Real Madrid CF vs AFC Ajax, 2018-19 ROUND OF 16
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Overview
Match Preview
Real Madrid CF vs AFC Ajax — Champions League .
- Real Madrid CF 8 games · 15 pts (2025/26)
- AFC Ajax 8 games · 6 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Bastian Dankert
- Referee Stefan Lupp
- Referee Felix Brych
- Referee Mark Borsch
- Referee Marco Fritz
- Referee Daniel Siebert
17 games this season 🟨 0.4/game ⚽ 4.1 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 05 Mar AFC Ajax H 1–4 L 02 Mar FC Barcelona H 0–1 L 24 Feb Levante UD A 2–1 W 17 Feb Girona FC H 1–2 L 13 Feb AFC Ajax A 2–1 W 09 Feb Club Atletico de Madrid A 3–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 05 Mar Real Madrid CF A 4–1 W 24 Feb ADO Den Haag A 5–1 W 17 Feb NAC Breda H 5–0 W 13 Feb Real Madrid CF H 1–2 L 09 Feb Heracles Almelo A 0–1 L 02 Feb VVV Venlo H 6–0 W Season Stats
Real Madrid CF AFC Ajax #9 Position #32 15 Points 6 8 Played 8 5 / 0 / 3 W / D / L 2 / 0 / 6 21 Scored 8 12 Conceded 21 +9 GD -13 1.88 PPG 0.75 63% Win % 25% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
Real Madrid CF this season0% Clean Sheets
AFC Ajax this seasonReal Madrid CF are 9th (15 pts). AFC Ajax are 32nd (6 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Real Madrid CF0-151/116-301/–31-451/246-60–/161-751/–76+–/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Real Madrid CF and AFC Ajax has kicked off!
- 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 7' AFC Ajax is taking the lead after the goal scored by Hakim Ziyech on 7.
- 12' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Madrid CF needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 17' 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.
- 18' Goal! David Neres scores his 42 goal in 470 matches.
- 23' It’s high time Santiago Solari made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 26' AFC Ajax receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 26.
- 29' The supporters are chanting for Gareth Bale. He replaces Lucas Vazquez on 29 minute.
- 30' A meaty challenge results in booking for Dani Carvajal on 30.
- 35' Another change for Real Madrid CF made on 35 minute. Vinicius Junior leaves to be changed by Marco Asensio.
- 40' Real Madrid CF started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 40.
- 45' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Nicolas Tagliafico suffering a number of foals already.
- 50' It looks like no one’s ball. Real Madrid CF is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 55' The travelling AFC Ajax supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 60' It looks surprising Real Madrid CF does not make any changes. Dusan Tadic has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 62' GOAL! Dusan Tadic scores on 62. Assisted by Donny van de Beek
- 67' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Madrid CF that had 528 games and scored 618 goals.
- 70' Goal! Marco Asensio scores his 50 goal in 528 matches.
- 72' What a strike from Lasse Schone! The score is 1-4.
- 73' Time for substitution for AFC Ajax. Lasse Schone is replaced by Dani de Wit.
- 74' Kasper Dolberg is replacing David Neres for the AFC Ajax side.
- 79' Real Madrid CF is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 80' Joel Veltman is replacing Noussair Mazraoui for the AFC Ajax side.
- 85' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 85 minutes.
- 87' The whistle greets Casemiro as he departs to be replaced by Federico Valverde.
- 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Nacho on 90.
- The final score is 1-4.
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Lineups
Real Madrid CF Lineups
Starting XI
- 10
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17
Lucas Vazquez ↓ Gareth Bale 29'
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- 9
- 6
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28
Vinicius Junior ↓ Marco Asensio 35'
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14
Casemiro ↓ Federico Valverde 87'
- 5
- 25
- 23
Bench
- 3
- 12
- 1
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20
Marco Asensio ↑ 35'
- 24
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15
Federico Valverde ↑ 87'
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11
Gareth Bale ↑ 29'
Coach Santiago SolariAFC Ajax Lineups
Starting XI
- 31
- 10
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20
Lasse Schone ↓ Dani de Wit 73'
- 22
- 24
- 4
- 12
- 6
- 21
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7
David Neres ↓ Kasper Dolberg 74'
- 17
Bench
- 19
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3
Joel Veltman ↑ 80'
- 8
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30
Dani de Wit ↑ 73'
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25
Kasper Dolberg ↑ 74'
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Coach Erik ten Hag -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Hakim Ziyech 2 Marco Asensio 2 Nicolas Tagliafico 1 Karim Benzema 1 Dusan Tadic 1 Lasse Schone 1 David Neres 1 Head to Head
Real Madrid CF Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 42.91 Real Madrid CF xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.82 AFC Ajax xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 84% + Both teams to score 78%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: AFC Ajax winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 4.73Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 98% 2% ± 1.5 95% 5% ± 2.5 84% 16% ± 3.5 68% 32% ± 4.5 50% 50% Double Chance
Real Madrid CF or Draw 74%Draw or AFC Ajax 47%Real Madrid CF or AFC Ajax 79%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: AFC Ajax win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 1–4 not predicted1 – 4Actual2 – 1 6.8%3 – 1 6.4%2 – 2 6%3 – 2 5.7%1 – 1 5.4%4 – 1 4.6%1 – 2 4.3%4 – 2 4.2%2 – 0 3.9%3 – 0 3.7%2 – 3 3.6%3 – 3 3.5%Asian Handicap — Real Madrid CF
Handicap Real Madrid CF covers Push AFC Ajax covers -2.5 24% — 76% -2 24% 17% 59% -1.5 41% — 59% -1 41% 18% 41% -0.5 59% — 41% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 12% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 7% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
Real Madrid CF keeps clean sheet 17% ✓AFC Ajax keeps clean sheet 6% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.