Ajax — Excelsior 2:2, 19 September: match result

match finished Eredivisie · Matchday 7 Saturday 19 September · 18:00 UTC

Ajax 5th · 14 pts WWWDD

2 : 2 1st half 1:1

Excelsior 7th · 11 pts LLLLL

Johan Cruijff Arena · referee J. van der Laan

Match predictionSafe

Ajax +2.5

93% · Ajax games average 5 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “Ajax +2.5”, and the match finished 2:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Ajax 37% draw 24% Excelsior 39%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Excelsior win, and the match finished 2:2. Fans backed Excelsior win — they got it wrong.

fans 30 votes

Ajax 40% draw 13% Excelsior 47%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

O. Wijndal for Caio Henrique 23'

J. Brandt assist: K. Dolberg 1-0 32'

J. Plug 35'

L. Hartjes 1-1 45+1'

O. Edvardsen for V. Tsygankov 61'

A. Sliti assist: I. Yegoian 1-2 62'

T. Arokodare for K. Dolberg 62'

T. Arokodare assist: O. Gloukh 2-2 64'

K. Bos for E. da Silva Moreira 66'

I. Silva Timas for A. Thorsteinsson 71'

A. Jahanbakhsh for A. Sliti 71'

S. Amrabat for J. Mokio 76'

A. Ouazane for D. Klaassen 77'

I. Yegoian 85'

O. Gloukh 85'

M. Dominguez for D. Garden 85'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Ajax 4-3-3 · Michel 4-3-3 · Ruben den Uil Excelsior

Marc-André Ter Stegen  
Anton Gaaei  6 Thilo Kehrer  15 Youri Baas  12 Caio Henrique  
Davy Klaassen  24 Jorthy Mokio  8 Julian Brandt  
Viktor Tsygankov  9 Kasper Dolberg  10 Oscar Gloukh  

Aymen Sliti  19 David Garden  30 Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson  
Irakli Yegoian  3 Rick Meissen  20 Lennard Hartjes  
Eric da Silva Moreira  4 Casper Widell  14 Jan Plug  15 Simon Janssen  
Stijn van Gassel  

Ajax bench

68Abdellah Ouazane
51Charlie Setford
36Dies Janse
21Jofre Torrents
2Lucas Rosa
26Maarten Paes
38Marcos Leonardo
20Oliver Valaker Edvardsen
5Owen Wijndal
43Rayane Bounida
4Sofyan Amrabat
99Tolu Arokodare

Excelsior bench

11Alireza Jahanbakhsh
16Celton Biai
6Daniel van Vianen
24Giuliano Cairo
21Ilano Silva Timas
12Kasey Bos
9Mario Domínguez
28Nesto Groen
22Osman Turay
18Valentin Sulzbacher

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

81%Possession19%

33Shots4

8Shots on target2

16Shots off target1

9Blocked shots1

24Shots inside box4

9Shots outside box0

156Attacks60

81Dangerous attacks22

9Corners0

3Offsides0

6Fouls12

1Yellow cards2

0Saves6

820Passes197

755Accurate passes132

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Ajax

ExcelsiorThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Ajax and Excelsior met on matchday 7 of the Eredivisie on 19 September at Johan Cruijff Arena. Final score — 2:2.

Ajax sit 5th on 14 points after 8 matches (5 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss), unbeaten in 7 matches. Excelsior sit 7th on 11 points after 9 matches (1 win, 2 draws, 6 losses), winless in 8 matches.