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Ajax Amsterdam 0-1 Benfica - March 15, 2022 / Champions League 2021/2022

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Champions League 2021/2022 - Round of 16

Johan Cruijff Arena - Amsterdam - Netherlands

March 15, 2022 - 21:00

54 066

Ajax Amsterdam

Netherlands

0 - 1

Benfica

Portugal

77'

Darwin Núñez (header) Assist by Alejandro Grimaldo

logo Ajax Amsterdam AA

46' - Substitution Adel Taarabtis substituted by Souahilo Meïté

67' - Yellow card Gonçalo Ramos

72' - Substitution Evertonis substituted by Roman Yaremchuk

77' - Goal Darwin Núñez

81' - Substitution Edson Alvarezis substituted by Brian Brobbey photo Davy Klaassen

81' - Substitution Steven Berghuisis substituted by Davy Klaassen81

81' - Substitution Darwin Núñezis substituted by Diogo Goncalves

83' - Yellow card Jurrien Timber83

91' - Substitution Gilbertois substituted by Valentino Lazaro photo Paulo Bernardo

91' - Substitution Gonçalo Ramosis substituted by Paulo Bernardo

94' - Yellow card Daley Blind photo Ryan Gravenberch

94' - Yellow card Ryan Gravenberch94

97' - Substitution Jurrien Timberis substituted by Mohammed Kudus97

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ajax Amsterdam

0 - 1

Benfica

Ajax Amsterdam Benfica

Team line-ups

Ajax Amsterdam

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

22Haller

Sébastien Haller

Ivory Coast

B.date22/06/1994

Age27 years

H1m90

positionStriker

10Tadic

Dusan Tadic

Serbia

B.date20/11/1988

Age33 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

23Berghuis81

Steven Berghuis

Netherlands

B.date19/12/1991

Age30 years

H1m66

positionRight Winger

11Antony

Antony

Brazil

B.date24/02/2000

Age22 years

H1m72

positionWinger

8Gravenberch94

Ryan Gravenberch

Netherlands

B.date16/05/2002

Age19 years

H1m87

positionCentre Midfield

4Alvarez81

Edson Alvarez

Mexico

B.date24/10/1997

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

17Blind94

Daley Blind

Netherlands

B.date09/03/1990

Age32 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

21Martínez

Lisandro Martínez

Argentina

B.date18/01/1998

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

2Timber90+783

Jurrien Timber

Netherlands

B.date17/06/2001

Age20 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

12Mazraoui

Noussair Mazraoui

Morocco

B.date14/11/1997

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

24Onana

André Onana

Cameroon

B.date02/04/1996

Age25 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
24	G	André Onana		25	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Edson Alvarez	81	24	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Lisandro Martínez		24	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jurrien Timber	90+783	20	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Noussair Mazraoui		24	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Daley Blind	94	32	305	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ryan Gravenberch	94	19	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Dusan Tadic		33	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Steven Berghuis	81	30	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Antony		22	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Sébastien Haller		27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

125

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Núñez7781

Darwin Núñez

Uruguay

B.date24/06/1999

Age22 years

H1m87

positionCentre forward

88Ramos90+167

Gonçalo Ramos

Portugal

B.date20/06/2001

Age20 years

H1m84

positionForward

27Silva

Rafa Silva

Portugal

B.date17/05/1993

Age28 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

49Taarabt46

Adel Taarabt

Morocco

B.date24/05/1989

Age32 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

7Everton72

Everton

Brazil

B.date22/03/1996

Age25 years

H1m74

positionForward

28Weigl

Julian Weigl

Germany

B.date08/09/1995

Age26 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Grimaldo

Alejandro Grimaldo

Spain

B.date15/09/1995

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

5Vertonghen

Jan Vertonghen

Belgium

B.date24/04/1987

Age34 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

30Otamendi

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentina

B.date12/02/1988

Age34 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

2Gilberto90+1

Gilberto

Brazil

B.date07/03/1993

Age29 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

99Vlachodimos

Odisseas Vlachodimos

Greece

B.date26/04/1994

Age27 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
99	G	Odisseas Vlachodimos		27	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Nicolás Otamendi		34	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jan Vertonghen		34	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Gilberto	90+1	29	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Alejandro Grimaldo		26	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Julian Weigl		26	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
49	M	Adel Taarabt	46	32	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Everton	72	25	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
88	M	Gonçalo Ramos	90+167	20	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Darwin Núñez	7781	22	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Rafa Silva		28	223	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

116

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Przemyslaw Tyton		34
51	G	Charlie Setford		17
3	D	Perr Schuurs		22
15	D	Devyne Rensch		19
31	D	Nicolás Tagliafico		29
25	M	Kenneth Taylor		19
20	M	Mohammed Kudus	90+7	21	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Davy Klaassen	81	29	262	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Brian Brobbey	81	20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Danilo		22
30	F	Mohammed Daramy		20
19	F	Zakaria Labyad		29

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
77	G	Helton Leite		31
91	D	Morato		20
22	D	Valentino Lazaro	90+1	25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	André Almeida		31
11	M	Souahilo Meïté	46	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
55	M	Paulo Bernardo	90+1	20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	João Mário		29
31	M	Gil Dias		25
23	M	Nemanja Radonjic		26
17	F	Diogo Goncalves	81	25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Roman Yaremchuk	72	26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	F	Henrique Araújo		20

