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Ajax Amsterdam 3-1 FC Groningen - August 20, 2017 / Eredivisie 2017/2018

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Eredivisie 2017/2018 - Round 2

Amsterdam ArenA - Amsterdam - Netherlands

August 20, 2017

51 152

Ajax Amsterdam

3 - 1

FC Groningen

Assist by Hakim ZiyechKlaas-Jan Huntelaar

38'

Assist by Vaclav CernyHakim Ziyech

48'

Assist by Vaclav CernyLasse Schöne

79'

73'

Oussama IdrissiAssist by Ruben Jenssen

logo Ajax Amsterdam AA

5' - Yellow card Mike te Wierik

38' - Goal Klaas-Jan Huntelaar38

38' - Substitution Ajdin Hrusticis substituted by Tom van Weert

logo Ajax Amsterdam AA

48' - Goal Hakim Ziyech48

58' - Substitution Mimoun Mahiis substituted by Oussama Idrissi

60' - Yellow card Tom van Weert

65' - Substitution Mike te Wierikis substituted by Todd Kane

73' - Goal Oussama Idrissi

76' - Substitution Justin Kluivertis substituted by Kasper Dolberg76

77' - Substitution Frenkie de Jongis substituted by Lasse Schöne77

79' - Goal Lasse Schöne79

82' - Substitution Vaclav Cernyis substituted by David Neres82

88' - Yellow card Kasper Larsen

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ajax Amsterdam

3 - 1

FC Groningen

Ajax Amsterdam FC Groningen

Team line-ups

Ajax Amsterdam

1 Onana

André Onana

Cameroon

B.date02/04/1996

Age21 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

4 de Ligt

Matthijs de Ligt

Netherlands

B.date12/08/1999

Age18 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

26 Viergever

Nick Viergever

Netherlands

B.date03/08/1989

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

3 Veltman

Joël Veltman

Netherlands

B.date15/01/1992

Age25 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

35 Dijks

Mitchell Dijks

Netherlands

B.date09/02/1993

Age24 years

H1m94

positionLeft full-back

6 van de Beek

Donny van de Beek

Netherlands

B.date18/04/1997

Age20 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

21 de Jong77

Frenkie de Jong

Netherlands

B.date12/05/1997

Age20 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

10 Ziyech48

Hakim Ziyech

Morocco

B.date19/03/1993

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

45 Kluivert76

Justin Kluivert

Netherlands

B.date05/05/1999

Age18 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

17 Cerny82

Vaclav Cerny

Czech Republic

B.date17/10/1997

Age19 years

H1m79

positionLeft Winger

9 Huntelaar38

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Netherlands

B.date12/08/1983

Age34 years

H1m86

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	André Onana		21	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Matthijs de Ligt		18	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Nick Viergever		28	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Joël Veltman		25	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Mitchell Dijks		24	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Donny van de Beek		20	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Frenkie de Jong	77	20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Hakim Ziyech	48	24	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	F	Justin Kluivert	76	18	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Vaclav Cerny	82	19	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	38	34	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

FC Groningen

1 Padt

Sergio Padt

Netherlands

B.date06/06/1990

Age27 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

4 te Wierik655

Mike te Wierik

Netherlands

B.date08/06/1992

Age25 years

H1m91

positionDefender

6 Reijnen

Etiënne Reijnen

Netherlands

B.date05/04/1987

Age30 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

3 Larsen88

Kasper Larsen

Denmark

B.date25/01/1993

Age24 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

21 Warmerdam

Django Warmerdam

Netherlands

B.date02/09/1995

Age21 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

8 Jenssen

Ruben Jenssen

Norway

B.date04/05/1988

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

17 Drost

Jesper Drost

Netherlands

B.date11/01/1993

Age24 years

H1m81

positionRight central midfielder

23 Hrustic38

Ajdin Hrustic

Australia

B.date05/07/1996

Age21 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

10 Mahi58

Mimoun Mahi

Morocco

B.date13/03/1994

Age23 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

7 Bacuna

Juninho Bacuna

Curaçao

B.date07/08/1997

Age20 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

9 Veldwijk

Lars Veldwijk

South Africa

B.date21/08/1991

Age25 years

H1m97

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sergio Padt		27	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Mike te Wierik	655	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Etiënne Reijnen		30	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Kasper Larsen	88	24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Django Warmerdam		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ruben Jenssen		29	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Jesper Drost		24	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Ajdin Hrustic	38	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Mimoun Mahi	58	23	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Juninho Bacuna		20	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Lars Veldwijk		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Benjamin van Leer		25
37	D	Damil Dankerlui		20
42	D	Deyovaisio Zeefuik		19
20	M	Lasse Schöne	7977	31	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Carel Eiting		19
25	F	Kasper Dolberg	76	19	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	David Neres	82	20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Kevin Begois		35
31	G	Jan Hoekstra		19
5	D	Samir Memisevic		24
2	D	Todd Kane	65	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	D	Amir Absalem		20
20	D	Yoëll van Nieff		24
68	M	Ludovit Reis		17
36	M	Tommie van de Looi		18
25	M	Ritsu Doan		19
11	F	Oussama Idrissi	7358	21	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Tom van Weert	3860	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Justin Kluivert

