Ajax vs NEC Nijmegen 1-1

Ajax and NEC Nijmegen shared the points after a 1-1 draw at the Johan Cruijff Arena, with Tjaronn Chery's penalty in the 19th minute cancelling out Tolu Arokodare's early opener.

Ajax took the lead in the 7th minute when Arokodare scored from Jorthy Mokio's assist for 1-0. Mokio was booked in the 17th minute, and NEC levelled two minutes later when Chery converted a penalty for 1-1. That left it 1-1 at half-time.

Ajax made two changes on 60 minutes, sending on Abdellah Ouazane and Simon Adingra for Oscar Gloukh and Viktor Tsygankov. They made two more on 73 minutes, with Marcos Leonardo Santos Almeida replacing Arokodare and Aaron Bouwman coming on for Lucas Oliveira Rosa, while NEC also changed twice in the same spell. The visitors brought on Ahmetcan Kaplan for Perr Schuurs in the 72nd minute and, on 73 minutes, Mitchel Bakker for Bryan Linssen. A further NEC double change followed on 82 minutes, as Jamiro Monteiro replaced Kevin Kers and Willum Thor Willumsson came on for Chery. Ajax ended with 61% possession, 480 passes to NEC's 301 and 18 shots to 8, but NEC had 4 saves to Ajax's 1 and matched Ajax's 4 corners. Ajax also had 5 shots on target to NEC's 2 and a higher expected goals total of 1.77 to 1.11.

The bookings were Jorthy Mokio in the 17th minute and Abdellah Ouazane in the 67th minute for Ajax, with Bryan Linssen in the 33rd minute and Gabriel·Bras in the 54th minute for NEC Nijmegen. There were no red cards.