AFC Ajax vs APOEL FC, Champions League 2019-20 PLAY OFF ROUND
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Overview
Match Preview
AFC Ajax vs APOEL FC — Champions League .
Match Details
- Referee Marco Achmuller
- Referee Felix Zwayer
- Referee Thorsten Schiffner
- Referee Tobias Welz
- Referee Sascha Stegemann
- Referee Christian Dingert
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern München 8 21 3 Liverpool FC 8 18 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17 5 FC Barcelona 8 16 6 Chelsea FC 8 16 7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16 8 Manchester City FC 8 16 9 Real Madrid CF 8 15 10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15 11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14 12 Newcastle United FC 8 14 13 Juventus FC 8 13 14 Club Atletico de Madrid 8 13 15 Atalanta BC 8 13 16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12 17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11 18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11 19 Club Brugge KV 8 10 20 Galatasaray SK 8 10 21 AS Monaco FC 8 10 22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10 23 FK Bodø/Glimt 8 9 24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9 25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9 26 Paphos FC 8 9 27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9 28 PSV 8 8 29 Athletic Club 8 8 30 SSC Napoli 8 8 31 FC København 8 8 32 AFC Ajax 8 6 33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4 34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3 35 Villarreal CF 8 1 36 FK Kairat 8 1 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 28 Aug APOEL FC H 2–0 W 20 Aug APOEL FC A 0–0 D 17 Aug VVV Venlo A 4–1 W 13 Aug PAOK FC H 3–2 W 10 Aug FC Emmen H 5–0 W 06 Aug PAOK FC A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 28 Aug AFC Ajax A 0–2 L 20 Aug AFC Ajax H 0–0 D 13 Aug Qarabag Agdam FK A 2–0 W 06 Aug Qarabag Agdam FK H 1–2 L 30 Jul FK Sutjeska Niksic H 3–0 W 23 Jul FK Sutjeska Niksic A 1–0 W Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
AFC Ajax this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. AFC Ajax is hosting APOEL FC for another epic battle.
- 5' APOEL FC is showing some good football. However, APOEL FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. APOEL FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 20' AFC Ajax seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 25' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Edson Alvarez.
- 30' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Dragan Mihajlovic.
- 34' Giorgios Merkis is having his name booked by the referee on 34.
- 39' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar made 480 appearances and scored 50 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 43' GOAL! Edson Alvarez scores on 43. Assisted by Hakim Ziyech
- 45' The referee calls foul for Joel Veltman. He receives a Yellow card.
- 50' What a strike from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar! The score is 2-0.
- 55' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 56' APOEL FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 56.
- 61' Daley Blind has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 8 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 62' APOEL FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 64' The whistle greets Antonio Jakolis as he departs to be replaced by Tomas De Vincenti.
- 69' Joaozinho is having his name booked by the referee on 69.
- 72' The whistle greets Mousa Ta'mari as he departs to be replaced by Andre Vidigal.
- 73' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Roman Bezjak.
- 78' Time for substitution for APOEL FC. Uros Matic is replaced by Linus Hallenius.
- 80' Goal! Dusan Tadic scores his 110 goal in 480 matches.
- 85' APOEL FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 85.
- 87' Time for substitution for AFC Ajax. Hakim Ziyech is replaced by Dani de Wit.
- 89' It is a substitution in AFC Ajax team. Edson Alvarez is replaced by Razvan Marin on 89 minute.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-0.
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Lineups
AFC Ajax Lineups
Starting XI
- 31
- 10
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22
Hakim Ziyech ↓ Dani de Wit 87'
- 24
- 3
- 7
- 9
- 17
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4
Edson Alvarez ↓ Razvan Marin 89'
- 21
- 28
Bench
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30
Dani de Wit ↑ 87'
- 26
- 2
- 11
- 1
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18
Razvan Marin ↑ 89'
- 23
Coach Erik ten HagAPOEL FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 27
- 23
- 20
- 30
- 8
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11
Mousa Ta'mari ↓ Andre Vidigal 72'
- 44
- 89
- 17
- 91
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Uros Matic ↓ Linus Hallenius 78'
Bench
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71
Andre Vidigal ↑ 72'
- 99
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10
Tomas De Vincenti ↑ 64'
- 46
- 7
- 13
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Linus Hallenius ↑ 78'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Dusan Tadic 1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 1 Edson Alvarez 1 AFC Ajax Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.48 AFC Ajax xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.76 APOEL FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 61% + Under — clean sheet likely 58%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: AFC Ajax winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.24Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 87% 13% ± 1.5 66% 34% ± 2.5 39% 61% ± 3.5 19% 81% ± 4.5 8% 92% Double Chance
AFC Ajax or Draw 82%Draw or APOEL FC 45%AFC Ajax or APOEL FC 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: AFC Ajax win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 14.7%1 – 1 12.8%0 – 0 12.8%2 – 0 Actual2 – 1 8.6%0 – 1 6.9%3 – 0 5.4%1 – 2 4.4%3 – 1 4.3%2 – 2 3.4%0 – 2 2.9%4 – 0 2%Asian Handicap — AFC Ajax
Handicap AFC Ajax covers Push APOEL FC covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 16% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 25% 47% -0.5 53% — 47% +0.5 82% — 18% +1 82% 12% 5% +1.5 95% — 5% +2 95% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
AFC Ajax keeps clean sheet 47% ✗APOEL FC keeps clean sheet 24% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.