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De Graafschap 1-8 Ajax Amsterdam - May 03, 1998 / Eredivisie 1997/1998

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17' - Goal Benni McCarthy

45' - Goal Benni McCarthy

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55' - Goal Jari Litmanen

61' - Goal Jari Litmanen

62' - Substitution Jari Litmanenis substituted by Dean Gorré

66' - Goal Peter Hoekstra photo Andriy Demchenko

66' - Substitution Richard Witschgeis substituted by Andriy Demchenko

75' - Substitution Tijjani Babangidais substituted by Dani

78' - Goal Benni McCarthy

80' - Goal Ronald De Boer

85' - Goal Edwin Van der Sar

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

De Graafschap

1 - 8

Ajax Amsterdam

De Graafschap Ajax Amsterdam

Team line-ups

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Ajax Amsterdam

Van der Sar85

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age21 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Sier

Tom Sier

Netherlands

B.date01/01/1970

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Oliseh

Sunday Oliseh

Nigeria

B.date14/09/1974

Age23 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Rudy

Andrzej Rudy

Poland

B.date15/10/1965

Age32 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

Witschge66

Richard Witschge

Netherlands

B.date20/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m84

positionVersatile Midfielder

Litmanen615562

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age27 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Babangida75

Tijjani Babangida

Nigeria

B.date25/09/1973

Age24 years

H1m66

positionRight Winger

McCarthy781745

Benni McCarthy

South Africa

B.date12/11/1977

Age20 years

H1m82

positionStriker

De Boer80

Ronald De Boer

Netherlands

B.date15/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight Winger

Hoekstra66

Peter Hoekstra

Netherlands

B.date04/04/1973

Age25 years

H1m89

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin Van der Sar	85	27	264	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		21	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tom Sier		28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sunday Oliseh		23	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrzej Rudy		32	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Witschge	66	28	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen	615562	27	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tijjani Babangida	75	24	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benni McCarthy	781745	20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ronald De Boer	80	27	280	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Hoekstra	66	25	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

110

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Dean Gorré	62	27	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andriy Demchenko	66	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dani	75	21	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Benni McCarthy

Shota Arveladze

OUT

Peter Hoekstra

Dani

OUT

Tom Sier

Kofi Mensah

OUT

Sunday Oliseh

Frank De Boer

OUT

Andrzej Rudy

Michael Laudrup

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Fritz Korbach

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Korbach vs Ajax Amsterdam

2 victories

6 draws

18 losses

Latest figure on May 03, 1998

Korbach vs Olsen

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on May 03, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Morten Olsen

Success rate in this team:

80 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Olsen vs De Graafschap

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 03, 1998

Olsen vs Korbach

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 03, 1998

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Key figures

It's the first time Benni McCarthy scores at least 3 goals during the same game vs De Graafschap in his professional career

Only back at the time of Stefan Kovacs head of Ajax Amsterdam (01/07/1971-01/07/1973), you can see a manager go over Morten Olsen with 88% of wins in Eredivisie (88%).

De Graafschap keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a win vs Ajax Amsterdam running (since 22/08/1976). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 28/09/1975 (3 matches)

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LDe Graafschap 1-2 PSV Eindhoven08/02/1998

DDe Graafschap 3-3 Vitesse Arnhem14/02/1998

VDe Graafschap 1-0 Fortuna Sittard28/02/1998

VDe Graafschap 2-1 Volendam21/03/1998

VDe Graafschap 2-0 Roda JC08/04/1998

VDe Graafschap 2-1 FC Twente26/04/1998

Overall

LMaastricht VV 2-1 De Graafschap25/03/1998

LRKC Waalwijk 4-1 De Graafschap29/03/1998

VDe Graafschap 2-0 Roda JC08/04/1998

LVitesse Arnhem 4-1 De Graafschap11/04/1998

DUtrecht 0-0 De Graafschap19/04/1998

VDe Graafschap 2-1 FC Twente26/04/1998

Current form

Away

LSpartak Moscow 1-0 Ajax Amsterdam17/03/1998

VNAC Breda 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam22/03/1998

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

Overall

VFeyenoord Rotterdam 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam05/04/1998

VAjax Amsterdam 4-0 Sparta Rotterdam08/04/1998

VAjax Amsterdam 7-2 Heerenveen11/04/1998

VFC Groningen 2-4 Ajax Amsterdam19/04/1998

VAjax Amsterdam 6-1 Willem II23/04/1998

LVitesse Arnhem 2-0 Ajax Amsterdam26/04/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	5	2
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	8	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	6	13
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

32	Number of games (Competition total)	32
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
10	Victories (Competition total)	28
7	Victories (Home / Away)	13
9	Draws (Competition total)	2
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
13	Losses (Competition total)	2
6	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

42	Goals scored (Competition total)	103
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	45
40	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
21	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.31	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.22
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.81
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.59
1.31	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.63

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	19
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	8
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (3 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	20
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
0	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	24 goals	Shota Arveladze
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	11 goals	Jari Litmanen
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Jari Litmanen
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Jari Litmanen
-	Player with most assists (Competition total)	9 assists	Michael Laudrup
-	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	5 assists	Michael Laudrup
-	The fittest player	15 goals, 6 assists during the last 13 matches	Shota Arveladze

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

2 v

3 d

3 l

4 gf

8 ga

Away

9 matches

0 v

1 d

8 l

4 gf

28 ga

Total

17 matches

2 v

4 d

11 l

8 gf

36 ga

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

8 v

1 d

0 l

28 gf

4 ga

Away

8 matches

3 v

3 d

2 l

8 gf

4 ga

Total

17 matches

11 v

4 d

2 l

36 gf

8 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	February 15, 1976
Home	2 - 1	February 15, 1976

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 1	August 30, 1981
Away	4 - 1	March 07, 1982

Latest head to head

November 22, 1997 - Eredivisie 1997/1998

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 0

De Graafschap logo De Graafschap

February 15, 1997 - Eredivisie 1996/1997

De Graafschap

0 - 2

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

September 22, 1996 - Eredivisie 1996/1997

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 1

De Graafschap logo De Graafschap

May 05, 1996 - Eredivisie 1995/1996

De Graafschap

0 - 0

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

December 20, 1995 - Eredivisie 1995/1996

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 0

De Graafschap logo De Graafschap

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against De Graafschap

Ruud Geels	5 goals	1975 - 1976
Jari Litmanen	3 goals	1995 - 1997
Tscheu La Ling	2 goals	1981 - 1982
Johan Neeskens	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Dick Schoenaker	2 goals	1981 - 1982
Gerald Vanenburg	2 goals	1981 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/11/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs De Graafschap

Piet Schrijvers	8 matches	1975 - 1982
Wim Suurbier	7 matches	1973 - 1977
Danny Blind	7 matches	1991 - 1997
Ruud Krol	7 matches	1973 - 1977
Gerrie Mühren	6 matches	1973 - 1976
Frank De Boer	6 matches	1991 - 1997