Match Report
The table gap was wide: 18 points between Ajax (5th, 56 pts) and Excelsior (13th, 38 pts). On the form table Excelsior stood 3rd over the last five rounds, despite being 13th overall. Per game in the league, Excelsior were scoring 1.26 and conceding 1.65, Ajax 1.82 and 1.21, against a competition average of 1.59 goals per team per game.
Level finishes had become the habit for Excelsior: three in a row.
19 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Excelsior 1, draws 4, Ajax 14, at 4.05 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 42% of the meetings went to the host. 74% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 74%.
Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, capacity 4,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Ajax led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
Excelsior: Arthur Zagré (79'), Miliano Jonathans (74') · Ajax: Mika Godts (21'), Mika Godts (40')
Key stats
Possession: Excelsior 48% · Ajax 52% · Total shots: 11-9 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 4-1