Ajax 2-0 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 21 February 2016

Result

Ajax 2-0 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Sunday 21 February 2016, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Ajax 2-0 Excelsior: match report

Ajax defeated Excelsior 2-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 21 February 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Arkadiusz Milik opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Ajax's goals came from Arkadiusz Milik (41'), Arkadiusz Milik (55') and Davy Klaassen (85'). Excelsior did not score.

Discipline: Ajax received no yellow cards; Excelsior received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Ajax were 1st on 57 points from 23 and Excelsior 16th on 20 points from 23. Ajax went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Excelsior 15th with 33.

Ajax lined up in a 3-4-3 and Excelsior in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Arkadiusz Milik of Ajax (9.3), ahead of Riechedly Bazoer (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Ajax wins, 2 draws and 1 for Excelsior.

Going into the match Ajax's last five read W-W-D-D-W and Excelsior's L-D-D-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Bas KuipersExcelsior
  • 41'Goal · Arkadiusz MilikAjax · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Arkadiusz MilikAjax · 2-0
  • 85'Goal · Davy KlaassenAjax · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Ajax 7, draws 2, Excelsior 1.

Team news

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Ajax line-up (3-4-3)

Jasper Cillessen, Joël Veltman, Nick Viergever, Mitchell Dijks, Riechedly Bazoer, Davy Klaassen, Lasse Schöne, Nemanja Gudelj, Arkadiusz Milik, Ahmad Nurosadi, Anwar El Ghazi

Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Tom Muyters, Khalid Karami, Bas Kuipers, Sander Fischer, Henrico Drost, Rick Kruys, Adil Auassar, Luigi Bruins, Tom van Weert, Brandley Kuwas, Stanley Elbers