Dutch Eredivisie

Ajax Amsterdam vs Fortuna Sittard, 2022-23 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
Ajax Amsterdam
  • 6': Steven Berghuis
  • 27': Steven Berghuis
  • 54': Steven Bergwijn
  • 86': Kenneth Taylor
FT
4 - 0
Fortuna Sittard

    About

    Ajax Amsterdam are hosting Fortuna Sittard 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.
    • 1': Burak Yilmaz (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 1': Foul by Jurriën Timber (Ajax).
    • 4': Attempt saved. Steven Berghuis (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kenneth Taylor.
    • 4': Attempt missed. Youri Baas (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 6': Goal! Ajax 1, Fortuna Sittard 0. Steven Berghuis (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jorge Sánchez.
    • 8': Corner, Fortuna Sittard. Conceded by Gerónimo Rulli.
    • 10': Foul by Kenneth Taylor (Ajax).
    • 10': Remy Vita (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Attempt missed. Burak Yilmaz (Fortuna Sittard) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tijjani Noslin.
    • 13': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Dimitrios Siovas.
    • 13': Attempt missed. Jorge Sánchez (Ajax) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dusan Tadic with a cross following a corner.
    • 15': Foul by Remy Vita (Fortuna Sittard).
    • 15': Steven Berghuis (Ajax) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 17': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Ivo Pinto.
    • 18': Attempt missed. Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Steven Bergwijn following a corner.
    • 19': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Remy Vita.
    • 20': Offside, Ajax. Steven Bergwijn tries a through ball, but Youri Baas is caught offside.
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Dusan Tadic (Ajax) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Steven Bergwijn (Ajax) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 21': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Remy Vita.
    • 22': Attempt missed. Edson Álvarez (Ajax) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Steven Berghuis with a cross following a corner.
    • 25': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Dimitrios Siovas.
    • 26': Attempt blocked. Steven Berghuis (Ajax) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Grillitsch.
    • 26': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Dimitrios Siovas.
    • 27': Attempt blocked. Steven Bergwijn (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
    • 27': Goal! Ajax 2, Fortuna Sittard 0. Steven Berghuis (Ajax) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
    • 28': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Ivo Pinto.
    • 29': Dogan Erdogan (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Foul by Jorge Sánchez (Ajax).
    • 31': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Rodrigo Guth.
    • 32': Florian Grillitsch (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 32': Foul by Burak Yilmaz (Fortuna Sittard).
    • 34': Foul by Steven Bergwijn (Ajax).
    • 34': Iñigo Córdoba (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Remy Vita (Fortuna Sittard) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
    • 35': Attempt missed. Kristijan Bistrovic (Fortuna Sittard) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Oguzhan Özyakup.
    • 38': Corner, Fortuna Sittard. Conceded by Gerónimo Rulli.
    • 38': Attempt blocked. Tijjani Noslin (Fortuna Sittard) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Oguzhan Özyakup.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Steven Berghuis (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kenneth Taylor.
    • 43': Delay in match because of an injury Iñigo Córdoba (Fortuna Sittard).
    • 44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 45': Corner, Fortuna Sittard. Conceded by Edson Álvarez.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Rodrigo Guth (Fortuna Sittard) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Oguzhan Özyakup with a cross following a corner.
    • 45'+2': Offside, Ajax. Dusan Tadic tries a through ball, but Kenneth Taylor is caught offside.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Ajax 2, Fortuna Sittard 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Ajax 2, Fortuna Sittard 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Ajax. Jorrel Hato replaces Youri Baas.
    • 45': Substitution, Fortuna Sittard. Paul Gladon replaces Dogan Erdogan.
    • 45': Substitution, Fortuna Sittard. Ximo Navarro replaces Remy Vita.
    • 46': Foul by Kenneth Taylor (Ajax).
    • 46': Kristijan Bistrovic (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 47': Attempt missed. Paul Gladon (Fortuna Sittard) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kristijan Bistrovic following a set piece situation.
    • 52': Attempt blocked. Jorge Sánchez (Ajax) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Edson Álvarez.
    • 52': Offside, Ajax. Davy Klaassen tries a through ball, but Jorge Sánchez is caught offside.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Steven Berghuis (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kenneth Taylor.
    • 54': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Ivo Pinto.
    • 54': Goal! Ajax 3, Fortuna Sittard 0. Steven Bergwijn (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Steven Berghuis following a corner.
    • 55': Offside, Fortuna Sittard. Ivor Pandur tries a through ball, but Burak Yilmaz is caught offside.
    • 56': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Ximo Navarro.
    • 57': Attempt blocked. Steven Bergwijn (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Davy Klaassen (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven Bergwijn.
    • 59': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Dimitrios Siovas.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Jorge Sánchez (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Davy Klaassen.
    • 61': Foul by Steven Bergwijn (Ajax).
    • 61': Ximo Navarro (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Substitution, Fortuna Sittard. Deroy Duarte replaces Oguzhan Özyakup.
    • 64': Substitution, Fortuna Sittard. Úmaro Embaló replaces Tijjani Noslin.
    • 64': Hand ball by Dusan Tadic (Ajax).
    • 65': Dimitrios Siovas (Fortuna Sittard) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Ivo Pinto with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 65': Offside, Fortuna Sittard. Ximo Navarro tries a through ball, but Úmaro Embaló is caught offside.
    • 67': Attempt missed. Steven Berghuis (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dusan Tadic.
    • 67': Foul by Davy Klaassen (Ajax).
    • 67': Paul Gladon (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 70': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Kristijan Bistrovic.
    • 71': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Ivo Pinto.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Jorge Sánchez (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 72': Substitution, Ajax. Francisco Conceição replaces Davy Klaassen.
    • 72': Substitution, Ajax. Silvano Vos replaces Florian Grillitsch.
    • 73': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Rodrigo Guth.
    • 73': Attempt missed. Edson Álvarez (Ajax) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dusan Tadic with a cross following a corner.
    • 77': Attempt missed. Francisco Conceição (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
    • 78': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Deroy Duarte.
    • 78': Attempt missed. Silvano Vos (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Steven Bergwijn.
    • 79': Substitution, Fortuna Sittard. Thomas Buitink replaces Burak Yilmaz.
    • 79': Foul by Francisco Conceição (Ajax).
    • 79': Ivo Pinto (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Dimitrios Siovas (Fortuna Sittard) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kristijan Bistrovic following a set piece situation.
    • 81': Attempt saved. Francisco Conceição (Ajax) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 81': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Ivor Pandur.
    • 82': Foul by Jorge Sánchez (Ajax).
    • 82': Iñigo Córdoba (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 83': Attempt saved. Kristijan Bistrovic (Fortuna Sittard) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 83': Attempt blocked. Dusan Tadic (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 86': Foul by Thomas Buitink (Fortuna Sittard).
    • 86': Silvano Vos (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Goal! Ajax 4, Fortuna Sittard 0. Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Steven Berghuis.
    • 87': Substitution, Ajax. Youri Regeer replaces Jorge Sánchez.
    • 88': Substitution, Ajax. Mika Godts replaces Dusan Tadic.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. Francisco Conceição (Ajax) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Silvano Vos.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. Silvano Vos (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven Bergwijn.
    • 89': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Ximo Navarro.
    • 90': Attempt blocked. Mika Godts (Ajax) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven Berghuis with a cross.
    • 90': Attempt saved. Steven Bergwijn (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Francisco Conceição.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Fortuna Sittard. Conceded by Silvano Vos.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Rodrigo Guth (Fortuna Sittard).
    • 90'+1': Mika Godts (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+1': Rodrigo Guth (Fortuna Sittard) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Francisco Conceição (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Ajax 4, Fortuna Sittard 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Ajax 4, Fortuna Sittard 0.

