Wednesday , 30 September 2026

AFC Ajax vs AZ, Eredivisie 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

Eredivisie · 2023-24
AFC Ajax
1 – 2
Full Time
AZ
Sun 8 Oct 2023 · 12:30 UTC Johan Cruijff Arena HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 45' Vangelis Pavlidis
0–2 57' Dani de Wit
Branco van den Boomen 73' 1–2
Steven Bergwijn 50' Y
Silvano Vos 65' Y
Y 87' Bruno Martins Indi

Overview

Match Preview

AFC Ajax vs AZ — Eredivisie at Johan Cruijff Arena.

  • AFC Ajax 7 games · 14 pts (2026/27)
  • AZ 7 games · 19 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

  • Referee Allard Lindhout
  • Assistant 1 Rogier Honig
  • Assistant 2 Patrick Inia
6 games this season 🟨 1.5/game ⚽ 7.7 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AZ 7 19
2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 7 17
3 PSV 7 16
4 FC Twente '65 7 16
5 AFC Ajax 7 14
6 Fortuna Sittard 7 13
7 SBV Excelsior 7 11
8 FC Groningen 7 11
9 Go Ahead Eagles 7 10
10 SC Heerenveen 7 9
11 NEC 7 8
12 Sparta Rotterdam 7 5
13 Telstar 1963 7 5
14 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 7 5
15 FC Utrecht 7 5
16 PEC Zwolle 7 4
17 ADO Den Haag 7 2
18 Willem II Tilburg 7 2

Head-to-Head

3
4
9
AFC Ajax 16 games · Avg 2.5 goals AZ
Last 5 meetings
2023-10-08 AFC Ajax 1–2 AZ 2023-05-06 AFC Ajax 0–0 AZ 2022-09-18 AZ 2–1 AFC Ajax 2022-05-08 AZ 2–2 AFC Ajax 2021-12-12 AFC Ajax 1–2 AZ

Recent Form

AFC Ajax
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Oct AZ H 1–2 L
05 Oct PAE AEK A 1–1 D
27 Sep Feyenoord Rotterdam H 0–4 L
21 Sep Olympique de Marseille H 3–3 D
17 Sep FC Twente '65 A 1–3 L
03 Sep Fortuna Sittard A 0–0 D
AZ
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Oct AFC Ajax A 2–1 W
01 Oct Fortuna Sittard H 4–0 W
28 Sep Heracles Almelo H 1–1 D
24 Sep PEC Zwolle A 3–0 W
17 Sep Sparta Rotterdam H 2–0 W
03 Sep SBV Vitesse A 2–0 W

Season Stats

AFC Ajax AZ
#5 Position #1
14 Points 19
7 Played 7
4 / 2 / 1 W / D / L 6 / 1 / 0
21 Scored 18
9 Conceded 6
+12 GD +12
2.00 PPG 2.71
57% Win % 86%

Key Stats

44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
29% Clean Sheets
AFC Ajax this season
43% Clean Sheets
AZ this season

AFC Ajax are 5th (14 pts). AZ are 1st (19 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

AFC Ajax
0-15
–/1
16-30
1/–
31-45
6/3
46-60
2/1
61-75
5/1
76+
6/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
AZ
0-15
2/–
16-30
1/3
31-45
3/–
46-60
4/–
61-75
4/1
76+
4/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

