Ajax — Willem II 5:1, 15 September: match result

match finished Eredivisie · Matchday 3 Tuesday 15 September · 18:00 UTC

Ajax 5th · 14 pts DWWL

5 : 1 1st half 2:0

Willem II 18th · 2 pts LLDL

Johan Cruijff Arena · referee A. Lindhout

Match predictionValue

No rout: margin of two goals or fewer

87% · Willem II are winless in 4 games

Prediction missed. We predicted “No rout: margin of two goals or fewer”, and the match finished 5:1.

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 49% draw 23% Willem II 28%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Ajax win, and the match finished 5:1. Fans backed Ajax win — they got it right.

fans 65 votes

Ajax 63% draw 12% Willem II 25%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

D. Klaassen assist: K. Dolberg 1-0 41'

J. Brandt assist: L. Rosa 2-0 45'

A. Ciranni for P. van Loon 46'

M. Lemmens for T. Vilhena 46'

S. Amrabat for D. Klaassen 57'

V. Tsygankov for S. Berghuis 57'

A. Et Taibi for H. ter Avest 61'

A. Ouazane for J. Brandt 67'

Caio Henrique for O. Wijndal 67'

V. Tsygankov assist: O. Gloukh 3-0 69'

C. Obi for J. Slory 70'

O. Gloukh assist: K. Dolberg 4-0 74'

A. Ciranni assist: U. van Aalst 4-1 76'

D. Janse for T. Kehrer 77'

E. Gurbuz for M. Dekker 84'

K. Dolberg 5-1 87'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Ajax 4-3-3 · Michel 4-2-3-1 · John Stegeman Willem II

Maarten Paes  
Lucas Rosa  6 Thilo Kehrer  15 Youri Baas  5 Owen Wijndal  
Davy Klaassen  24 Jorthy Mokio  8 Julian Brandt  
Steven Berghuis  9 Kasper Dolberg  10 Oscar Gloukh  

Devin Haen  
Per van Loon  19 Uriel van Aalst  7 Jaden Slory  
Calvin Twigt  52 Tonny Vilhena  
Hidde ter Avest  3 Finn Stam  23 Maxim Dekker  24 Nathan Tjoe-A-On  
Maxime Delanghe  

Ajax bench

68Abdellah Ouazane
3Anton Gaaei
12Caio Henrique
51Charlie Setford
36Dies Janse
21Jofre Torrents
1Marc-André Ter Stegen
38Marcos Leonardo
20Oliver Valaker Edvardsen
4Sofyan Amrabat
99Tolu Arokodare
11Viktor Tsygankov

Willem II bench

2Alessandro Ciranni
15Amine Et-Taibi
18Anass Zarrouk
17Chido Obi-Martin
50Eser Gürbüz
10Jari Schuurman
14Jens Mathijsen
31Karst de Leeuw
83Mats Lemmens
28Thomas Verheydt
21Wouter Van der Steen

Match stats

19 metrics for the full match

70%Possession30%

33Shots10

13Shots on target4

10Shots off target4

10Blocked shots2

26Shots inside box7

7Shots outside box3

153Attacks51

143Dangerous attacks15

14Corners2

3Offsides4

6Fouls3

3Saves8

752Passes327

690Accurate passes266

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Ajax

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

How the match went

text generated from our data

Ajax and Willem II met on matchday 3 of the Eredivisie on 15 September at Johan Cruijff Arena. Final score — 5:1.

Ajax sit 5th on 14 points after 4 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), unbeaten in 3 matches. Willem II sit 18th on 2 points after 4 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses), winless in 4 matches.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Ajax last five Willem II

DWWL form LLDL

4 Matches 4

2 — 1 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 0 — 1 — 3

13 — 7 Scored — conceded 2 — 10

1.75 Points per game 0.25

3.25 Goals scored per game 0.5

0 Clean sheets 0

0 Failed to score 2

unbeaten in 3 Current streak winless in 4

Ajax at home: 3 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 8—6, 1.33 points per match.

Willem II away: 2 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 2—6, 0.5 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
4	Twente	7	5	1	1	15—7	16
5	Ajax	7	4	2	1	21—9	14
6	Fortuna Sittard	7	4	1	2	13—14	13
…
17	ADO Den Haag	7	0	2	5	7—17	2
18	Willem II	7	0	2	5	6—20	2

Full Eredivisie table