Highlights

86'

H. Ziyech

85'

M. van Duinen

59'

J. de Wijs

57'

K. Dolberg (on penalty)

56'

H. Faik

HT 1 - 1

45+3'

Jeffry Fortes

40'

M. van Duinen

39'

J. Veltman

23'

S. de Jong

R. Koolwijk

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Substitutions

Starting eleven

90+2'

D. Haspolat (R. Koolwijk)

89'

C. Eiting (David Neres)

73'

Z. El Azzouzi (A. Hadouir)

73'

A. Messaoud (K. Vermeulen)

72'

D. Zeefuik (S. de Jong)

31'

M. Dijks (M. Wöber)

Player of the match

Hakim Ziyech # 10 - Midfielder

Duel won 13/20 (65%)
Accurate passes 54/71 (76.06%)
Goal ! 1

Table

Full table

	#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L
	2	Ajax	79	34	25	4	5
	11	Excelsior	40	34	11	7	16

Top scorers

Full table

#	Players	Goals
10	David Neres	14
13	K. Huntelaar	13
16	D. van de Beek	11
21	L. Schöne	10
-	J. Kluivert	10
31	H. Ziyech	9
37	M. van Duinen	8

Line-ups

Confirmed line-ups

4-3-3

Stats

More stats

Possession percentage

67%

33%

Shots

Player stats

Tops & flops

Shots on target

H. Ziyech

K. Dolberg 2
A. Hadouir 1

Shots off target

K. Dolberg

M. Wöber 2
H. Ziyech 2

Big chance created

J. Kluivert

Successful contests

H. Ziyech

J. Kluivert 4
F. de Jong 3

Fouls suffered

A. Hadouir

K. Dolberg 3
J. Veltman 3

Dispossessed

R. Koolwijk

David Neres 2
D. van de Beek 2

Touches

H. Ziyech

123

F. de Jong 119
D. van de Beek 95

Duel won

H. Ziyech

M. de Ligt 11
M. van Duinen 10

Duel lost

M. van Duinen

R. Koolwijk 13
K. Vermeulen 8

Interceptions

H. Faik

R. Koolwijk 3
D. van de Beek 2

Challenge lost

A. Messaoud

J. Caenepeel 3
H. Ziyech 3

Tackles

H. Ziyech

R. Koolwijk 4
F. de Jong 4

Aerial duels won

M. de Ligt

M. van Duinen 6
J. Mattheij 4

Aerial duels lost

M. van Duinen

J. Veltman 5
K. Dolberg 4

Fouls

R. Koolwijk

M. van Duinen 3
M. Dijks 3

Saves

T. Zwarthoed

A. Onana 2

Passes

F. de Jong

107

D. van de Beek 80
M. de Ligt 77

Accurate passes

F. de Jong

M. de Ligt 70
D. van de Beek 69

Accurate crosses

H. Ziyech

J. Kluivert 4
M. Massop 2

Current form

Stats

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L L L L W

Last matches

Stats & bet

19/03/17

07/01/17

29/10/16

21/02/16

20/09/15

Referees

Ed Janssen main referee

3.8

0.2

Average card count per match for 23 matches arbitrated
Christian Mulder fourth referee
Joost van Zuilen assistant referee
Bas van Dongen assistant referee

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Injured players

Ajax

Benjamin van Leer Knee injury

Amin Younes Knee injury

Daley Sinkgraven Knee injury

Nick Viergever Ankle foot injury

Václav Černý Knee injury

Excelsior

Luigi Bruins Hamstring

Shane Edward O'Neill Abdominal strain

Desevio Ilan Payne Abdominal strain

Khalid Karami Ankle foot injury

Alessandro Damen Knee injury

Match venue

Johan Cruijff ArenA - Amsterdam

Year of construction: 1996
Surface: grass
Capacity: 55885
Average attendance: 37017
Maximum attendance: 55076
% sold: 68

Match result Ajax Excelsior

Date 14 December 2017 19:45
Competition Eredivisie
Season 2017/2018
Stage Regular Season - week 16
Match attendance 51695
Code AJX-EXC
Area Netherlands
Home team Ajax
Away team Excelsior

FAQ

What is the result between Ajax Excelsior?

Ajax won the match with a 3-1 score

What are the official lineups for Ajax Excelsior?

Ajax : Coached by M. Keizer, the lineup starts off in a 4-3-3 formation: A. Onana, M. Wöber, F. de Jong, M. de Ligt, J. Veltman, H. Ziyech, D. van de Beek, S. de Jong, J. Kluivert, K. Dolberg, David Neres

Excelsior : On the other side of the pitch, the team trained by M. van der Gaag, is positioning themselves in a 4-3-3 : T. Zwarthoed, M. Massop, J. de Wijs, J. Mattheij, Jeffry Fortes, R. Koolwijk, K. Vermeulen, H. Faik, A. Hadouir, M. van Duinen, J. Caenepeel

Who is the referee of the match Ajax Excelsior ?

