Opponent in the Spotlight: Excelsior

Opponent in the Spotlight: Excelsior

12/19/2014

Ajax wil play the away game against Excelsior on Sunday at 14:30.

Ajax and Excelsior so far played 53 official matches against eachother. Ajax won 43 of these confrontations, 6 ended in a draw and Ajax lost 4.

In the season 2011-12 Excelsior played in the Eredivisie for the last time. That season Ajax won both matches with 4-1.

From season 1924-25 Ajax and Excelsior regularly met in the First Division, but when the Eredivisie started Excelsior didn't play at the highest level each season. The times that Excelsior did play in the Eredivisie sometimes resulted in high scores, like when Excelsior played against the great Ajax with amongst others Johan Cruijff/a> Piet Keizer and Sjaak Swart on April 10, 1971. Ajax beat Excelsior with 7-0 versloeg, 3 of the goals were scored by Gerrie Mühren.

On average Ajax scores over 3 goals per match against Excelsior, while Excelsior scores a little less than 1 goal per match against Ajax. None of the previous meetings ended in a goalless draw.

Marco van Basten is with 9 goals the most scoring player of Ajax against Excelsior, followed by Piet van Reenen and Wim Volkers both with 8 goals.

From the current Ajax squad no played has scored against Excelsior on behalf of Ajax.

From the current Excelsior squad Jordy Deckers and Bas Kuipers (on loan) have a history at Ajax.

From the past amongst other players Mounir El Hamdaoui and Sjaak Storm have played for both clubs.

Ajax is now twelf Eredivisie matches in a row unbeaten. One more match before the winter break to extend this serie and keep the pressure on PSV (4 points ahead of Ajax).

Filed under: Excelsior - Ajax 0 - 2 (12/21/2014)

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