Ajax 2-2 Excelsior: result and report
Eredivisie · Wednesday 24 April 2024
Result
Ajax 2-2 Excelsior
Eredivisie · Wednesday 24 April 2024, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Ajax 2-2 Excelsior: match report
Ajax drew with Excelsior 2-2 in Eredivisie on Wednesday 24 April 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.
D. Rensch opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Ajax's goals came from D. Rensch (27') and Chuba Akpom (89'). Excelsior scored through J. Baas (38', penalty) and Lazaros Lamprou (53').
Discipline: Ajax received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Excelsior received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Ajax were 5th on 48 points from 30 and Excelsior 15th on 25 points from 30. Ajax went on to finish that season 5th with 56 points, and Excelsior 16th with 29.
Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and Excelsior in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Devyne Rensch of Ajax (8.4), ahead of Kenzo Goudmijn (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Ajax wins, 1 draw and 0 for Excelsior.
Going into the match Ajax's last five read W-L-D-W-D and Excelsior's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 27'Goal · D. Rensch
- 36'Red card · Steven Bergwijn
- 38'Penalty goal · J. Baas
- 53'Goal · Lazaros Lamprou
- 67'Yellow card · Siebe Horemans
- 68'Yellow card · Benjamin Tahirovic
- 73'Yellow card · Mimeirhel Benita
- 77'Yellow card · A. Gaaei
- 77'Yellow card · A. Gaaei
- 89'Goal · Chuba Akpom
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Jacky Donkor
- Lennard Hartjes
- Gastón Ávila
- Ian Smeulers
- Kik Pierie
- Serano Seymor
- Diant Ramaj
- Amourricho van Axel Dongen
- Steven Berghuis
- Troy Parrott
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
Gerónimo Rulli, Devyne Rensch, Josip Sutalo, Ahmetcan Kaplan, Jorrel Hato, Benjamin Tahirović, Sivert Mannsverk, Kenneth Taylor, Mika Godts, Brian Brobbey, Steven Bergwijn
Excelsior line-up (4-2-3-1)
Stijn van Gassel, Mimeirhel Benita, Siebe Horemans, Redouan El Yaakoubi, Arthur Zagré, Kenzo Goudmijn, Julian Baas, Derensili Sanches Fernandes, Cisse Sandra, Lazaros Lamprou, Lance Duijvestijn