Excelsior 1-4 Ajax: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 29 January 2023

Result

Excelsior 1-4 Ajax

Eredivisie · Sunday 29 January 2023, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Excelsior 1-4 Ajax: match report

Excelsior were beaten by Ajax 1-4 in Eredivisie on Sunday 29 January 2023. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Dusan Tadić opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Excelsior's goal came from Redouan El Yaakoubi (36'). Ajax scored through Dusan Tadić (15', penalty), Davy Klaassen (45'), Mohammed Kudus (61') and Devyne Rensch (83').

Discipline: Excelsior received 1 yellow card; Ajax received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Excelsior were 14th on 19 points from 18 and Ajax 5th on 34 points from 18. Excelsior went on to finish that season 15th with 32 points, and Ajax 4th with 69.

Excelsior lined up in a 5-4-1 and Ajax in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dusan Tadic of Ajax (8.4), ahead of Devyne Rensch (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Excelsior wins, 0 draws and 1 for Ajax.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Penalty goal · Dusan TadićAjax · 0-1
  • 36'Goal · Redouan El YaakoubiExcelsior · 1-1
  • 45'Goal · Davy KlaassenAjax · 1-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Edson ÁlvarezAjax
  • 59'Yellow card · Couhaib DriouechExcelsior
  • 61'Goal · Mohammed KudusAjax · 1-3
  • 83'Goal · Devyne RenschAjax · 1-4

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Excelsior 0, draws 0, Ajax 1.

Team news

Excelsior line-up (5-4-1)

Stijn van Gassel, Siebe Horemans, Sven Nieuwpoort, M. Awoudja, Redouan El Yaakoubi, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Couhaib Driouech, Peer Koopmeiners, Kenzo Goudmijn, Lazaros Lamprou, Marouan Azarkan

Ajax line-up (4-1-4-1)

Gerónimo Rulli, Devyne Rensch, Jurriën Timber, Edson Álvarez, Owen Wijndal, Kenneth Taylor, Mohammed Kudus, Davy Klaassen, Steven Berghuis, Steven Bergwijn, Dusan Tadic