AFC Ajax vs Go Ahead Eagles, Eredivisie 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Eredivisie · 2024-25

AFC Ajax

2 – 0

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Go Ahead Eagles

Sun 23 Feb 2025 · 13:30 UTC Johan Cruijff Arena 54,871 HT 45' · FT 45'

Brian Brobbey 56' 1–0

Oliver Edvardsen 87' 2–0

Y 8' Gerrit Nauber

Ahmetcan Kaplan 32' Y

Mika Godts 36' Y

YR 68' Gerrit Nauber

Overview

Match Preview

AFC Ajax vs Go Ahead Eagles — Eredivisie at Johan Cruijff Arena.

AFC Ajax 7 games · 14 pts (2026/27)
Go Ahead Eagles 7 games · 10 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Joey Kooij
Assistant 1 Dyon Fikkert
Assistant 2 Michael Osseweijer

5 games this season 🟨 4.2/game ⚽ 18.0 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

AFC Ajax 10 games · Avg 2.4 goals Go Ahead Eagles

Last 5 meetings

2025-02-23 AFC Ajax 2–0 Go Ahead Eagles 2024-09-21 Go Ahead Eagles 1–1 AFC Ajax 2024-04-04 AFC Ajax 1–1 Go Ahead Eagles 2024-01-14 Go Ahead Eagles 2–3 AFC Ajax 2023-04-02 Go Ahead Eagles 0–0 AFC Ajax

Recent Form

AFC Ajax

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Feb	Go Ahead Eagles	H	2–0	W
20 Feb	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	H	1–2	L
16 Feb	Heracles Almelo	H	4–0	W
13 Feb	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	A	2–0	W
09 Feb	Fortuna Sittard	A	2–0	W
02 Feb	Feyenoord Rotterdam	H	2–1	W

Go Ahead Eagles

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Feb	AFC Ajax	A	0–2	L
14 Feb	Sparta Rotterdam	H	1–0	W
08 Feb	Heracles Almelo	A	2–4	L
02 Feb	FC Twente '65	H	2–2	D
18 Jan	FC Groningen	H	2–1	W
10 Jan	Fortuna Sittard	A	3–0	W

Season Stats

AFC Ajax		Go Ahead Eagles
#5	Position	#9
14	Points	10
7	Played	7
4 / 2 / 1	W / D / L	2 / 4 / 1
21	Scored	16
9	Conceded	14
+12	GD	+2
2.00	PPG	1.43
57%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
AFC Ajax this season

0% Clean Sheets
Go Ahead Eagles this season

AFC Ajax are 5th (14 pts). Go Ahead Eagles are 9th (10 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

Go Ahead Eagles

0-15

1/3

16-30

3/–

31-45

1/4

46-60

3/1

61-75

4/2

76+

4/4

■ 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

Go Ahead Eagles

Soren Tengstedt	5 G	2 A
Victor Edvardsen	3 G	2 A
Stefan Ingi Sigurdarson	3 G	1 A
Mathis Suray	2 G	2 A
Melle Meulensteen	1 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — AFC Ajax and Go Ahead Eagles get this one started.
5' AFC Ajax are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
8' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Gerrit Nauber on 8 minutes.
13' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
18' AFC Ajax are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Go Ahead Eagles backline.
23' Evert Linthorst, a Netherlands , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
28' AFC Ajax currently sit 1 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
32' Ahmetcan Kaplan picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
36' The referee calls foul for Mika Godts. He receives a card.
41' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Go Ahead Eagles that had 182 games and scored 229 goals.
46' The AFC Ajax bench stirs into life. Ahmetcan Kaplan is withdrawn and Daniele Rugani gets his opportunity.
51' Davy Klaassen has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
56' Brian Brobbey puts AFC Ajax on the lead.
59' Fresh legs for AFC Ajax! Steven Berghuis comes on to replace Brian Brobbey.
64' Calvin Twigt gets the nod from Go Ahead Eagles. He replaces Evert Linthorst and will look to change the dynamic.
68' Gerrit Nauber catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 68.
73' Go Ahead Eagles make a change. Dean James trudges off to be replaced by Robbin Weijenberg on 73 minutes.
78' Oliver Antman has been relatively quiet despite scoring 8 goals in his last 6 appearances.
79' Time for substitution for AFC Ajax. Mika Godts is replaced by Oliver Edvardsen.
83' A change in the Go Ahead Eagles ranks — Enric Llansana exits the field as Milan Smit enters on 83.
87' What a strike from Oliver Edvardsen! The score is 2-0.
89' The AFC Ajax manager makes a substitution. Bertrand Traore departs to be replaced by Don-Angelo Konadu.
The points are shared — AFC Ajax 2-0 Go Ahead Eagles. Honours even.

