Timeline
- 7' Tolu Arokodare assist Jorthy Mokio
- 17' Jorthy Mokio Yellow Card
- 33' Bryan Linssen Yellow Card
- 54' Gabi Brás Yellow Card
- 60' Abdellah Ouazane for Oscar Gloukh
- 60' Simon Adingra for Viktor Tsygankov
- 67' Abdellah Ouazane Yellow Card
- 72' Ahmetcan Kaplan for Perr Schuurs
- 73' Mitchel Bakker for Bryan Linssen
- 73' Marcos Leonardo for Tolu Arokodare
- 73' Aaron Bouwman for Lucas Rosa
- 80' Davy Klaassen for Owen Wijndal
- 82' Jamiro Monteiro for Kevin Kers
- 82' Willum Thór Willumsson for Tjaronn Chery
Match stats
61.1%
Possession
38.9%
18
Shots
8
5
On target
2
8
Fouls
13
2
Yellow cards
2
0
Red cards
0
1
Offsides
5
1
Saves
4
406
Accurate passes
216
Lineups
Ajax
4-3-3
1
Stegen
5
Wijndal
15
Baas
6
Kehrer
2
Rosa
8
Brandt
4
Amrabat
24
Mokio
10
Gloukh
99
Arokodare
11
Tsygankov
NEC Nijmegen
3-4-2-1
1
Crettaz
24
Fonville
4
Schuurs
73
Brás
34
Kers
20
Lebreton
6
Nejasmic
21
Storm
10
Tadic
30
Linssen
9
Chery
Ajax
4-3-3
- 1 Marc-André ter Stegen G
- 15 Youri Baas CD-L
- 6 Thilo Kehrer CD-R
- 5 Owen Wijndal ▼ LB
- 2 Lucas Rosa ▼ RB
- 4 Sofyan Amrabat CM
- 8 Julian Brandt LM
- 24 Jorthy Mokio RM
- 99 Tolu Arokodare ▼ F
- 10 Oscar Gloukh ▼ LF
- 11 Viktor Tsygankov ▼ RF
Came on
- 18 Davy Klaassen ▲ SUB
- 7 Simon Adingra ▲ SUB
- 68 Abdellah Ouazane ▲ SUB
- 30 Aaron Bouwman ▲ SUB
- 38 Marcos Leonardo ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
- 43 Rayane Bounida SUB
- 51 Charlie Setford SUB
- 26 Maarten Paes SUB
- 20 Oliver Edvardsen SUB
- 21 Jofre Torrents SUB
- 36 Dies Janse SUB
- 28 Yves Bissouma SUB
NEC Nijmegen
3-4-2-1
- 1 Gonzalo Crettaz G
- 4 Perr Schuurs ▼ CD
- 24 Deveron Fonville CD-L
- 73 Gabi Brás CD-R
- 20 Noé Lebreton CM-L
- 6 Darko Nejasmic CM-R
- 34 Kevin Kers ▼ LM
- 21 Tobias Storm RM
- 30 Bryan Linssen ▼ F
- 10 Dusan Tadic CF-L
- 9 Tjaronn Chery ▼ CF-R
Came on
- 22 Ahmetcan Kaplan ▲ SUB
- 5 Mitchel Bakker ▲ SUB
- 35 Jamiro Monteiro ▲ SUB
- 11 Willum Thór Willumsson ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
- 36 Freek Entius SUB
- 99 Clement Bischoff SUB
- 19 Adam Tahaui SUB
- 12 Nikolas Polster SUB
- 8 Isak Hansen-Aarøen SUB
- 42 Yassin Moslih SUB
- 66 Almugera Kabar SUB
Commentary
- Match ends, Ajax 1, NEC 1.
- 90'+4' Second Half ends, Ajax 1, NEC 1.
- 90'+1' Attempt saved. Simon Adingra (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Gonzalo Crettaz (NEC). Assisted by Julian Brandt.
- 90'+1' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 88' Attempt missed. Abdellah Ouazane (Ajax) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sofyan Amrabat.
- 87' Attempt missed. Julian Brandt (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 86' Marcos Leonardo (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 86' Foul by Ahmetcan Kaplan (NEC).
- 85' Jorthy Mokio (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85' Foul by Noé Lebreton (NEC).
- 84' Attempt saved. Dusan Tadic (NEC) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing is saved in the centre of the goal by Marc ter Stegen (Ajax).
- 82' Substitution, NEC. Willum Willumsson replaces Tjaronn Chery.
Recent form
Ajax
D
W
W
L
W
- W at Telstar 4-0 Eredivisie
- L PSV Eindhoven 3-1 Eredivisie
- W at Fortuna Sittard 5-1 Eredivisie
- W Willem II 5-1 Eredivisie
- D Excelsior 2-2 Eredivisie
NEC Nijmegen
D
L
L
D
L
- L Feyenoord 3-1 Eredivisie
- D Excelsior 2-2 Eredivisie
- L at SC Cambuur 3-0 Eredivisie
- L at Juventus 5-0 UEFA Europa League
- D Go Ahead Eagles 1-1 Eredivisie
Head to head
Series tied 1-1-3
- 21 Feb 2026 Ajax 1–1 NEC Nijmegen 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie
- 20 Dec 2025 NEC Nijmegen 2–2 Ajax 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie
- 11 May 2025 Ajax 0–3 NEC Nijmegen 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie
- 1 Dec 2024 NEC Nijmegen 1–2 Ajax 2024-25 Dutch Eredivisie
- 18 Feb 2024 Ajax 2–2 NEC Nijmegen 2023-24 Dutch Eredivisie
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