AFC Ajax vs Royal Standard de Liege, 2018-19 3RD QUALIFYING ROUND
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Overview
Match Preview
AFC Ajax vs Royal Standard de Liege — Champions League .
- AFC Ajax 8 games · 6 pts (2025/26)
- Royal Standard de Liege 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ivan Kruzliak
- Referee Tomas Somolani
- Referee Branislav Hancko
- Referee Filip Glova
10 games this season 🟨 1.5/game ⚽ 5.9 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern Munchen 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 Bodo/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 Kobenhavn 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Aug Royal Standard de Liege H 3–0 W 11 Aug Heracles Almelo H 1–1 D 07 Aug Royal Standard de Liege A 2–2 D 01 Aug SK Sturm Graz A 3–1 W 25 Jul SK Sturm Graz H 2–0 W 06 May Sport Lisboa e Benfica A 1–5 L Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
AFC Ajax this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between AFC Ajax and Royal Standard de Liege is underway.
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. AFC Ajax is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Noussair Mazraoui made 469 appearances and scored 12 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
- 20' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 25' Collins Fai needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 30' Klaas-Jan Huntelaar puts AFC Ajax on the lead.
- 34' GOAL! Matthijs de Ligt scores on 34. Assisted by Hakim Ziyech
- 39' 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.
- 44' 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.
- 46' Goal! David Neres scores his 42 goal in 469 matches.
- 51' It looks surprising AFC Ajax does not make any changes. Daley Blind has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 54' Time for substitution for Royal Standard de Liege. Samuel Bastien is replaced by Gojko Cimirot.
- 59' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Royal Standard de Liege that had 372 games and scored 363 goals.
- 64' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 66' The whistle greets Luis Pedro Cavanda as he departs to be replaced by Sebastien Pocognoli.
- 71' Royal Standard de Liege is showing some good football. However, Royal Standard de Liege are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 76' It’s a booking for Royal Standard de Liege player. Paul-Jose Mpoku gets a Yellow card.
- 76' Another change for AFC Ajax made on 76 minute. Noussair Mazraoui leaves to be changed by Rasmus Kristensen.
- 78' The whistle greets Renaud Emond as he departs to be replaced by Orlando Sa.
- 82' AFC Ajax manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Donny van de Beek is hanging David Neres on the field on 82 minute.
- 87' Royal Standard de Liege is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 90' The whistle greets Hakim Ziyech as he departs to be replaced by Zakaria Labyad.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-0.
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Lineups
AFC Ajax Lineups
Starting XI
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- 20
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22
Hakim Ziyech ↓ Zakaria Labyad 90'
- 24
- 4
- 12
- 21
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7
David Neres ↓ Donny van de Beek 82'
- 9
- 17
Bench
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19
Zakaria Labyad ↑ 90'
- 26
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2
Rasmus Kristensen ↑ 76'
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Donny van de Beek ↑ 82'
- 15
- 5
- 39
Coach Erik ten HagRoyal Standard de Liege Lineups
Starting XI
- 13
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28
Samuel Bastien ↓ Gojko Cimirot 54'
- 5
- 21
- 34
- 29
- 18
- 26
- 10
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9
Renaud Emond ↓ Orlando Sa 78'
- 40
Bench
- 23
- 1
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15
Sebastien Pocognoli ↑ 66'
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- 19
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Gojko Cimirot ↑ 54'
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30
Orlando Sa ↑ 78'
Coach Michel Preud'homme -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2 Mehdi Carcela 1 David Neres 1 Renaud Emond 1 Dusan Tadic 1 Dusan Tadic 1 Mehdi Carcela 1 Head to Head
AFC Ajax Form
Royal Standard de Liege Form
2018-08-14 AFC Ajax 3–0 Royal Standard de Liege L 2018-08-11 Royal Standard de Liege 0–0 Cercle Brugge KSV D 2018-08-07 Royal Standard de Liege 2–2 AFC Ajax D 2018-08-03 KV RS Waasland-SK Beveren 0–0 Royal Standard de Liege D 2018-07-27 Royal Standard de Liege 3–2 KAA Gent W 2018-05-05 Royal Standard de Liege 0–0 Italy D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.77 AFC Ajax xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.79 Royal Standard de Liege xGI would bet for: AFC Ajax to win 59%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: AFC Ajax winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.56Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 46% 54% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
AFC Ajax or Draw 84%Draw or Royal Standard de Liege 41%AFC Ajax or Royal Standard de Liege 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: AFC Ajax win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 13%2 – 0 11.9%1 – 1 11.6%0 – 0 9.7%2 – 1 9.2%3 – 0 Actual3 – 1 5.5%0 – 1 5.2%1 – 2 4%2 – 2 3.7%4 – 0 3.1%4 – 1 2.5%Asian Handicap — AFC Ajax
Handicap AFC Ajax covers Push Royal Standard de Liege covers -2.5 16% — 84% -2 16% 19% 65% -1.5 35% — 65% -1 35% 25% 41% -0.5 59% — 41% +0.5 85% — 15% +1 85% 10% 5% +1.5 95% — 5% +2 95% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
AFC Ajax keeps clean sheet 46% ✗Royal Standard de Liege keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.