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2 — 2 Sep 19, 2026 · 11:30 PM IST

Excelsior

Eredivisie · Round 7

Venue Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam

Referee Jannick van der Laan

Attendance 54,175

Player of the Match Oscar Gloukh 8.8 90' played

Match Events

23' Home ↔ Owen Wijndal → Caio Henrique

32' Home ⚽ Julian Brandt — 1-0

35' Away Jan Plug

45 + 1' Away ⚽ Lennard Hartjes — 1-1

HT

61' Home ↔ Oliver Edvardsen → Viktor Tsigankov

62' Home ↔ Tolu Arokodare → Kasper Dolberg

62' Away ⚽ Aymen Sliti — 1-2

64' Home ⚽ Tolu Arokodare — 2-2

65' Away ↔ Kasey Bos → Eric da Silva Moreira

71' Away ↔ Alireza Jahanbakhsh → Aymen Sliti

71' Away ↔ Ilano Silva Timas → Ágúst Thorsteinsson

76' Home ↔ Sofyan Amrabat → Jorthy Mokio

77' Home ↔ Abdellah Ouazane → Davy Klaassen

85' Away ↔ Mario Domínguez → David Garden

85' Away Irakli Yegoian

85' Home Oscar Gloukh

FT

Match Stats

81 19

Ball possession

2.51 0.82

Expected goals (xG)

33 4

Total shots

8 2

Shots on target

55 11

Touches in opposition box

3 2

Big chances

1 0

Big chances missed

755 (92%) 132 (67%)

Accurate passes

1 2

Yellow cards

9 0

Corners

Lineups

Ajax (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Míchel

Starting XI

1 Marc ter Stegen 5.8

3 Anton Gaaei 7.7

6 Thilo Kehrer 7.4

15 Youri Baas 7.5

12 Caio Henrique 6.2

18 Davy Klaassen 7

24 Jorthy Mokio 7.2

11 Viktor Tsigankov 5.8

8 Julian Brandt 8.5

10 Oscar Gloukh 8.8

9 Kasper Dolberg 7.6

Substitutes

5 Owen Wijndal 7.1

20 Oliver Edvardsen 6.4

99 Tolu Arokodare 7.8

4 Sofyan Amrabat 6.7

68 Abdellah Ouazane 6.9

51 Charlie Setford

26 Maarten Paes

36 Dies Janse

21 Jofre Torrents

2 Lucas Rosa

38 Marcos Leonardo

43 Rayane Bounida

Excelsior (4-1-4-1)

Coach: Ruben den Uil

Starting XI

1 Stijn van Gassel 7.6

2 Eric da Silva Moreira 6.5

4 Casper Widell 6.9

14 Jan Plug 6.6

15 Simon Janssen 6.2

3 Rick Meissen 6.5

7 Aymen Sliti 7.4

8 Irakli Yegoian 7.4

20 Lennard Hartjes 8

30 Ágúst Thorsteinsson 6

19 David Garden 6.2

Substitutes

12 Kasey Bos 6.4

11 Alireza Jahanbakhsh 6

21 Ilano Silva Timas 5.9

9 Mario Domínguez

16 Celton Biai

24 Guilliano Cairo

22 Osman Mohamed Turay

6 Daniël van Vianen

18 Valentin Sulzbacher

28 Nesto Groen