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FC Twente 2-1 Ajax Amsterdam - February 14, 1999 / Eredivisie 1998/1999

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Eredivisie 1998/1999 - Round 20

Arke Stadion - Enschede - Netherlands

February 14, 1999

FC Twente

2 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam

38'

Jesper GrönkjaerAssist by Wamberto

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38' - Goal Jesper Grönkjaer

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60' - Substitution Wambertois substituted by Tijjani Babangida

66' - Substitution Benni McCarthyis substituted by Shota Arveladze

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Twente

2 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam

FC Twente Ajax Amsterdam

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Ajax Amsterdam

van der Sar

Edwin van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age28 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Blind

Danny Blind

Netherlands

B.date01/08/1961

Age37 years

H1m76

positionSweeper

Sier

Tom Sier

Netherlands

B.date01/01/1970

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age22 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Oliseh

Sunday Oliseh

Nigeria

B.date14/09/1974

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Witschge

Richard Witschge

Netherlands

B.date20/09/1969

Age29 years

H1m84

positionLeft central midfielder

Knopper

Richard Knopper

Netherlands

B.date29/08/1977

Age21 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Gorré

Dean Gorré

Netherlands

B.date10/09/1970

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Grönkjaer38

Jesper Grönkjaer

Denmark

B.date12/08/1977

Age21 years

H1m87

positionOffensive Midfielder

McCarthy66

Benni McCarthy

South Africa

B.date12/11/1977

Age21 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Wamberto60

Wamberto

Brazil

B.date13/12/1974

Age24 years

H1m68

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin van der Sar		28	295	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Blind		37	483	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tom Sier		29	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		22	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sunday Oliseh		24	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Witschge		29	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Knopper		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Gorré		28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jesper Grönkjaer	38	21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benni McCarthy	66	21	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wamberto	60	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

117

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Shota Arveladze	66	25	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Tijjani Babangida	60	25	85	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

Tijjani Babangida

OUT

Danny Blind

Kofi Mensah

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Hans Meyer

124

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Meyer vs Ajax Amsterdam

1 victory

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on February 14, 1999

Meyer vs Wouters

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 14, 1999

Manager

Age

Match num

Jan Wouters

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

25 %

Wouters vs FC Twente

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 14, 1999

Wouters vs Meyer

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 14, 1999

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Richard Witschge played his game number 10 vs FC Twente in his professional career

End of streak for Ajax Amsterdam after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Eredivisie (since 06/12/1998).

It's the first time in his career that Jesper Grönkjaer scores at least 1 goals during the same game in his professional career with Ajax Amsterdam

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DFC Twente 2-2 PSV Eindhoven08/11/1998

LFC Twente 1-2 Heerenveen11/11/1998

VFC Twente 5-1 Willem II21/11/1998

DFC Twente 0-0 Vitesse Arnhem19/12/1998

LFC Twente 2-5 Fortuna Sittard02/02/1999

LFC Twente 0-3 AZ Alkmaar06/02/1999

Overall

DAZ Alkmaar 1-1 FC Twente06/12/1998

LSparta Rotterdam 4-2 FC Twente13/12/1998

LRoda JC 2-0 FC Twente16/12/1998

DFC Twente 0-0 Vitesse Arnhem19/12/1998

LFC Twente 2-5 Fortuna Sittard02/02/1999

LFC Twente 0-3 AZ Alkmaar06/02/1999

Current form

Away

DAZ Alkmaar 1-1 Ajax Amsterdam08/11/1998

VRKC Waalwijk 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam22/11/1998

LVitesse Arnhem 3-2 Ajax Amsterdam29/11/1998

LFC Porto 3-0 Ajax Amsterdam09/12/1998

DFeyenoord Rotterdam 1-1 Ajax Amsterdam20/12/1998

VRoda JC 0-3 Ajax Amsterdam04/02/1999

Overall

LVitesse Arnhem 3-2 Ajax Amsterdam29/11/1998

DAjax Amsterdam 1-1 Maastricht VV06/12/1998

LFC Porto 3-0 Ajax Amsterdam09/12/1998

DAjax Amsterdam 0-0 Heerenveen13/12/1998

DFeyenoord Rotterdam 1-1 Ajax Amsterdam20/12/1998

VRoda JC 0-3 Ajax Amsterdam04/02/1999

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	3	6
Drawless streak	2	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	2	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	19
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
8	Victories (Competition total)	9
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
6	Losses (Competition total)	3
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

29	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
27	Goals conceded (Competition total)	16
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.45	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.89
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.44
1.35	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.84
1.1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.11

Betting aid

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

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	13
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Benni McCarthy
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Benni McCarthy
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Jari Litmanen
-	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Ronald De Boer
-	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Benni McCarthy
-	The fittest player	3 goals, 5 assists during the last 13 matches	Ronald De Boer

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

11 v

9 d

17 l

42 gf

59 ga

Away

36 matches

1 v

6 d

29 l

32 gf

127 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

75 matches

12 v

16 d

47 l

75 gf

190 ga

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

29 v

6 d

1 l

127 gf

32 ga

Away

37 matches

17 v

9 d

11 l

59 gf

42 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Total

75 matches

47 v

16 d

12 l

190 gf

75 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	November 03, 1968
Home	5 - 1	November 03, 1968

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	March 15, 1992
Away	8 - 1	December 01, 1985

Latest head to head

October 18, 1998 - Eredivisie 1998/1999

Ajax Amsterdam

5 - 0

FC Twente

March 29, 1998 - Eredivisie 1997/1998

FC Twente

1 - 2

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

November 12, 1997 - Eredivisie 1997/1998

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 0

FC Twente

May 17, 1997 - Eredivisie 1996/1997

Ajax Amsterdam

3 - 2

FC Twente

September 29, 1996 - Eredivisie 1996/1997

FC Twente

1 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

Erwin Leurink

1 goal

1993 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against FC Twente

Piet Keizer	14 goals	1965 - 1974
Marco van Basten	9 goals	1982 - 1986
Tscheu La Ling	8 goals	1976 - 1982
Frank Arnesen	7 goals	1977 - 1981
Johan Cruijff	7 goals	1965 - 1972
Sjaak Swart	6 goals	1967 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

Heini Otto	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Theo Pahlplatz	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Sören Lindsted	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Eimert Drost	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Romeo Zondervan	2 matches	1979 - 1979
Kick van der Vall	2 matches	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Twente

Ruud Krol	25 matches	1969 - 1980
Wim Suurbier	25 matches	1965 - 1977
Frank de Boer	23 matches	1989 - 1998
Danny Blind	23 matches	1986 - 1997
Piet Keizer	22 matches	1965 - 1974
Piet Schrijvers	20 matches	1974 - 1983