NEC Nijmegen vs Ajax

Eredivisie · Dec 20, 2025 · 19:00

Final score: NEC Nijmegen 2–2 Ajax

Standings

• NEC Nijmegen: #3 · 59 Pts · 34 P (16W 11D 7L)
• Ajax: #5 · 56 Pts · 34 P (14W 14D 6L)

Recent form

NEC Nijmegen

• D Dec 13, 2025: Telstar 2–2 NEC Nijmegen
• W Dec 7, 2025: FC Volendam 2–3 NEC Nijmegen
• W Nov 29, 2025: NEC Nijmegen 3–1 Sparta Rotterdam
• W Nov 23, 2025: Feyenoord 2–4 NEC Nijmegen
• W Nov 9, 2025: NEC Nijmegen 2–0 Groningen

Ajax

• W Dec 14, 2025: Ajax 2–0 Feyenoord
• W Dec 10, 2025: Qarabag 2–4 Ajax
• W Dec 6, 2025: Fortuna Sittard 1–3 Ajax
• W Dec 2, 2025: Ajax 2–0 Groningen
• L Nov 25, 2025: Ajax 0–2 Benfica

Head-to-head

• 2026-02-21T20:00:00+00:00: Ajax 1–1 NEC Nijmegen
• 2025-12-20T19:00:00+00:00: NEC Nijmegen 2–2 Ajax
• 2025-05-11T14:45:00+00:00: Ajax 0–3 NEC Nijmegen
• 2024-12-01T15:45:00+00:00: NEC Nijmegen 1–2 Ajax
• 2024-02-18T13:30:00+00:00: Ajax 2–2 NEC Nijmegen

Match events

• 3' Goal Own Goal — V. Jaros (NEC Nijmegen)
• 4' Var Goal confirmed — Bryan Linssen (NEC Nijmegen)
• 10' Var Card upgrade — Bryan Linssen (NEC Nijmegen)
• 11' Card Yellow Card — Bryan Linssen (NEC Nijmegen)
• 38' Goal Normal Goal — K. Dolberg (Ajax) (assists: A. Gaaei)
• 44' Goal Normal Goal — M. Godts (Ajax) (assists: Y. Regeer)
• 46' subst Substitution 1 — S. Steur (Ajax) (assists: K. Taylor)
• 46' Goal Normal Goal — S. Ouaissa (NEC Nijmegen) (assists: B. Linssen)
• 59' Card Red Card — Sami Ouaissa (NEC Nijmegen)
• 63' subst Substitution 1 — B. Linssen (NEC Nijmegen) (assists: N. Lebreton)
• 63' subst Substitution 2 — K. Ogawa (NEC Nijmegen) (assists: D. Fonville)
• 72' subst Substitution 2 — D. Klaassen (Ajax) (assists: R. Bounida)
• 74' subst Substitution 3 — B. Onal (NEC Nijmegen) (assists: K. Shiogai)
• 75' subst Substitution 4 — T. Chery (NEC Nijmegen) (assists: B. Pereira)
• 77' Card Yellow Card — Rayane Bounida (Ajax)
• 83' subst Substitution 3 — O. Gloukh (Ajax) (assists: D. Konadu)
• 88' Card Yellow Card — Mika Godts (Ajax)
• 90'+5 Card Yellow Card — Ahmetcan Kaplan (NEC Nijmegen)
• 90'+4 Card Yellow Card — Gonzalo Crettaz (NEC Nijmegen)
• 90'+3 Card Yellow Card — Youri Regeer (Ajax)
• 90'+2 subst Substitution 4 — L. Rosa (Ajax) (assists: J. Mokio)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 6 — 8
• Shots off Goal: 5 — 6
• Total Shots: 15 — 19
• Blocked Shots: 4 — 5
• Shots insidebox: 9 — 13
• Shots outsidebox: 6 — 6
• Fouls: 8 — 8
• Corner Kicks: 1 — 7
• Offsides: 3 — 1
• Ball Possession: 39% — 61%
• Yellow Cards: 3 — 3
• Red Cards: 1 — 0
• Goalkeeper Saves: 6 — 4
• Total passes: 338 — 518
• Passes accurate: 265 — 438
• Passes %: 78% — 85%
• expected_goals: 2.05 — 2.02
• goals_prevented: 0.34 — 0.34