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Utrecht 2-2 Ajax Amsterdam - September 13, 1998 / Eredivisie 1998/1999

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Eredivisie 1998/1999 - Round 4

Nieuw Galgenwaard - Utrecht - Netherlands

September 13, 1998

13 500

Utrecht

2 - 2

Ajax Amsterdam

John O'Brien

45'

Michael Mols

82'

Jari LitmanenAssist by Benni McCarthy

61'

Benni McCarthyAssist by Jari Litmanen

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6' - Goal Jari Litmanen

45' - Goal John O'Brien45

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58' - Yellow card Alfons Groenendijk58

61' - Goal Benni McCarthy

62' - Substitution Alfons Groenendijkis substituted by Pascal Bosschaart photo Etienne Shew-Atjon

62' - Substitution Emiel Van Eijkerenis substituted by Etienne Shew-Atjon62

74' - Substitution Benni McCarthyis substituted by Gerald Sibon

82' - Goal Michael Mols82

87' - Substitution Tijjani Babangidais substituted by Jesper Grönkjaer

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Utrecht

2 - 2

Ajax Amsterdam

Utrecht Ajax Amsterdam

Team line-ups

Utrecht

Kooiman

Frank Kooiman

Netherlands

B.date13/01/1970

Age28 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Nwakire

Emmanuel Nwakire

Nigeria

B.date15/08/1978

Age20 years

H1m74

positionCentral defender

O'Brien45

John O'Brien

United States

B.date29/08/1977

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

Van Mol

Tom Van Mol

Belgium

B.date12/10/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

de Jong

Jean-Paul de Jong

Netherlands

B.date17/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

de Sousa Nascimento

David de Sousa Nascimento

Cape Verde

B.date16/03/1966

Age32 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

J. de Jong

John de Jong

Netherlands

B.date08/03/1977

Age21 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Robbemond

Reinier Robbemond

Netherlands

B.date31/01/1972

Age26 years

H1m84

positionRight Midfielder

Groenendijk6258

Alfons Groenendijk

Netherlands

B.date17/05/1964

Age34 years

H1m85

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Van Eijkeren62

Emiel Van Eijkeren

Netherlands

B.date27/07/1967

Age31 years

H1m88

positionForward

Mols82

Michael Mols

Netherlands

B.date17/12/1970

Age27 years

H1m77

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Frank Kooiman		28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emmanuel Nwakire		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John O'Brien	45	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tom Van Mol		25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jean-Paul de Jong		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David de Sousa Nascimento		32	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John de Jong		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Reinier Robbemond		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alfons Groenendijk	6258	34	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emiel Van Eijkeren	62	31	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Mols	82	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ajax Amsterdam

Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Blind

Danny Blind

Netherlands

B.date01/08/1961

Age37 years

H1m76

positionSweeper

Tobiasen

Ole Tobiasen

Denmark

B.date08/07/1975

Age23 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age21 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Oliseh

Sunday Oliseh

Nigeria

B.date14/09/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Witschge

Richard Witschge

Netherlands

B.date20/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m84

positionVersatile Midfielder

Litmanen6

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age27 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Babangida87

Tijjani Babangida

Nigeria

B.date25/09/1973

Age24 years

H1m66

positionRight Winger

McCarthy6174

Benni McCarthy

South Africa

B.date12/11/1977

Age20 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Dani

Portugal

B.date02/11/1976

Age21 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Forward

Hoekstra

Peter Hoekstra

Netherlands

B.date04/04/1973

Age25 years

H1m89

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin Van der Sar		27	271	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Blind		37	471	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ole Tobiasen		23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		21	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sunday Oliseh		23	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Witschge		28	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen	6	27	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tijjani Babangida	87	24	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benni McCarthy	6174	20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dani		21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Hoekstra		25	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

135

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Etienne Shew-Atjon	62	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D		Pascal Bosschaart	62	18	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Jesper Grönkjaer	87	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Gerald Sibon	74	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emmanuel Nwakire

Mitchell van der Gaag

OUT

David de Sousa Nascimento

Etienne Shew-Atjon

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Hoekstra

Giorgi Kinkladze

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Wotte

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Wotte vs Ajax Amsterdam

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 13, 1998

Wotte vs Olsen

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 13, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Morten Olsen

Success rate in this team:

77 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Olsen vs Utrecht

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 13, 1998

Olsen vs Wotte

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 13, 1998

Referee

Jaap Uilenberg

2 victories	2 draws	5 losses	Utrecht9 matches	General total	Ajax Amsterdam30 matches	16 victories	9 draws	5 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Utrecht1 match	Season total	Ajax Amsterdam2 matches	0 victory	2 draws	0 loss
Latest figure on February 25, 2001					Latest figure on February 25, 2001

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Key figures

Peter Hoekstra played his game number 10 vs Utrecht in Eredivisie

Utrecht keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 10/05/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 21/09/1997-07/12/1997 time period (12 matches).

