Ajax 7-1 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 16 October 2022

Result

Ajax 7-1 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Sunday 16 October 2022, 18:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Ajax 7-1 Excelsior: match report

Ajax won against Excelsior 7-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 16 October 2022. The half-time score was 3-0.

J. Sánchez opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Ajax's goals came from J. Sánchez (15'), Steven Berghuis (26'), B. Brobbey (44'), B. Brobbey (59'), Dusan Tadić (64'), Steven Bergwijn (75') and Mohammed Kudus (81'). Excelsior scored through Nikolas Agrafiotis (90').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Ajax were 4th on 22 points from 9 and Excelsior 12th on 10 points from 9. Ajax went on to finish that season 4th with 69 points, and Excelsior 15th with 32.

Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and Excelsior in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dusan Tadic of Ajax (9.8), ahead of Steven Bergwijn (8.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · J. SánchezAjax · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · Steven BerghuisAjax · 2-0
  • 44'Goal · B. BrobbeyAjax · 3-0
  • 59'Goal · B. BrobbeyAjax · 4-0
  • 64'Goal · Dusan TadićAjax · 5-0
  • 75'Goal · Steven BergwijnAjax · 6-0
  • 81'Goal · Mohammed KudusAjax · 7-0
  • 90'Goal · Nikolas AgrafiotisExcelsior · 7-1

Team news

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Ajax line-up (4-3-3)

Remko Pasveer, Jorge Sánchez, Jurriën Timber, Daley Blind, Calvin Bassey, Davy Klaassen, Edson Álvarez, Steven Berghuis, Steven Bergwijn, Brian Brobbey, Dusan Tadic

Excelsior line-up (5-4-1)

Stijn van Gassel, Nathan Markelo, Siebe Horemans, Redouan El Yaakoubi, Serano Seymor, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Couhaib Driouech, Julian Baas, Kenzo Goudmijn, Mike van Duinen, Reda Kharchouch