AS Roma vs AFC Ajax, Europe 2020-21 QUARTER FINALS
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Overview
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- Referee Stuart Attwell
- Referee David Coote
- Referee Paul Tierney
- Referee Anthony Taylor
- Referee Gary Beswick
- Referee Adam Nunn
25 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 5.1 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Apr AFC Ajax H 1–1 D 11 Apr Bologna FC 1909 H 1–0 W 08 Apr AFC Ajax A 2–1 W 03 Apr US Sassuolo Calcio A 2–2 D 21 Mar SSC Napoli H 0–2 L 18 Mar FK Shakhtar Donetsk A 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Apr AS Roma A 1–1 D 11 Apr RKC Waalwijk A 1–0 W 08 Apr AS Roma H 1–2 L 04 Apr SC Heerenveen A 2–1 W 21 Mar ADO Den Haag H 5–0 W 18 Mar BSC Young Boys A 2–0 W Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history30% Clean Sheets
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Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for AS Roma to score. At the same time, AFC Ajax does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' AS Roma started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
- 10' AFC Ajax is showing some good football. However, AFC Ajax are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 15' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 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.
- 22' Perr Schuurs has so much to prove this time. He replaces Sean Klaiber on 22 minute.
- 27' AS Roma is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 32' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering AFC Ajax that had 470 games and scored 728 goals.
- 37' 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.
- 42' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 43' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Roger Ibanez.
- 46' AFC Ajax manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Brian Brobbey is hanging Antony on the field on 46 minute.
- 49' What a strike from Brian Brobbey! The score is 0-1.
- 54' It looks surprising AFC Ajax does not make any changes. Pau Lopez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 56' What a strike from Dusan Tadic! The score is 0-2.
- 61' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. AS Roma needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 66' It looks like no one’s ball. AS Roma is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 67' Jordan Veretout is having his name booked by the referee on 67.
- 68' A meaty challenge results in booking for Gianluca Mancini on 68.
- 70' Time for substitution for AFC Ajax. Edson Alvarez is replaced by Mohammed Kudus.
- 72' Goal! Edin Dzeko scores his 93 goal in 514 matches.
- 77' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 77 minutes.
- 78' A meaty challenge results in booking for Edin Dzeko on 78.
- 80' The AS Roma manager makes a substitution. Edin Dzeko departs to be replaced by Borja Mayoral.
- 81' Gonzalo Villar has so much to prove this time. He replaces Riccardo Calafiori on 81 minute.
- 83' Another change for AFC Ajax made on 83 minute. Perr Schuurs leaves to be changed by Oussama Idrissi.
- 86' Bryan Cristante is having his name booked by the referee on 86.
- 87' AS Roma manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Pedro is hanging Henrikh Mkhitaryan on the field on 87 minute.
- 89' Nicolas Tagliafico is having his name booked by the referee on 89.
- 90' The referee shows AFC Ajax player a Yellow card on 90.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
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Lineups
AS Roma Lineups
Starting XI
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan ↓ Pedro 87'
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Edin Dzeko ↓ Borja Mayoral 80'
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Bench
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Pedro ↑ 87'
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Borja Mayoral ↑ 80'
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Gonzalo Villar ↑ 81'
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Coach Paulo FonsecaAFC Ajax Lineups
Starting XI
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Antony ↓ Brian Brobbey 46'
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Sean Klaiber ↓ Perr Schuurs 22'
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Edson Alvarez ↓ Mohammed Kudus 70'
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Bench
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Perr Schuurs ↑ 22'
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Mohammed Kudus ↑ 70'
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Lassina Franck Traore ↑ 83'
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Brian Brobbey ↑ 46'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Roger Ibanez 1 Lorenzo Pellegrini 1 Dusan Tadic 1 Brian Brobbey 1 Edin Dzeko 1 Davy Klaassen 1 AS Roma Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.16 AS Roma xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.09 AFC Ajax xGI would bet for: AS Roma or AFC Ajax 70% + Under 2.5 goals 61%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.25Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / 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
AS Roma or Draw 70%Draw or AFC Ajax 60%AS Roma or AFC Ajax 70%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 12.9%1 – 0 11%0 – 1 10.3%2 – 1 7.5%1 – 2 7%2 – 0 6.8%0 – 2 6%2 – 2 4.2%3 – 1 2.9%3 – 0 2.6%1 – 3 2.6%Asian Handicap — AS Roma
Handicap AS Roma covers Push AFC Ajax covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 10% 85% -1.5 15% — 85% -1 15% 20% 64% -0.5 36% — 64% +0.5 68% — 32% +1 68% 19% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 9% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
AS Roma keeps clean sheet 34% ✓AFC Ajax keeps clean sheet 32% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.