Willem II 1-3 Ajax: result and report
Eredivisie · Saturday 28 October 2017
Result
Willem II 1-3 Ajax
Eredivisie · Saturday 28 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Willem II 1-3 Ajax: match report
Willem II lost to Ajax 1-3 in Eredivisie on Saturday 28 October 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Etien Velikonja opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Willem II's goal came from Etien Velikonja (55', penalty). Ajax scored through Lasse Schöne (70'), Siem de Jong (79') and David Neres (90+1').
Discipline: Willem II received 2 yellow cards; Ajax received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Willem II were 15th on 9 points from 9 and Ajax 2nd on 19 points from 9. Willem II went on to finish that season 13th with 37 points, and Ajax 2nd with 79.
Willem II lined up in a 5-3-2 and Ajax in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Hakim Ziyech of Ajax (8.1), ahead of David Neres (8.0).
Going into the match Willem II's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Ajax's W-W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · Matthijs de Ligt
- 50'Yellow card · Pedro Chirivella
- 55'Penalty goal · Etien Velikonja
- 70'Goal · Lasse Schöne
- 74'Yellow card · Ben Rienstra
- 79'Goal · Siem de Jong
- 90+1'Goal · David Neres
Team news
Willem II line-up (5-3-2)
Mattijs Branderhorst, Freek Heerkens, Jordens Peters, Jop Van der Linden, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Darryl Lachman, Pedro Chirivella, T. Haye, Ben Rienstra, Etien Velikonja, Mohammed El Hankouri
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
André Onana, Joël Veltman, Matthijs de Ligt, Maximilian Wöber, Nick Viergever, Donny van de Beek, Hakim Ziyech, Lasse Schöne, David Neres, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Kasper Dolberg