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Edson Alvarez

Davy Klaassen

OUT

Jurrien Timber

Perr Schuurs

OUT

Lisandro Martínez

Nicolás Tagliafico

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gilberto

Valentino Lazaro

OUT

Nicolás Otamendi

Morato

OUT

Everton

Diogo Goncalves

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Erik ten Hag

206

Success rate in this team:

74 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

64 %

ten Hag vs Benfica

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 15, 2022

ten Hag vs Verissimo

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 15, 2022

Manager

Age

Match num

Verissimo

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Verissimo vs Ajax Amsterdam

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 15, 2022

Verissimo vs ten Hag

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 15, 2022

Referee

Carlos del Cerro Grande

1 victory	2 draws	2 losses	Ajax Amsterdam5 matches	General total	Benfica3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Ajax Amsterdam1 match	Season total	Benfica1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 15, 2022					Latest figure on April 19, 2023

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Ajax Amsterdam after 6 consecutive matches without a loss vs Benfica (since 19/02/1969). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Darwin Núñez scores 1 goal vs Ajax Amsterdam in his professional career

Gonçalo Ramos played his game number 50 in his professional career

Read the next 2 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAjax Amsterdam 5-0 Fortuna Sittard22/12/2021

VAjax Amsterdam 9-0 Excelsior Maassluis20/01/2022

VAjax Amsterdam 3-0 Heracles Almelo06/02/2022

VAjax Amsterdam 5-0 Vitesse Arnhem09/02/2022

VAjax Amsterdam 5-0 FC Twente13/02/2022

VAjax Amsterdam 3-2 RKC Waalwijk06/03/2022

Overall

VWillem II 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam19/02/2022

DBenfica 2-2 Ajax Amsterdam23/02/2022

LGo Ahead Eagles 2-1 Ajax Amsterdam27/02/2022

VAZ Alkmaar 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam03/03/2022

VAjax Amsterdam 3-2 RKC Waalwijk06/03/2022

VCambuur 2-3 Ajax Amsterdam11/03/2022

Current form

Away

LFC Porto 3-0 Benfica23/12/2021

LFC Porto 3-1 Benfica30/12/2021

VArouca 0-2 Benfica21/01/2022

VTondela 1-3 Benfica07/02/2022

DBoavista 2-2 Benfica18/02/2022

VPortimonense 1-2 Benfica05/03/2022

Overall

VBenfica 2-1 Santa Clara12/02/2022

DBoavista 2-2 Benfica18/02/2022

DBenfica 2-2 Ajax Amsterdam23/02/2022

VBenfica 3-0 Vitória Guimarães27/02/2022

VPortimonense 1-2 Benfica05/03/2022

DBenfica 1-1 Vizela11/03/2022

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	3
Unbeaten streak	7	3
Drawless streak	10	4
Scoring streak	10	21
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	7
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	5	14
Conceding streak	3	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

8	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	13
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	11
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
6	Victories (Competition total)	5
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	4
0	Draws (Home / Away)	3
0	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	12
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
3.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.36
3.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.8
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.09
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 times)

Bookings

12	Yellow cards (Competition total)	30
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Sébastien Haller	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Rafa Silva
Sébastien Haller	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Rafa Silva
Sébastien Haller	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Darwin Núñez
Sébastien Haller	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Antony	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	João Mário
Sébastien Haller	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	João Mário
Sébastien Haller	11 goals, 2 assists during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Roman Yaremchuk

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

3 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

3 d

0 l

6 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

8 matches

4 v

3 d

1 l

12 gf

7 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

0 v

3 d

1 l

4 gf

6 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

8 matches

1 v

3 d

4 l

7 gf

12 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	March 05, 1969
Home	1 - 0	October 23, 2018

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	February 12, 1969
Away	3 - 1	February 12, 1969

Latest head to head

February 23, 2022 - Ligue des Champions 2021/2022

Benfica

2 - 2

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

November 07, 2018 - Ligue des Champions 2018/2019

Benfica

1 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

October 23, 2018 - Ligue des Champions 2018/2019

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 0

Benfica

April 19, 1972 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1971/1972

Benfica

0 - 0

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

April 05, 1972 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1971/1972

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 0

Benfica

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Inge Danielsson	4 goals	1969 - 1969
Johan Cruijff	3 goals	1969 - 1969
Dusan Tadic	2 goals	2018 - 2022
Noussair Mazraoui	1 goal	2018 - 2018
Sébastien Haller	1 goal	2022 - 2022
Sjaak Swart	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

José Torres	2 goals	1969 - 1969
Jose Jacinto Santos	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Jose Augusto	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Jonas	1 goal	2018 - 2018
Roman Yaremchuk	1 goal	2022 - 2022

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Sjaak Swart	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Piet Keizer	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Wim Suurbier	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Barry Hulshoff	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Johan Cruijff	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Velibor Vasovic	3 matches	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

Toni	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Eusebio	5 matches	1969 - 1972
José Henrique	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Humberto Coelho	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Jaime Graça	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Adolfo Calisto	4 matches	1969 - 1972