Dutch Eredivisie

Ajax Amsterdam vs FC Utrecht, 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
Ajax Amsterdam
  • 25': Anton Gaaei
  • 29': Jens Toornstra (OG)
FT
2 - 2
FC Utrecht
  • 16': David Min
  • 80': Remko Pasveer (OG)

About

Ajax Amsterdam are hosting FC Utrecht at Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the Dutch Eredivisie.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Attempt missed. Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a fast break.
  • 3': Attempt missed. Kian Fitz-Jim (Ajax) header from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kenneth Taylor.
  • 3': Foul by Wout Weghorst (Ajax).
  • 3': Vasilios Barkas (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Chuba Akpom (Ajax) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 9': Foul by Niklas Vesterlund (FC Utrecht).
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Jordan Henderson (Ajax) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked.
  • 10': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Jens Toornstra.
  • 13': Foul by Kian Fitz-Jim (Ajax).
  • 13': Niklas Vesterlund (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. Bertrand Traoré (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorrel Hato.
  • 15': Foul by Josip Sutalo (Ajax).
  • 15': Yoann Cathline (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Foul by Chuba Akpom (Ajax).
  • 16': Miguel Rodríguez (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 16': Goal! Ajax 0, FC Utrecht 1. David Min (FC Utrecht) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  • 19': Bertrand Traoré (Ajax) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 19': Foul by Souffian El Karouani (FC Utrecht).
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 20': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Anton Gaaei.
  • 22': Foul by Zidane Iqbal (FC Utrecht).
  • 22': Kian Fitz-Jim (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 23': Attempt missed. Wout Weghorst (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
  • 24': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Yoann Cathline.
  • 25': Goal! Ajax 1, FC Utrecht 1. Anton Gaaei (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a corner.
  • 28': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Niklas Vesterlund.
  • 29': Own Goal by Jens Toornstra, FC Utrecht. Ajax 2, FC Utrecht 1.
  • 35': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Niklas Vesterlund.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Chuba Akpom (Ajax) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kenneth Taylor with a cross following a corner.
  • 36': Foul by Kenneth Taylor (Ajax).
  • 36': Miguel Rodríguez (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht).
  • 37': Kian Fitz-Jim (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Foul by Kenneth Taylor (Ajax).
  • 38': Zidane Iqbal (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': David Min (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Youri Baas (Ajax).
  • 43': Foul by Jordan Henderson (Ajax).
  • 43': Jens Toornstra (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Anton Gaaei.
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Jens Toornstra (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Niklas Vesterlund with a cross.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced %injmins% minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Ajax 2, FC Utrecht 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Ajax 2, FC Utrecht 1.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Yoann Cathline (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jens Toornstra.
  • 50': Attempt blocked. Yoann Cathline (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Miguel Rodríguez.
  • 50': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Kenneth Taylor.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Niklas Vesterlund (FC Utrecht) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Souffian El Karouani with a cross following a corner.
  • 51': Attempt blocked. Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 51': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Kian Fitz-Jim.
  • 54': Foul by Kenneth Taylor (Ajax).
  • 54': Miguel Rodríguez (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 55': Attempt blocked. Niklas Vesterlund (FC Utrecht) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mike van der Hoorn with a cross.
  • 56': Attempt missed. Nick Viergever (FC Utrecht) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jens Toornstra with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 56': Foul by David Min (FC Utrecht).
  • 56': Youri Baas (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Miguel Rodríguez (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by David Min.
  • 59': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Remko Pasveer.
  • 61': Substitution, Ajax. Steven Berghuis replaces Bertrand Traoré.
  • 61': Substitution, Ajax. Davy Klaassen replaces Kian Fitz-Jim.
  • 65': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Mike van der Hoorn.
  • 67': Foul by Wout Weghorst (Ajax).
  • 67': Niklas Vesterlund (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Foul by Kenneth Taylor (Ajax).
  • 68': Miguel Rodríguez (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Chuba Akpom (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Steven Berghuis (Ajax) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right.
  • 70': Hand ball by Steven Berghuis (Ajax).
  • 73': Substitution, FC Utrecht. Victor Jensen replaces Jens Toornstra.
  • 74': Substitution, Ajax. Brian Brobbey replaces Wout Weghorst.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Chuba Akpom (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Davy Klaassen.
  • 76': Attempt blocked. Yoann Cathline (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Victor Jensen.
  • 79': Substitution, FC Utrecht. Noah Ohio replaces David Min.
  • 79': Substitution, FC Utrecht. Siebe Horemans replaces Mike van der Hoorn because of an injury.
  • 79': Yoann Cathline (FC Utrecht) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Noah Ohio.
  • 80': Own Goal by Remko Pasveer, Ajax. Ajax 2, FC Utrecht 2.
  • 83': Attempt blocked. Miguel Rodríguez (FC Utrecht) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Victor Jensen.
  • 84': Foul by Jorrel Hato (Ajax).
  • 84': Miguel Rodríguez (FC Utrecht) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 85': Attempt missed. Miguel Rodríguez (FC Utrecht) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
  • 85': Substitution, Ajax. Branco van den Boomen replaces Kenneth Taylor.
  • 86': Foul by Souffian El Karouani (FC Utrecht).
  • 86': Steven Berghuis (Ajax) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 87': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Siebe Horemans.
  • 87': Delay in match because of an injury Vasilios Barkas (FC Utrecht).
  • 88': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 88': Offside, Ajax. Steven Berghuis is caught offside.
  • 90': Offside, FC Utrecht. Noah Ohio is caught offside.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Jordan Henderson (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Brian Brobbey.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Niklas Vesterlund.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Jorrel Hato (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Steven Berghuis with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+3': Hand ball by Chuba Akpom (Ajax).
  • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Miguel Rodríguez (FC Utrecht) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Victor Jensen.
  • 90'+3': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Josip Sutalo.
  • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Souffian El Karouani (FC Utrecht) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Niklas Vesterlund.
  • 90'+4': Corner, FC Utrecht. Conceded by Remko Pasveer.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Ajax 2, FC Utrecht 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Ajax 2, FC Utrecht 2.