Lineups

AFC Ajax Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

18
Davy Klaassen
20
Bertrand Traore ↓ Don-Angelo Konadu 89'
8
Kenneth Taylor
13
Ahmetcan Kaplan ↓ Daniele Rugani 46'
9
Brian Brobbey ↓ Steven Berghuis 59'
15
Youri Baas
16
Matheus Magalhaes
4
Jorrel Hato
11
Mika Godts ↓ Oliver Edvardsen 79'
3
Anton Gaaei
31
Jorthy Mokio ↓ Kian Fitz-Jim 59'

Bench

Go Ahead Eagles Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

1
Luca Plogmann
26
Julius Dirksen ↑ 73'
9
Milan Smit ↑ 83'
6
Calvin Twigt ↑ 64'
28
Pim Saathof
15
Robbin Weijenberg ↑ 73'
33
Nando Verdoni
29
Aske Adelgaard ↑ 73'
11
Oskar Sivertsen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Davy Klaassen	2
Brian Brobbey	2
Oliver Edvardsen	1
Willum Willumsson	1
Devyne Rensch	1
Benjamin Tahirovic	1
Joris Kramer	1
Victor Edvardsen	1

Head to Head

AFC Ajax Form

2025-02-23 AFC Ajax 2–0 Go Ahead Eagles W 2025-02-20 AFC Ajax 1–2 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise L 2025-02-16 AFC Ajax 4–0 Heracles Almelo W 2025-02-13 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 0–2 AFC Ajax W 2025-02-09 Fortuna Sittard 0–2 AFC Ajax W 2025-02-02 AFC Ajax 2–1 Feyenoord Rotterdam W

Go Ahead Eagles Form

2025-02-23 AFC Ajax 2–0 Go Ahead Eagles L 2025-02-14 Go Ahead Eagles 1–0 Sparta Rotterdam W 2025-02-08 Heracles Almelo 4–2 Go Ahead Eagles L 2025-02-02 Go Ahead Eagles 2–2 FC Twente '65 D 2025-01-18 Go Ahead Eagles 2–1 FC Groningen W 2025-01-10 Fortuna Sittard 0–3 Go Ahead Eagles W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.81 AFC Ajax xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.22 Go Ahead Eagles xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + AFC Ajax to win 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

AFC Ajax66% Draw18% Go Ahead Eagles16%

Actual: AFC Ajax win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 4.03

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	56%	44%
± 4.5	37%	63%

Double Chance

AFC Ajax or Draw

85%

Draw or Go Ahead Eagles

34%

AFC Ajax or Go Ahead Eagles

82%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

AFC Ajax52% Draw34% Go Ahead Eagles14%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.4%

3 – 1

7.7%

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

6.9%

3 – 0

6.5%

4 – 1

5.4%

2 – 2

5.1%

1 – 0

4.8%

3 – 2

4.7%

4 – 0

4.5%

1 – 2

3.7%

4 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — AFC Ajax

Handicap	AFC Ajax covers	Push	Go Ahead Eagles covers
-2.5	30%	—	70%
-2	30%	19%	51%
-1.5	49%	—	51%
-1	49%	20%	31%
-0.5	69%	—	31%
+0.5	86%	—	14%
+1	86%	8%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

AFC Ajax keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

Go Ahead Eagles keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

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