Ajax 5-0 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 14 August 2021

Result

Ajax 5-0 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Saturday 14 August 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 5-0

Ajax · NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie predictions

Ajax 5-0 NEC Nijmegen: match report

Ajax won against NEC Nijmegen 5-0 in Eredivisie on Saturday 14 August 2021. The half-time score was 5-0.

Sébastien Haller opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Ajax's goals came from Sébastien Haller (6'), Noussair Mazraoui (10'), an own goal by Bart van Rooij (14'), Dusan Tadić (20') and Dusan Tadić (39'). NEC Nijmegen did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Ajax went on to finish that season 1st with 83 points, and NEC Nijmegen 11th with 38.

Ajax lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and NEC Nijmegen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dusan Tadic of Ajax (10.0), ahead of Noussair Mazraoui (9.2).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

6'Goal · Sébastien HallerAjax · 1-0
10'Goal · Noussair MazraouiAjax · 2-0
14'Own goal · Bart van RooijAjax · 3-0
20'Goal · Dusan TadićAjax · 4-0
39'Goal · Dusan TadićAjax · 5-0

Team news

Unavailable

Rens Van EijdenNEC Nijmegen · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Amourricho van Axel DongenAjax · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Mohammed KudusAjax · injury (Ankle Injury)
Perr SchuursAjax · injury (Calf Injury)
Pedro RuizNEC Nijmegen · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Ibrahim CissokoNEC Nijmegen · injury (Knock)
Mathias De WolfNEC Nijmegen · injury (Heel Bone Injury)

Ajax line-up (4-2-3-1)

Maarten Stekelenburg, Noussair Mazraoui, Jurriën Timber, Lisandro Martínez, Daley Blind, Edson Álvarez, Ryan Gravenberch, Steven Berghuis, Davy Klaassen, Dusan Tadic, Sébastien Haller

NEC Nijmegen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mattijs Branderhorst, Bart van Rooij, Iván Márquez, Cas Odenthal, Souffian El, Lasse Schöne, Dirk Proper, Jonathan Okita, Mikkel Duelund, Magnus Mattsson, Jordy Bruijn