Ed Janssen is the referee for this match

Where is the match Ajax Excelsior?

The venue Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam is hosting the match

At what time is Ajax Excelsior?

Fixture in live on Football Today on 14 December 2017. Kick-off at 19:45

Who is the man of the match Ajax - Excelsior ?

Hakim Ziyech is the outstanding player of the match Ajax - Excelsior. The stats illustrate the performance of the player:

13/20 Duel won (65%)
54/71 Accurate passes (76.06%)
1 Goal !

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Confirmed line-ups

Ajax 4-3-3

- 4.5 1 A. Onana
- 5.4 5 M. Wöber
- 7.6 21 F. de Jong
- 7.2 4 M. de Ligt
- 7.3 3 J. Veltman
- 8.4 10 H. Ziyech
- 7.1 6 D. van de Beek
- 7.1 23 S. de Jong
- 7.5 45 J. Kluivert
- 6.9 25 K. Dolberg
- 6.4 7 David Neres
- 6.0 12 T. Zwarthoed
- 4.5 5 M. Massop
- 5.2 30 J. de Wijs
- 5.6 15 J. Mattheij
- 4.9 22 Jeffry Fortes
- 4.6 8 R. Koolwijk
- 4.5 18 K. Vermeulen
- 4.5 6 H. Faik
- 5.0 7 A. Hadouir
- 6.4 9 M. van Duinen
- 5.1 23 J. Caenepeel

Excelsior 4-3-3

- M. Keizer Coach
Substitutes
- D. Johnsen #18 - Striker
- 72'
  
  D. Zeefuik #42 - Defender
- K. Lamprou #33 - Goalkeeper
- N. Mazraoui #40 - Defender
- K. Huntelaar #9 - Striker
- L. Orejuela #28 - Defender
- 31'
  
  M. Dijks #35 - Defender
- 89'
  
  C. Eiting #15 - Midfielder
- M. van der Gaag Coach
Substitutes
- 73'
  
  Z. El Azzouzi #19 - Striker
- 90+2'
  
  D. Haspolat #21 - Midfielder
- M. Afaker #33 - Midfielder
- W. Faes #4 - Defender
- M. Havekotte #16 - Goalkeeper
- Ö. Kristinsson #25 - Goalkeeper
- 73'
  
  A. Messaoud #14 - Midfielder

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Team stats Player stats

Main

Possession percentage

67%

33%

Duel won

59%

41%

Accurate passes

86%

65%

Attacking

Shots

Big chance created

Attempts blocked

Offsides

Throws

Shots hitting woodwork

Passing

608

Passes

295

Accurate crosses

Crosses

Corner taken

Defending

Duel won

Clearances

Tackles

Aerial duels won

Penalties conceded

Successful tackles

Successful interception

Foul

Free kicks conceded

Yellow cards

Goalkeeper

Saves

Match stats comparison

Choose player

Attacking - Tops

Big chance created

J. Kluivert

Shots (%)

H. Ziyech

50% 2/4

A. Hadouir 50% (1/2)
D. van de Beek 50% (1/2)
J. Veltman 50% (1/2)
K. Dolberg 40% (2/5)

Successful contests

H. Ziyech

J. Kluivert 4
F. de Jong 3
M. de Ligt 2
David Neres 2

Fouls suffered

A. Hadouir

K. Dolberg 3
J. Veltman 3
H. Ziyech 2
M. van Duinen 2

Touches

H. Ziyech

123

F. de Jong 119

Attacking - Flops

Shots (%)

M. Wöber

0% 0/2

M. de Ligt 0% (0/2)
J. Kluivert 0% (0/2)
H. Faik 25% (1/4)

Dispossessed

R. Koolwijk

Defending - Tops

Duel won (%)

J. Mattheij

78% 7/9

F. de Jong 73% (8/11)
David Neres 67% (6/9)
J. de Wijs 67% (4/6)
H. Ziyech 65% (13/20)

Interceptions

H. Faik

R. Koolwijk 3
D. van de Beek 2
J. Mattheij 2
D. Zeefuik 2

Aerial duels won (%)

David Neres

100% 2/2

J. Caenepeel 100% (2/2)
J. Mattheij 80% (4/5)
M. de Ligt 70% (7/10)
J. de Wijs 67% (2/3)

Defending - Flops

Duel won (%)

A. Messaoud

0% 0/5

Z. El Azzouzi 0% (0/5)
M. Dijks 0% (0/4)
S. de Jong 0% (0/4)
M. Massop 0% (0/4)

Challenge lost

A. Messaoud

J. Caenepeel 3
H. Ziyech 3
K. Vermeulen 3

Aerial duels won (%)

K. Vermeulen

0% 0/3

R. Koolwijk 0% (0/3)
A. Hadouir 0% (0/2)
Z. El Azzouzi 0% (0/2)
D. van de Beek 0% (0/2)

Passing - Tops

Passes (%)

