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Ajax Amsterdam 3-4 PSV Eindhoven - December 21, 1997 / Eredivisie 1997/1998

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16' - Goal Shota Arveladze16

38' - Substitution Jari Litmanenis substituted by Dean Gorré38

45' - Goal Arnold Bruggink

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47' - Goal Gilles De Bilde

53' - Goal Arnold Bruggink

54' - Goal Dean Gorré54

55' - Substitution Danny Blindis substituted by Peter Hoekstra photo Tom Sier

55' - Substitution Michael Laudrupis substituted by Tom Sier55

66' - Goal Boudewijn Zenden

86' - Goal Peter Hoekstra86

89' - Substitution Wim Jonkis substituted by Tomasz Iwan photo Stan Valckx

89' - Substitution Gilles De Bildeis substituted by Stan Valckx

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ajax Amsterdam

3 - 4

PSV Eindhoven

Ajax Amsterdam PSV Eindhoven

Team line-ups

Ajax Amsterdam

Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Blind55

Danny Blind

Netherlands

B.date01/08/1961

Age36 years

H1m76

positionSweeper

F. De Boer

Frank De Boer

Netherlands

B.date15/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

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

Laudrup55

Michael Laudrup

Denmark

B.date15/06/1964

Age33 years

H1m82

positionPlaymaker

Litmanen38

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age26 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Arveladze16

Shota Arveladze

Georgia

B.date22/02/1973

Age24 years

H1m81

positionStriker

R. De Boer

Ronald De Boer

Netherlands

B.date15/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight Winger

Babangida

Tijjani Babangida

Nigeria

B.date25/09/1973

Age24 years

H1m66

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin Van der Sar		27	247	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Blind	55	36	450	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank De Boer		27	393	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		21	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sunday Oliseh		23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Witschge		28	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Laudrup	55	33	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen	38	26	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shota Arveladze	16	24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ronald De Boer		27	264	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tijjani Babangida		24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

169

PSV Eindhoven

Waterreus

Ronald Waterreus

Netherlands

B.date25/08/1970

Age27 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Faber

Ernest Faber

Netherlands

B.date27/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Cocu

Philip Cocu

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

Stam

Jaap Stam

Netherlands

B.date17/07/1972

Age25 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Numan

Arthur Numan

Netherlands

B.date14/12/1969

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Jonk89

Wim Jonk

Netherlands

B.date12/10/1966

Age31 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

Vampeta

Brazil

B.date13/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Stinga

Ovidiu Stinga

Romania

B.date05/12/1972

Age25 years

H1m71

positionRight Midfielder

Zenden66

Boudewijn Zenden

Netherlands

B.date15/08/1976

Age21 years

H1m74

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Bruggink4553

Arnold Bruggink

Netherlands

B.date24/07/1977

Age20 years

H1m85

positionPlaymaker

De Bilde4789

Gilles De Bilde

Belgium

B.date09/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ronald Waterreus		27	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ernest Faber		26	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Philip Cocu		27	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jaap Stam		25	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Numan		28	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wim Jonk	89	31	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vampeta		23	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ovidiu Stinga		25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Boudewijn Zenden	66	21	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arnold Bruggink	4553	20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gilles De Bilde	4789	26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Tom Sier	55	27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Gorré	5438	27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Hoekstra	8655	24	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Stan Valckx	89	34	263	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Tomasz Iwan	89	26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Richard Witschge

Tom Sier

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jaap Stam

Stan Valckx

OUT

Vampeta

Tomasz Iwan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Morten Olsen

Success rate in this team:

81 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Olsen vs PSV Eindhoven

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 1997

Olsen vs Advocaat

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Dick Advocaat

133

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Advocaat vs Ajax Amsterdam

5 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 1997

Advocaat vs Olsen

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 1997

Referee

Dick Jol

28 victories	14 draws	11 losses	Ajax Amsterdam53 matches	General total	PSV Eindhoven54 matches	33 victories	10 draws	11 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Ajax Amsterdam2 matches	Season total	PSV Eindhoven4 matches	4 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 20, 2008					Latest figure on February 16, 2008

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Key figures

Jari Litmanen played his game number 10 vs in his professional career

It's the first time Shota Arveladze scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Frank De Boer played his game number 300 in Eredivisie

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAjax Amsterdam 1-0 FC Twente12/11/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 6-0 Maastricht VV18/11/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 1-0 De Graafschap22/11/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 4-2 Bochum25/11/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 2-0 Fortuna Sittard30/11/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 1-0 Roda JC06/12/1997

