Ajax 4-1 VVV-Venlo: result and report

Eredivisie · Thursday 19 April 2018

Result

Ajax 4-1 VVV-Venlo

Eredivisie · Thursday 19 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

Ajax · VVV-Venlo · Eredivisie predictions

Ajax 4-1 VVV-Venlo: match report

Ajax beat VVV-Venlo 4-1 in Eredivisie on Thursday 19 April 2018. The half-time score was 2-1.

R. Seuntjens opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Ajax's goals came from David Neres (45'), David Neres (45+3'), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (59') and Hakim Ziyech (79'). VVV-Venlo scored through R. Seuntjens (43').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Ajax were 2nd on 70 points from 31 and VVV-Venlo 13th on 34 points from 31. Ajax went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and VVV-Venlo 15th with 34.

Ajax lined up in a 3-4-3 and VVV-Venlo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to David Neres of Ajax (9.5), ahead of Hakim Ziyech (8.6).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Missed penalty · Lasse SchöneAjax
  • 43'Goal · R. SeuntjensVVV-Venlo · 0-1
  • 45'Goal · David NeresAjax · 1-1
  • 45+3'Goal · David NeresAjax · 2-1
  • 59'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarAjax · 3-1
  • 79'Goal · Hakim ZiyechAjax · 4-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Ajax 1, draws 0, VVV-Venlo 0.

Team news

Ajax line-up (3-4-3)

André Onana, Joël Veltman, Matthijs de Ligt, Maximilian Wöber, Donny van de Beek, Hakim Ziyech, Lasse Schöne, Noussair Mazraoui, David Neres, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Justin Kluivert

VVV-Venlo line-up (4-3-3)

Lars Unnerstall, Jerold Promes, Leroy Labylle, Nils Röseler, Tristan Dekker, Moreno Rutten, Danny Post, Damian van Bruggen, Vito van Crooij, Ralf Seuntjens, Torino Hunte