Ajax 3-1 Willem II: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 24 December 2017
Result
Ajax 3-1 Willem II
Eredivisie · Sunday 24 December 2017, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Ajax 3-1 Willem II: match report
Ajax won against Willem II 3-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 24 December 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Fran Sol opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Ajax's goals came from J. Kluivert (63'), Kasper Dolberg (72') and David Neres (81'). Willem II scored through Fran Sol (53').
Discipline: Ajax received 1 yellow card; Willem II received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Ajax were 2nd on 38 points from 17 and Willem II 14th on 16 points from 17. Ajax went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Willem II 13th with 37.
Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and Willem II in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David Neres of Ajax (8.8), ahead of Hakim Ziyech (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Ajax win, 0 draws and 0 for Willem II.
Key events
- 48'Yellow card · Dan Crowley
- 53'Goal · Fran Sol
- 63'Goal · J. Kluivert
- 70'Yellow card · Fran Sol
- 72'Goal · Kasper Dolberg
- 76'Yellow card · Lasse Schöne
- 81'Goal · David Neres
Head-to-head
Team news
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
André Onana, Joël Veltman, Matthijs de Ligt, Frenkie de Jong, Mitchell Dijks, Donny van de Beek, Hakim Ziyech, Lasse Schöne, David Neres, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Justin Kluivert
Willem II line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mattijs Branderhorst, Fernando Lewis, Jop Van der Linden, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Darryl Lachman, Freek Heerkens, T. Haye, Mohammed El Hankouri, Ben Rienstra, I. Azzaoui, Fran Sol