AFC Ajax
Julian Brandt 4 G
Toluwalas Arokodare 3 G 1 A
Davy Klaassen 3 G
Kasper Dolberg 2 G 2 A
Jorthy Mokio 1 G
AZ
Ro-Zangelo Daal 4 G
Mexx Meerdink 3 G 2 A
Jizz Hornkamp 2 G
Ayoub Oufkir 2 G
Calvin Stengs 1 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at Johan Cruijff Arena. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' AFC Ajax are deployed in a 4-3-3 today, looking to exploit space against AZ's 4-2-3-1 shape.
  • 10' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 15' AFC Ajax started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
  • 20' Maty Ryan has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 25' Brian Brobbey has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 30' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. AZ needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 40' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 41' AFC Ajax manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Georges Mikautadze is hanging Amourricho van Axel Dongen on the field on 41 minute.
  • 45' Vangelis Pavlidis is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 6 goals this season for the .
  • 46' The AFC Ajax manager makes a substitution. Devyne Rensch departs to be replaced by Anton Gaaei.
  • 50' Steven Bergwijn is having his name booked by the referee on 50.
  • 55' 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.
  • 57' Dani de Wit is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 62' Portugal international Alexandre Penetra has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 65' The referee shows AFC Ajax player a Yellow card on 65.
  • 68' Branco van den Boomen is ready to make an impact after coming on for Silvano Vos at the 68 minute mark.
  • 71' Bruno Martins Indi is ready to make an impact after coming on for Riechedly Bazoer at the 71 minute mark.
  • 72' The supporters are chanting for Ibrahim Sadiq. He replaces Mayckel Lahdo on 72 minute.
  • 73' Branco van den Boomen doubles the advantage! 1-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 78' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both AFC Ajax and AZ are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 79' AZ make a change. Vangelis Pavlidis trudges off to be replaced by Jens Odgaard on 79 minutes.
  • 84' AZ 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.
  • 87' Bruno Martins Indi picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 88' A tactical swap from AZ — Denso Kasius on, David Wolfe off on 88 minutes.
  • 89' The AFC Ajax bench stirs into life. Jakov Medic is withdrawn and Chuba Akpom gets his opportunity.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-2.

Lineups

AFC Ajax Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Maurice Steijn

AZ Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pascal Jansen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Vangelis Pavlidis 4
Davy Klaassen 3
Myron Boadu 2
Ruben van Bommel 2
Mayckel Lahdo 1
Guus Til 1
Brian Brobbey 1
Ricardo van Rhijn 1

Head to Head

2023-10-08 AFC Ajax 1–2 AZ 2023-05-06 AFC Ajax 0–0 AZ 2022-09-18 AZ 2–1 AFC Ajax 2022-05-08 AZ 2–2 AFC Ajax 2021-12-12 AFC Ajax 1–2 AZ

AFC Ajax Form

2023-10-08 AFC Ajax 1–2 AZ L 2023-10-05 PAE AEK 1–1 AFC Ajax D 2023-09-27 AFC Ajax 0–4 Feyenoord Rotterdam L 2023-09-21 AFC Ajax 3–3 Olympique de Marseille D 2023-09-17 FC Twente '65 3–1 AFC Ajax L 2023-09-03 Fortuna Sittard 0–0 AFC Ajax D

AZ Form

2023-10-08 AFC Ajax 1–2 AZ W 2023-10-01 AZ 4–0 Fortuna Sittard W 2023-09-28 AZ 1–1 Heracles Almelo D 2023-09-24 PEC Zwolle 0–3 AZ W 2023-09-17 AZ 2–0 Sparta Rotterdam W 2023-09-03 SBV Vitesse 0–2 AZ W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.25 AFC Ajax xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.98 AZ xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 62% + Both teams to score 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct
AFC Ajax24% Draw24% AZ52%
Actual: AZ win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes62% 0% No38%
Avg goals/match: 3.23
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 83%
17%
± 2.5 62%
38%
± 3.5 40%
60%
± 4.5 23%
77%

Double Chance

AFC Ajax or Draw
48%
Draw or AZ
76%
AFC Ajax or AZ
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
AFC Ajax19% Draw42% AZ39%
Actual: AZ win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.6%
1 – 2
Actual
0 – 2
7.7%
0 – 1
7.2%
1 – 3
6.1%
2 – 1
5.9%
2 – 2
5.8%
0 – 0
5.5%
0 – 3
5%
1 – 0
4.2%
2 – 3
3.9%
1 – 4
3.1%

Asian Handicap — AFC Ajax

Handicap AFC Ajax covers Push AZ covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 7% 90%
-1.5 10% — 90%
-1 10% 13% 77%
-0.5 23% — 77%
+0.5 47% — 53%
+1 47% 21% 32%
+1.5 68% — 32%
+2 68% 16% 15%
+2.5 85% — 15%

Clean Sheet

AFC Ajax keeps clean sheet
15% ✓
AZ keeps clean sheet
29% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.