Amin Younes

OUT

Vaclav Cerny

Kasper Dolberg

OUT

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

David Neres

OUT

Frenkie de Jong

Lasse Schöne

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ajdin Hrustic

Ritsu Doan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Marcel Keizer

Success rate in this team:

20 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Keizer vs FC Groningen

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2017

Keizer vs Faber

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernest Faber

Success rate in this team:

28 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Faber vs Ajax Amsterdam

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 20, 2017

Faber vs Keizer

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 2017

Referee

Dennis Higler

27 victories	7 draws	6 losses	Ajax Amsterdam40 matches	General total	FC Groningen37 matches	19 victories	10 draws	8 losses
3 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Ajax Amsterdam4 matches	Season total	FC Groningen3 matches	0 victory	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on January 27, 2024					Latest figure on February 08, 2024

Videos

Comments

Key figures

FC Groningen keeps its 5 matches with at least 3 goals conceded running (since 14/05/2017). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 12/12/1993 (4 matches)

End of streak for FC Groningen after 5 consecutive matches without a loss in Eredivisie (since 16/04/2017).

Mike te Wierik played his game number 10 vs Ajax Amsterdam in his professional career

Read the next 26 key stats

General ranking

-1	6	Zwolle	4 pts	2 rd
-4	7	Heracles Almelo	4 pts	2 rd
+4	8	Ajax Amsterdam	3 pts	2 rd
-3	9	AZ Alkmaar	3 pts	2 rd
-1	10	Excelsior Rotterdam	3 pts	2 rd

General ranking

-1	10	Excelsior Rotterdam	3 pts	2 rd
-1	11	Heerenveen	2 pts	2 rd
-1	12	FC Groningen	1 pt	2 rd
+3	13	Sparta Rotterdam	1 pt	2 rd
	14	FC Twente	0 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAjax Amsterdam 2-0 Schalke 0413/04/2017

VAjax Amsterdam 5-1 Heerenveen16/04/2017

VAjax Amsterdam 4-1 Lyon03/05/2017

VAjax Amsterdam 4-0 Go Ahead Eagles07/05/2017

DAjax Amsterdam 2-2 Nice02/08/2017

LAjax Amsterdam 0-1 Rosenborg17/08/2017

Overall

VWillem II 1-3 Ajax Amsterdam14/05/2017

LAjax Amsterdam 0-2 Manchester United24/05/2017

DNice 1-1 Ajax Amsterdam26/07/2017

DAjax Amsterdam 2-2 Nice02/08/2017

LHeracles Almelo 2-1 Ajax Amsterdam12/08/2017

LAjax Amsterdam 0-1 Rosenborg17/08/2017

Current form

Away

LRoda JC 3-1 FC Groningen12/03/2017

DAZ Alkmaar 0-0 FC Groningen01/04/2017

LADO Den Haag 4-3 FC Groningen08/04/2017

VGo Ahead Eagles 2-3 FC Groningen22/04/2017

VFC Twente 3-5 FC Groningen14/05/2017

LAZ Alkmaar 4-1 FC Groningen20/05/2017

Overall

VGo Ahead Eagles 2-3 FC Groningen22/04/2017

DFC Groningen 1-1 PSV Eindhoven07/05/2017

VFC Twente 3-5 FC Groningen14/05/2017

LFC Groningen 1-4 AZ Alkmaar17/05/2017

LAZ Alkmaar 4-1 FC Groningen20/05/2017

DFC Groningen 3-3 Heerenveen13/08/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	4	9
Conceding streak	4	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

12	General ranking (Competition total)	11
27	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	258
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	7

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	3
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Hakim Ziyech	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Mimoun Mahi
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Mimoun Mahi
Amin Younes	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Jesper Drost
Hakim Ziyech	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Mimoun Mahi

