-3)

André Onana, Joël Veltman, Davinson Sánchez, Daley Sinkgraven, Nick Viergever, Davy Klaassen, Lasse Schöne, Hakim Ziyech, Bertrand Traoré, Vaclav Cerny, Kasper Dolberg

NEC Nijmegen line-up (4-3-3)

Joris Delle, Dario Dumic, Wojciech Golla, Mikael Dyrestam, André Fomitschow, Janio Bikel, Julian von Haacke, Gregor Breinburg, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Kevin Mayi, Mohamed Rayhi