    Statistics

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    4 Fouls 10
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 3
    4 Corner Kicks 17
    3 Saves 1
    29.8 Possession 70.2
    9 SHOTS 31
    1 ON GOAL 8
    0.1 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    220 Accurate Passes 622
    300 Passes 705
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 7
    12 Crosses 29
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    58 Long Balls 36
    23 Accurate Long Balls 27
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.8
    1 Blocked Shots 13
    14 Effective Tackles 10
    20 Tackles 14
    0.7 Tackle % 0.7
    16 Interceptions 10
    34 Effective Clearances 17
    34 Clearances 17

    Game Information

    Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

    Venue: Johan Cruijff Arena
    Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Attendance: 54,231

    Eredivisie Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Feyenoord Rotterdam 3 +7 9
    2 NEC Nijmegen 4 +10 9
    3 FC Utrecht 4 +8 9
    4 PSV Eindhoven 4 +7 9
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    AJA Ajax Amsterdam (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    12 Gerónimo Rulli (GK)
    4 Edson Álvarez
    2 Jurriën Timber
    25 Youri Baas
    19 Jorge Sánchez
    21 Florian Grillitsch
    8 Kenneth Taylor
    6 Davy Klaassen
    10 Dusan Tadic
    7 Steven Bergwijn
    23 Steven Berghuis
    Ajax Amsterdam Substitutes:
    Lorenzo Lucca, Kian Fitz-Jim, Maarten Stekelenburg, Brian Brobbey, Remko Pasveer, Youri Regeer, Owen Wijndal, Jorrel Hato, Mika Godts, Francisco Conceição, Silvano Vos, Calvin Bassey.

    FOR Fortuna Sittard (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    31 Ivor Pandur (GK)
    33 Dimitrios Siovas
    14 Rodrigo Guth Yellow Card
    61 Remy Vita
    12 Ivo Pinto
    8 Kristijan Bistrovic
    15 Oguzhan Özyakup
    21 Dogan Erdogan
    17 Burak Yilmaz
    7 Iñigo Córdoba
    77 Tijjani Noslin
    Fortuna Sittard Substitutes:
    Ximo Navarro, Michael van Beijnen, Úmaro Embaló, Tom Hendriks, Stipe Radic, Thomas Buitink, Paul Gladon, Deroy Duarte, Arianit Ferati, Tunahan Tasci, Yanick van Osch, Roel Janssen.

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