Heracles Almelo vs Ajax Amsterdam, 2023-24 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie

Heracles Almelo

12': Jizz Hornkamp
60': Mario Engels

FT
2 - 4

Ajax Amsterdam

16': Brian Brobbey
55': Steven Berghuis
57': Brian Brobbey
84': Kristian Hlynsson

About

Heracles Almelo are hosting Ajax Amsterdam at Erve Asito, Almelo, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the Dutch Eredivisie.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Attempt blocked. Tristan Gooijer (Ajax) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven Berghuis.
2': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Justin Hoogma.
3': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Jorrel Hato.
5': Attempt missed. Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Brian De Keersmaecker with a cross.
5': Attempt blocked. Steven Berghuis (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Brian Brobbey.
6': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Jordy Bruijn.
6': Attempt blocked. Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Tahirovic.
7': Foul by Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo).
7': Jorrel Hato (Ajax) wins a free kick on the left wing.
7': Offside, Ajax. Carlos Forbs is caught offside.
10': Emil Hansson (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Foul by Tristan Gooijer (Ajax).
11': Attempt missed. Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Carlos Forbs.
12': Goal! Heracles Almelo 1, Ajax 0. Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jannes Wieckhoff with a through ball.
14': Foul by Brian De Keersmaecker (Heracles Almelo).
14': Steven Berghuis (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
15': Brian De Keersmaecker (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
16': Goal! Heracles Almelo 1, Ajax 1. Brian Brobbey (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Benjamin Tahirovic.
17': Attempt saved. Jordy Bruijn (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jannes Wieckhoff with a cross.
22': Attempt missed. Brian Brobbey (Ajax) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right. Assisted by Steven Berghuis with a through ball.
23': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Tristan Gooijer.
24': Attempt blocked. Jannes Wieckhoff (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emil Hansson with a cross.
24': Attempt missed. Jordy Bruijn (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
24': Attempt missed. Jordy Bruijn (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
24': Attempt blocked. Justin Hoogma (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordy Bruijn.
25': Attempt saved. Brian De Keersmaecker (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Justin Hoogma.
28': Offside, Ajax. Brian Brobbey is caught offside.
29': Foul by Benjamin Tahirovic (Ajax).
29': Marko Vejinovic (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Devyne Rensch (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Foul by Jordy Bruijn (Heracles Almelo).
31': Delay in match because of an injury Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo).
31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
32': Attempt saved. Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ar'Jany Martha.
34': Attempt saved. Steven Berghuis (Ajax) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Kenneth Taylor.
34': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Michael Brouwer.
35': Attempt missed. Brian Brobbey (Ajax) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kristian Hlynsson following a fast break.
36': Foul by Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo).
36': Tristan Gooijer (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Foul by Marko Vejinovic (Heracles Almelo).
36': Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) wins a free kick on the left wing.
37': Attempt blocked. Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Carlos Forbs.
37': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Stijn Bultman.
37': Attempt saved. Devyne Rensch (Ajax) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Steven Berghuis with a cross.
40': Foul by Ar'Jany Martha (Ajax).
40': Jordy Bruijn (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Attempt missed. Kristian Hlynsson (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Carlos Forbs.
44': Attempt blocked. Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tristan Gooijer.
44': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Sava-Arangel Cestic.
44': Attempt blocked. Carlos Forbs (Ajax) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
45': First Half ends, Heracles Almelo 1, Ajax 1.
45': Second Half begins Heracles Almelo 1, Ajax 1.
45': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Thomas Bruns replaces Marko Vejinovic.
46': Attempt saved. Thomas Bruns (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jizz Hornkamp.
49': Offside, Heracles Almelo. Jizz Hornkamp is caught offside.
52': Attempt missed. Brian Brobbey (Ajax) left footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Steven Berghuis with a cross.
53': Devyne Rensch (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
53': Foul by Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo).
54': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Stijn Bultman.
54': Attempt blocked. Carlos Forbs (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
55': Goal! Heracles Almelo 1, Ajax 2. Steven Berghuis (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kristian Hlynsson with a through ball.
56': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Bryan Limbombe replaces Jordy Bruijn.
56': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Mario Engels replaces Emil Hansson.
57': Goal! Heracles Almelo 1, Ajax 3. Brian Brobbey (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jorrel Hato.
59': Foul by Benjamin Tahirovic (Ajax).
59': Thomas Bruns (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
59': Attempt missed. Jannes Wieckhoff (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bryan Limbombe following a set piece situation.
60': Goal! Heracles Almelo 2, Ajax 3. Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Michael Brouwer.
61': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Jetro Willems.
61': Attempt missed. Jorrel Hato (Ajax) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tristan Gooijer following a corner.
63': Attempt blocked. Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Brian Brobbey.
64': Attempt saved. Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jizz Hornkamp.
65': Carlos Forbs (Ajax) wins a free kick on the left wing.
65': Foul by Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo).
67': Attempt saved. Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles Almelo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mario Engels with a cross.
70': Delay in match (Ajax).
71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
71': Corner, Heracles Almelo. Conceded by Ar'Jany Martha.
73': Benjamin Tahirovic (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Foul by Mario Engels (Heracles Almelo).
74': Attempt saved. Carlos Forbs (Ajax) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Berghuis.
74': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Michael Brouwer.
75': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Thomas Bruns.
75': Attempt blocked. Carlos Forbs (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
75': Attempt blocked. Kristian Hlynsson (Ajax) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Tahirovic.
78': Attempt saved. Kristian Hlynsson (Ajax) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Berghuis with a headed pass.
78': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Michael Brouwer.
78': Attempt saved. Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
79': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Mohamed Sankoh replaces Jizz Hornkamp.
81': Brian De Keersmaecker (Heracles Almelo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
81': Foul by Kenneth Taylor (Ajax).
81': Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82': Attempt blocked. Kristian Hlynsson (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
83': Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Jetro Willems.
83': Substitution, Ajax. Anton Gaaei replaces Tristan Gooijer.
84': Attempt blocked. Carlos Forbs (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
84': Goal! Heracles Almelo 2, Ajax 4. Kristian Hlynsson (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Devyne Rensch.
87': Attempt blocked. Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Carlos Forbs with a cross.
89': Brian Brobbey (Ajax) wins a free kick on the right wing.
89': Foul by Sava-Arangel Cestic (Heracles Almelo).
89': Delay in match because of an injury Sava-Arangel Cestic (Heracles Almelo).
90': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90': Sava-Arangel Cestic (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2': Attempt saved. Carlos Forbs (Ajax) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Berghuis.
90'+2': Attempt missed. Steven Berghuis (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Brian Brobbey.
90'+2': Substitution, Heracles Almelo. Navajo Bakboord replaces Sava-Arangel Cestic because of an injury.
90'+3': Substitution, Ajax. Jaydon Banel replaces Carlos Forbs.
90'+5': Offside, Ajax. Brian Brobbey is caught offside.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Heracles Almelo 2, Ajax 4.
0': Match ends, Heracles Almelo 2, Ajax 4.

