Excelsior 0-2 Ajax: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 20 September 2015
Result
Excelsior 0-2 Ajax
Eredivisie · Sunday 20 September 2015, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Excelsior 0-2 Ajax: match report
Excelsior lost to Ajax 0-2 in Eredivisie on Sunday 20 September 2015. The half-time score was 0-2.
Anwar El Ghazi opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Excelsior did not score. Ajax scored through Anwar El Ghazi (33') and Arkadiusz Milik (42').
Discipline: Excelsior received 2 yellow cards; Ajax received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Excelsior were 15th on 4 points from 5 and Ajax 1st on 15 points from 5. Excelsior went on to finish that season 15th with 33 points, and Ajax 1st with 84.
Excelsior lined up in a 4-3-3 and Ajax in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Davy Klaassen of Ajax (7.9), ahead of Arkadiusz Milik (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Excelsior win, 2 draws and 7 for Ajax.
Going into the match Excelsior's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Ajax's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 33'Goal · Anwar El Ghazi
- 42'Goal · Arkadiusz Milik
- 54'Yellow card · Jurgen Mattheij
- 58'Yellow card · J. Riedewald
- 60'Yellow card · Nigel Hasselbaink
Head-to-head
Team news
Excelsior expected line-up (4-3-3)
Filip Kurto, Sander Fischer, Bas Kuipers, Khalid Karami, Jurgen Matheij, Adil Auassar, Jeff Stans, Rick Kruys, Tom van Weert, Jordan Botaka, Nigel Hasselbaink
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
Jasper Cillessen, Kenny Tete, Joël Veltman, Jaïro Riedewald, Mitchell Dijks, Riechedly Bazoer, Davy Klaassen, Nemanja Gudelj, Anwar El Ghazi, Arkadiusz Milik, Viktor Fischer