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

35 v

8 d

2 l

119 gf

37 ga

Away

43 matches

26 v

8 d

9 l

94 gf

49 ga

Total

88 matches

61 v

16 d

11 l

213 gf

86 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

9 v

8 d

26 l

49 gf

94 ga

Away

45 matches

2 v

8 d

35 l

37 gf

119 ga

Total

88 matches

11 v

16 d

61 l

86 gf

213 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 0	January 06, 1974
Home	9 - 0	January 06, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	March 15, 1989
Away	2 - 0	May 03, 1994

Latest head to head

March 05, 2017 - Eredivisie 2016/2017

FC Groningen

1 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

December 04, 2016 - Eredivisie 2016/2017

Ajax Amsterdam

2 - 0

FC Groningen logo FC Groningen

February 14, 2016 - Eredivisie 2015/2016

FC Groningen

1 - 2

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

September 26, 2015 - Eredivisie 2015/2016

Ajax Amsterdam

2 - 0

FC Groningen logo FC Groningen

January 16, 2015 - Eredivisie 2014/2015

Ajax Amsterdam

2 - 0

FC Groningen logo FC Groningen

Best historical scorers against FC Groningen

Stefan Pettersson	9 goals	1988 - 1993
Wim Kieft	8 goals	1980 - 1982
Rafael van der Vaart	7 goals	2001 - 2005
Jari Litmanen	6 goals	1994 - 1998
Nikos Machlas	6 goals	2001 - 2002
Dennis Bergkamp	5 goals	1988 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/03/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

Ronald Koeman	5 goals	1981 - 1983
Evgen Levchenko	4 goals	2005 - 2007
Erik Nevland	3 goals	2005 - 2006
Ron Jans	3 goals	1982 - 1983
Alves Velame Hugo	2 goals	2001 - 2002
Luis Suárez	2 goals	2006 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/03/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Groningen

Danny Blind	26 matches	1986 - 1998
John van't Schip	21 matches	1983 - 1992
Stanley Menzo	21 matches	1985 - 1994
Sonny Silooy	20 matches	1981 - 1996
Frank De Boer	19 matches	1988 - 1998
Frank Rijkaard	18 matches	1981 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

Paul Matthijs	13 matches	2002 - 2008
Arnold Kruiswijk	12 matches	2002 - 2008
Koen van de Laak	12 matches	2005 - 2012
Rasmus Lindgren	12 matches	2005 - 2016
Gibril Sankoh	11 matches	2005 - 2010
Tom Hiariej	10 matches	2008 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Luis Suárez

159 matches

37 matches

2006 - 2010

Daley Blind

143 matches

19 matches

2008 - 2014

Ronald Koeman

113 matches

97 matches

1980 - 1986

Hedwiges Maduro

107 matches

43 matches

2005 - 2017

Peter Hoekstra

88 matches

14 matches

1996 - 2001

Rasmus Lindgren

84 matches

193 matches

2005 - 2016

Total : 16 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/09/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Rasmus Lindgren

84 matches

193 matches

2005 - 2016

Ronald Koeman

113 matches

97 matches

1980 - 1986

Ignacio Tuhuteru

4 matches

88 matches

1993 - 2004

Bruno Silva

31 matches

83 matches

2005 - 2009

Danny Hoesen

44 matches

73 matches

2012 - 2016

Stefano Seedorf

7 matches

66 matches

2002 - 2006

Total : 16 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/09/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

August 18, 2017

Roda JC

1 3

Vitesse Arnhem

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August 19, 2017

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August 20, 2017

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Vitesse Arnhem	6	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5
+22	Utrecht	6	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
+43	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	2	0	0	7	3	+4
-24	VVV-Venlo	6	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
+35	Feyenoord Rotterdam	6	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
-16	Zwolle	4	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2
-47	Heracles Almelo	4	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
+48	Ajax Amsterdam	3	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
-39	AZ Alkmaar	3	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
-110	Excelsior Rotterdam	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
-111	Heerenveen	2	2	0	2	0	4	4	0
-112	FC Groningen	1	2	0	1	1	4	6	-2
+313	Sparta Rotterdam	1	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3
14	FC Twente	0	2	0	0	2	2	4	-2
-215	Willem II	0	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3
+116	Roda JC	0	2	0	0	2	3	7	-4
+117	ADO Den Haag	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	-5
-318	NAC Breda	0	2	0	0	2	2	8	-6

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Ajax Amsterdam 3-1 FC Groningen - August 20, 2017 / Eredivisie 2017/2018

Ajax Amsterdam

3 - 1

FC Groningen

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Keizer vs FC Groningen

Keizer vs Faber

Manager

Faber vs Ajax Amsterdam

Faber vs Keizer

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against FC Groningen

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

Players with most games played vs FC Groningen

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking