Twente vs Ajax 2-2

Ajax left Enschede with a 2-2 draw after Twente came back from two goals down, with Wout Weghorst scoring a late penalty. Twente had trailed 2-0 and 3-0 before the spot-kick in the 90+5 minute gave them a share of the points.

Ajax were ahead in the 3rd minute when Tolu Arokodare scored from Oscar Gloukh's assist to make it 0-1. The visitors took that lead into the break.

Rayane Bounida, who had come on in the 59th minute, doubled Ajax's lead on 66 minutes from another Gloukh assist, and Dies Janse then turned the ball into his own net on 68 minutes to make it 0-3. Twente made two changes on 82 minutes, and Ajax made two on 87 minutes, before a VAR check confirmed Ramiz Zerrouki had been fouled in the area in the 90+3 minute. Weghorst scored the penalty two minutes later to make it 1-3.

The numbers showed Twente doing more of the attacking work. They had 55% possession, 503 passes and 22 shots to Ajax's 45%, 412 passes and 6 shots, with 5 efforts on target to 2 and an xG reading of 2.58 to 0.72. Twente also won 9 corners to 2, while Ajax made 4 saves and Twente made none.

Ajax were booked five times, with Lucas Oliveira·Rosa on 35 minutes, Tolu Arokodare on 52, Aaron Bouwman on 64, Oscar Gloukh on 70 and Owen Wijndal on 90+4. Twente had three bookings for Robin Propper on 60, Daouda Weidmann on 82 and Ramiz Zerrouki on 90+2. There were no red cards.