Match Centre: Ajax vs AZ Alkmaar
Player of the match Marc ter Stegen 8.1
GolVolt rating 4.6GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 9' Arokodare, 1:0-
1.4 xG
Ajax kept a clean sheet against 1.4 xG.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:0, from 49% to 70% (Ajax).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+4' · 1:0Ajax 93%draw 6%AZ Alkmaar 0%
90+4' · 1:0xG Ajax 0.76xG AZ Alkmaar 1.43
90+4' · 1:0Last 10 minutes: AZ Alkmaar pressing (10:3 dangerous attacks)
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Noord-Hollandse derby.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 84′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 2.2 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 5.9 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Noord-Hollandse derby. Stakes: 9.7 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances. Quality of play: 2.0 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 4.6more watchable than 46% of Eredivisie matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
1 goal3 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 9' Goal: Tolu Arokodareheader · assist: Ouazane1:0
- 26' Weslley Patatiyellow card · foul
- 30' Abdellah Ouazaneyellow card · foul
- 38' SubstitutionGloukh for Brandt
- 44' Mees de Wityellow card · foul
- Half-time · 1:0
- 46' SubstitutionHoedt for Goes
- 60' 2 substitutionsBissouma for KlaassenLeonardo for Ouazane
- 60' SubstitutionStengs for Andreasen
- 74' 2 substitutionsBerghuis for ArokodareBlind for Mokio
- 78' 2 substitutionsChávez for de WitKasius for Dijkstra
- 85' SubstitutionKovács for Schouten
- Full-time · 1:0
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Ajax
AZ Alkmaar
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Ajax
- 26 Maarten Paes GK —
- 6 Thilo Kehrer DEF —
- 17 Daley Blind DEF on
- 21 Jofre Torrents DEF —
- 36 Dies Janse DEF —
- 10 Oscar Gloukh MID on
- 28 Yves Bissouma MID on
- 67 Mohamed Jabou Abdalla MID —
- 23 Steven Berghuis ATT on
- 38 Marcos Leonardo ATT on
- 43 Rayane Bounida ATT —
- 49 Diego Pugno ATT —
AZ Alkmaar
- 1 Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro GK —
- 2 Seiya Maikuma DEF —
- 5 Mateo Chávez DEF on
- 20 Andrea Natali DEF —
- 29 Wesley Hoedt DEF on
- 30 Denso Kasius DEF on
- 8 Jordy Clasie MID —
- 14 Calvin Stengs MID on
- 54 Jerolldino Bergraaf MID —
- 75 Hessel de Wit MID —
- 18 Bendegúz Kovács ATT on
- 27 Wassim Bouziane ATT —
Match sheet
- Coaches
- Míchel Ajax Leeroy Echteld AZ Alkmaar
- Stadium
- Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam
- Attendance
- 53,331
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Ajax Marc ter Stegen
- 2. place · Ajax Tolu Arokodare
- 3. place · Ajax Youri Baas
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Ajax
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Pro analysis
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Ajax
- 22 Joeri Heerkens
- 51 Charlie Setford
- 3 Anton Gaaei
- 4 Ko Itakura
- 12 Caio Henrique
- 6 Youri Regeer
- 7 Maher Carrizo
- 7 Simon Adingra
- 9 Kasper Dolberg
- 11 Viktor Tsygankov
- 11 Mika Godts
- 20 Oliver Edvardsen
AZ Alkmaar
- 12 Hobie Verhulst
- 41 Jeroen Zoet
- 71 Ismail Ka
- 13 Sam de Grand
- 23 Billy van Duijl
- 31 Rion Ichihara
- 10 Kees Smit
- 33 Matěj Šín
- 62 Julian Oerip
- 9 Troy Parrott
- 17 Isak Jensen
- 19 Jizz Hornkamp
- 24 Ayoub Oufkir
- 27 Sem van Duijn
- – Stije Resink
Absences
Ajax · 5 out
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Kasper Dolberg Injured
since 22 Sep · until 1 Jul 2027 · 5 matches missed · Knee Injury
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Anton Gaaei Injured
since 9 Oct · return date unknown · 5 matches missed · Knee Injury
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Caio Henrique Injured
since 20 Sep · return date unknown · 5 matches missed · Thigh Problems
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Oliver Edvardsen Injured
since 16 Oct · return date unknown · 3 matches missed · Unknown Injury
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Simon Adingra Injured
since 7 Oct · return date unknown · 5 matches missed · Unknown Injury
AZ Alkmaar · 3 out
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Stije Resink Injured
since 1 Mar · until 1 Jan 2027 · 34 matches missed · Knee Injury
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Jizz Hornkamp Injured
since 5 Oct · return date unknown · 5 matches missed · Unknown Injury
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Kees Smit Injured
since 7 Oct · return date unknown · 5 matches missed · Unknown Injury
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.