Match Report
13 points for Ajax (12th), 6 for Maccabi Tel Aviv (29th): a 7-point gap. On recent form Ajax sat only 22nd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 12th overall. Against a league average of 1.42 goals per team per game, Ajax ran at 2 scored and 1 conceded, Maccabi Tel Aviv at 1 and 2.13.
Momentum sat with Ajax, winners of their last six, having scored in 14 consecutive games. Maccabi Tel Aviv arrived off three straight defeats. From the last five rounds, Ajax held 15 points of 15 and Maccabi Tel Aviv 6.
The match was played at Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam (capacity 55,865). On the scoreboard, Ajax led 3-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 5-0.
Goal scorers
Ajax: Kenneth Taylor (27'), Bertrand Traoré (14'), Mika Godts (39'), Kian Fitz-Jim (69'), B. Brobbey (61')