M. de Ligt

91% 70/77

F. de Jong 91% (97/107)
J. Kluivert 88% (44/50)
D. van de Beek 86% (69/80)

Accurate crosses

H. Ziyech

J. Kluivert 4

Successful final third passes

H. Ziyech

J. Kluivert 24
F. de Jong 20

Passing - Flops

Passes (%)

T. Zwarthoed

40% 14/35

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Regular Season

Advanced standings

General Home Away Halftime total

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	83	34	26	5	3	87	39	48
2	Ajax	79	34	25	4	5	89	33	56
3	AZ	71	34	22	5	7	72	38	34
4	Feyenoord	66	34	20	6	8	76	39	37
5	Utrecht	54	34	14	12	8	58	53	5
6	Vitesse	49	34	13	10	11	63	47	16
7	ADO	47	34	13	8	13	45	53	-8
8	Heerenveen	46	34	12	10	12	48	53	-5
9	Zwolle	44	34	12	8	14	42	54	-12
10	Heracles	42	34	11	9	14	50	64	-14
11	Excelsior	40	34	11	7	16	41	56	-15
12	Groningen	38	34	8	14	12	50	50	0
13	Willem II	37	34	10	7	17	50	63	-13
14	NAC	34	34	9	7	18	41	57	-16
15	VVV	34	34	7	13	14	35	54	-19
16	Roda	30	34	8	6	20	42	69	-27
17	Sparta	27	34	7	6	21	34	75	-41
18	Twente	24	34	5	9	20	37	63	-26

UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Europa League Play-off
Relegation Play-off
Relegation

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	47	17	15	2	0	44	9	35
2	Ajax	43	17	14	1	2	45	12	33
3	Feyenoord	36	17	11	3	3	37	17	20
4	AZ	35	17	11	2	4	40	23	17
5	Utrecht	34	17	9	7	1	32	21	11
6	Heracles	31	17	9	4	4	29	25	4
7	Groningen	28	17	7	7	3	32	21	11
8	Zwolle	28	17	8	4	5	27	20	7
9	Vitesse	27	17	7	6	4	35	20	15
10	ADO	25	17	7	4	6	26	27	-1
11	Heerenveen	23	17	6	5	6	21	24	-3
12	Willem II	22	17	6	4	7	31	29	2
13	NAC	22	17	7	1	9	26	31	-5
14	Sparta	20	17	6	2	9	21	36	-15
15	Twente	18	17	4	6	7	25	31	-6
16	Roda	16	17	4	4	9	21	34	-13
17	VVV	15	17	3	6	8	19	29	-10
18	Excelsior	14	17	3	5	9	16	24	-8

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Ajax	36	17	11	3	3	44	21	23
2	AZ	36	17	11	3	3	32	15	17
3	PSV	36	17	11	3	3	43	30	13
4	Feyenoord	30	17	9	3	5	39	22	17
5	Excelsior	26	17	8	2	7	25	32	-7
6	Heerenveen	23	17	6	5	6	27	29	-2
7	Vitesse	22	17	6	4	7	28	27	1
8	ADO	22	17	6	4	7	19	26	-7
9	Utrecht	20	17	5	5	7	26	32	-6
10	VVV	19	17	4	7	6	16	25	-9
11	Zwolle	16	17	4	4	9	15	34	-19
12	Willem II	15	17	4	3	10	19	34	-15
13	Roda	14	17	4	2	11	21	35	-14
14	NAC	12	17	2	6	9	15	26	-11
15	Heracles	11	17	2	5	10	21	39	-18
16	Groningen	10	17	1	7	9	18	29	-11
17	Sparta	7	17	1	4	12	13	39	-26
18	Twente	6	17	1	3	13	12	32	-20

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	63	34	16	15	3	36	15	21
2	AZ	57	34	14	15	3	27	16	11
3	Feyenoord	57	34	13	18	1	38	14	24
4	Utrecht	54	34	14	12	7	28	24	4
5	Ajax	53	34	12	17	4	27	16	11
6	Vitesse	48	34	11	15	6	28	19	9
7	Willem II	43	34	11	10	7	25	30	-5
8	Excelsior	43	34	10	13	6	22	27	-5
9	Groningen	40	34	9	13	7	19	22	-3
10	Zwolle	39	34	9	12	10	18	24	-6
11	NAC	39	34	8	15	6	18	25	-7
12	Heerenveen	37	34	7	16	5	20	26	-6
13	VVV	37	34	5	22	5	15	17	-2
14	Heracles	36	34	8	12	8	19	29	-10
15	ADO	36	34	7	15	5	18	26	-8
16	Roda	35	34	8	11	8	21	33	-12
17	Sparta	33	34	5	18	6	17	28	-11
18	Twente	33	34	4	21	4	19	24	-5