NEC Nijmegen 0-1 Ajax: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 23 April 2022

Result

NEC Nijmegen 0-1 Ajax

Eredivisie · Saturday 23 April 2022, 14:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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NEC Nijmegen 0-1 Ajax: match report

NEC Nijmegen were beaten by Ajax 0-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 23 April 2022. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from B. Brobbey of Ajax in the 88th minute.

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received 2 yellow cards; Ajax received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 10th on 35 points from 29 and Ajax 1st on 72 points from 29. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 11th with 38 points, and Ajax 1st with 83.

NEC Nijmegen lined up in a 5-3-2 and Ajax in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jurriën Timber of Ajax (8.1), ahead of Mattijs Branderhorst (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 NEC Nijmegen win, 1 draw and 8 for Ajax.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Missed penalty · Dusan TadićAjax
  • 53'Yellow card · Daley BlindAjax
  • 55'Yellow card · Lasse SchöneNEC Nijmegen
  • 59'Yellow card · Rodrigo GuthNEC Nijmegen
  • 88'Goal · B. BrobbeyAjax · 0-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: NEC Nijmegen 1, draws 1, Ajax 8.

Team news

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NEC Nijmegen line-up (5-3-2)

Mattijs Branderhorst, Bart van Rooij, Rodrigo Guth, Iván Márquez, Calvin Verdonk, Lasse Schöne, Jordy Bruijn, Elayis Tavsan, Magnus Mattsson, Souffian El, Jonathan Okita

Ajax line-up (4-3-3)

Maarten Stekelenburg, Jurriën Timber, Perr Schuurs, Daley Blind, Nicolás Tagliafico, Ryan Gravenberch, Davy Klaassen, Kenneth Taylor, Steven Berghuis, Sébastien Haller, Dusan Tadic