Statistics

AJA		HER
5	Fouls	9
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	1
11	Corner Kicks	3
5	Saves	7
73.1	Possession	26.9
31	SHOTS	13
12	ON GOAL	7
0.4	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
699	Accurate Passes	207
765	Passes	275
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	6
23	Crosses	13
0.2	Cross %	0.5
56	Long Balls	48
36	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
12	Blocked Shots	2
13	Effective Tackles	13
18	Tackles	18
0.7	Tackle %	0.7
6	Interceptions	10
8	Effective Clearances	28
8	Clearances	28

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: Erve Asito
Location: Almelo, Netherlands
Attendance: 12,080

Eredivisie Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	PSV Eindhoven	31	+86	84
2	Feyenoord Rotterdam	31	+56	75
3	FC Twente	31	+28	63
4	AZ Alkmaar	31	+27	58

Full Table

Line-Ups

Heracles Almelo (5-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Michael Brouwer (GK)
6	Sava-Arangel Cestic
21	Justin Hoogma
35	Stijn Bultman
15	Jetro Willems
3	Jannes Wieckhoff
14	Brian De Keersmaecker
18	Marko Vejinovic
29	Emil Hansson
5	Jordy Bruijn
23	Jizz Hornkamp

Heracles Almelo Substitutes:

Tim Geypens, Sem Scheperman, Mohamed Sankoh, Thomas Bruns, Bryan Limbombe Ekango, Navajo Bakboord, Mario Engels, Timo Jansink, Fabian De Keijzer.

Ajax Amsterdam (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
40	Diant Ramaj (GK)
4	Jorrel Hato
2	Devyne Rensch
42	Ar'jany Martha
47	Tristan Gooijer
38	Kristian Hlynsson
8	Kenneth Taylor
33	Benjamin Tahirovic
9	Brian Brobbey
11	Carlos Forbs
23	Steven Berghuis

Ajax Amsterdam Substitutes:

Borna Sosa, Gerónimo Rulli, Anass Salah-Eddine, Kian Fitz-Jim, Jay Gorter, Anton Gaaei, David Kalokoh, Jakov Medic, Silvano Vos, Jaydon Banel, Ahmetcan Kaplan.

Eredivisie News

Liverpool reach agreement with Feyenoord for Slot compensation - sources

Liverpool have moved a step closer to appointing Arne Slot as manager at Anfield after reaching an agreement with Dutch club Feyenoord for the highly rated coach, sources have told ESPN.

Tillman scores 2 as PSV pay tribute to Dest before 8-0 win

PSV Eindhoven paid tribute to injured defender Sergiño Dest before putting on a show in a 8-0 thrashing of Heerenveen, in which Dest's United States teammate Malik Tillman scored twice.

Malik Tillman's three-minute brace boosts PSV's title hopes

USMNT striker hits two goals in the first 11 minutes as PSV aims to win the Eredivisie.

Arne Slot 'could be a Liverpool coach' - Virgil van Dijk

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has said Arne Slot "could be a Liverpool coach" due to his playing style and philosophy.

Liverpool open talks with Feyenoord over manager Slot - sources

Liverpool have opened talks with Feyenoord in an attempt to negotiate a deal for the Dutch club's coach, Arne Slot, to become Jürgen Klopp's successor as manager at Anfield, sources told ESPN.