Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Ajax 5th with 56 points, Vitesse 18th with 6, 50 apart. On the form table Vitesse stood 8th over the last five rounds, despite being 18th overall. In league terms the two rates read 0.88/2.18 for Vitesse and 2.18/1.79 for Ajax (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.62.
30 meetings are on record — 7 won by Vitesse, 19 by Ajax, 4 drawn, at 3.67 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 73% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
The referee was E. Blank, with 97 matches in our database and 1.4 yellows per game on average. GelreDome in Arnhem staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.