End of streak for Ajax Amsterdam after 3 consecutive wins (since 23/08/1998).

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LUtrecht 1-3 NAC Breda01/03/1998

LUtrecht 0-1 PSV Eindhoven08/03/1998

VUtrecht 3-0 Sparta Rotterdam15/03/1998

VUtrecht 1-0 Fortuna Sittard08/04/1998

DUtrecht 0-0 De Graafschap19/04/1998

VUtrecht 3-0 Cambuur30/08/1998

Overall

VFC Groningen 1-2 Utrecht26/04/1998

LNEC Nijmegen 1-0 Utrecht03/05/1998

VAjax Amsterdam 1-2 Utrecht10/05/1998

VNAC Breda 2-4 Utrecht23/08/1998

VUtrecht 3-0 Cambuur30/08/1998

VMaastricht VV 1-4 Utrecht09/09/1998

Current form

Away

VFC Twente 1-2 Ajax Amsterdam29/03/1998

VFeyenoord Rotterdam 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam05/04/1998

VFC Groningen 2-4 Ajax Amsterdam19/04/1998

LVitesse Arnhem 2-0 Ajax Amsterdam26/04/1998

VDe Graafschap 1-8 Ajax Amsterdam03/05/1998

VRoda JC 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam28/08/1998

Overall

LAjax Amsterdam 1-2 Utrecht10/05/1998

VAjax Amsterdam 5-0 PSV Eindhoven17/05/1998

LAjax Amsterdam 0-2 PSV Eindhoven16/08/1998

VAjax Amsterdam 2-0 Willem II23/08/1998

VRoda JC 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam28/08/1998

VAjax Amsterdam 5-1 AZ Alkmaar09/09/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	4	4
Drawless streak	1	6
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	4	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	8	21
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
3	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	9
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
3.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.33
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (1 times)

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

John de Jong	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Peter Hoekstra
John O'Brien	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Tijjani Babangida
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jari Litmanen
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Richard Witschge
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Benni McCarthy
John de Jong	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last match	Jari Litmanen

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

5 v

8 d

17 l

28 gf

59 ga

Away

29 matches

1 v

2 d

26 l

17 gf

88 ga

Total

59 matches

6 v

10 d

43 l

45 gf

147 ga

Historical head to head

Home

29 matches

26 v

2 d

1 l

88 gf

17 ga

Away

30 matches

17 v

8 d

5 l

59 gf

28 ga

Total

59 matches

43 v

10 d

6 l

147 gf

45 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	May 10, 1998
Home	2 - 1	October 27, 1991

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 24, 1976
Away	7 - 1	August 31, 1997

Latest head to head

May 10, 1998 - Eredivisie 1997/1998

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 2

Utrecht

August 31, 1997 - Eredivisie 1997/1998

Utrecht

1 - 7

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

March 09, 1997 - Eredivisie 1996/1997

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 0

Utrecht

October 12, 1996 - Eredivisie 1996/1997

Utrecht

1 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

December 17, 1995 - Eredivisie 1995/1996

Utrecht

0 - 3

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

Rob de Wit	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Frans Adelaar	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Harry van den Ham	1 goal	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/12/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Utrecht

Ruud Geels	15 goals	1975 - 1978
Johan Cruijff	8 goals	1970 - 1983
Dick Schoenaker	6 goals	1977 - 1984
Johnny Bosman	6 goals	1984 - 1987
Jari Litmanen	6 goals	1993 - 1997
Ray Clarke	5 goals	1978 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/12/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

Jan Willem van Ede	2 matches	1983 - 1984
Ton du Chatinier	2 matches	1983 - 1984
Gert Kruys	2 matches	1983 - 1984
Koos van Tamelen	2 matches	1983 - 1984
Frans Adelaar	2 matches	1983 - 1984
Leo van Veen	2 matches	1983 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/12/1970. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Utrecht

Danny Blind	22 matches	1986 - 1997
Piet Schrijvers	19 matches	1974 - 1983
Frank De Boer	18 matches	1988 - 1997
Dick Schoenaker	18 matches	1976 - 1985
Ruud Krol	17 matches	1971 - 1980
Stanley Menzo	17 matches	1985 - 1993