Statistics

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6 Fouls 14
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
7 Corner Kicks 7
0 Saves 3
38.7 Possession 61.3
17 SHOTS 11
5 ON GOAL 1
0.3 On Target % 0.1
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
324 Accurate Passes 547
380 Passes 622
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
6 Accurate Crosses 5
22 Crosses 20
0.3 Cross % 0.3
45 Long Balls 36
16 Accurate Long Balls 20
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
7 Blocked Shots 3
4 Effective Tackles 8
10 Tackles 11
0.4 Tackle % 0.7
8 Interceptions 8
29 Effective Clearances 18
29 Clearances 18

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: Johan Cruijff Arena
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 53,267

Eredivisie Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 PSV Eindhoven 18 +46 46
2 Ajax Amsterdam 18 +22 42
3 FC Utrecht 18 +7 39
4 Feyenoord Rotterdam 18 +18 35
Full Standings

Line-Ups

AJA Ajax Amsterdam (4-3-3)

No. Name
22 Remko Pasveer (GK)
15 Youri Baas
37 Josip Sutalo
4 Jorrel Hato
3 Anton Gaaei
6 Jordan Henderson
8 Kenneth Taylor
28 Kian Fitz-Jim
25 Wout Weghorst
10 Chuba Akpom
20 Bertrand Traoré
Ajax Amsterdam Substitutes:
Diant Ramaj, Precious Ugwu, Ahmetcan Kaplan, Kristian Hlynsson, Brian Brobbey, Davy Klaassen, Nick Verschuren, Branco van den Boomen, Christian Rasmussen, Jay Gorter, Owen Wijndal, Steven Berghuis.

UTR FC Utrecht (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Vasilios Barkas (GK)
24 Nick Viergever
3 Mike van der Hoorn
16 Souffian El Karouani
23 Niklas Vesterlund
18 Jens Toornstra
21 Paxten Aaronson
14 Zidane Iqbal
9 David Min
20 Yoann Cathline
22 Miguel Rodríguez
FC Utrecht Substitutes:
Silas Andersen, Rafik El Arguioui, Joshua Mukeh, Victor Jensen, Michael Brouwer, Adrian Blake, Oscar Fraulo, Tom De Graaff, Kolbeinn Finnsson, Ole Romeny, Siebe Horemans, Noah Ohio.

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