Overall

VAjax Amsterdam 4-2 Bochum25/11/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 2-0 Fortuna Sittard30/11/1997

VMaastricht VV 0-3 Ajax Amsterdam03/12/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 1-0 Roda JC06/12/1997

DBochum 2-2 Ajax Amsterdam09/12/1997

VVolendam 0-3 Ajax Amsterdam14/12/1997

Current form

Away

DHeerenveen 1-1 PSV Eindhoven31/10/1997

VNewcastle United 0-2 PSV Eindhoven05/11/1997

DFC Groningen 1-1 PSV Eindhoven16/11/1997

DDynamo Kyiv 1-1 PSV Eindhoven27/11/1997

DVitesse Arnhem 2-2 PSV Eindhoven30/11/1997

LWillem II 4-1 PSV Eindhoven07/12/1997

Overall

VPSV Eindhoven 4-0 Emmen18/11/1997

VPSV Eindhoven 3-0 FC Twente22/11/1997

DDynamo Kyiv 1-1 PSV Eindhoven27/11/1997

DVitesse Arnhem 2-2 PSV Eindhoven30/11/1997

LWillem II 4-1 PSV Eindhoven07/12/1997

DPSV Eindhoven 2-2 FC Barcelona10/12/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	18	1
Unbeaten streak	18	10
Drawless streak	21	1
Scoring streak	23	34
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	4
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	16	21
Conceding streak	4	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	18
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
18	Victories (Competition total)	10
10	Victories (Home / Away)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	7
0	Draws (Home / Away)	6
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

59	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
29	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	21
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
3.11	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.89
2.9	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.33
0.21	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.17
0.1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.56

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
15	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	20
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Jari Litmanen	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Gilles De Bilde
Shota Arveladze	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Luc Nilis
Jari Litmanen	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Gilles De Bilde
Jari Litmanen	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Wim Jonk
Frank De Boer	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	10 assists	Wim Jonk
Tijjani Babangida	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Peter Möller
Jari Litmanen	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 8 matches	Gilles De Bilde

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

28 v

7 d

12 l

94 gf

57 ga

Away

46 matches

13 v

10 d

23 l

68 gf

92 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

95 matches

42 v

17 d

36 l

165 gf

151 ga

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

23 v

10 d

13 l

92 gf

68 ga

Away

47 matches

12 v

7 d

28 l

57 gf

94 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

95 matches

36 v

17 d

42 l

151 gf

165 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 22, 1964
Home	5 - 0	November 22, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	June 02, 1985
Away	3 - 0	August 18, 1996

Latest head to head

April 13, 1997 - Eredivisie 1996/1997

PSV Eindhoven

2 - 0

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

December 22, 1996 - Eredivisie 1996/1997

Ajax Amsterdam

0 - 2

PSV Eindhoven logo PSV Eindhoven

August 18, 1996 - Johan Cruijff Schaal 1996

Ajax Amsterdam

0 - 3

PSV Eindhoven logo PSV Eindhoven

April 08, 1996 - Eredivisie 1995/1996

PSV Eindhoven

1 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

November 05, 1995 - Eredivisie 1995/1996

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 1

PSV Eindhoven logo PSV Eindhoven

Best historical scorers against PSV Eindhoven

Johan Cruijff	11 goals	1964 - 1983
Ruud Geels	8 goals	1975 - 1978
Dick Schoenaker	7 goals	1978 - 1983
Piet Keizer	7 goals	1969 - 1972
Sören Lerby	6 goals	1980 - 1982
Frank Arnesen	6 goals	1976 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/11/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

Willy van der Kuijlen	6 goals	1974 - 1981
Hallvar Thoresen	6 goals	1982 - 1985
René van der Gijp	5 goals	1984 - 1985
Paul Postuma	5 goals	1979 - 1981
Romário	5 goals	1989 - 1991
Willy van de Kerkhof	4 goals	1977 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/11/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs PSV Eindhoven

Wim Suurbier	25 matches	1964 - 1977
Danny Blind	24 matches	1986 - 1997
Frank Rijkaard	23 matches	1980 - 1995
Dick Schoenaker	23 matches	1976 - 1985
Ruud Krol	23 matches	1969 - 1980
Piet Schrijvers	22 matches	1974 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/11/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

Jan Heintze	25 matches	1983 - 1994
Willy van de Kerkhof	24 matches	1977 - 1987
Huub Stevens	24 matches	1977 - 1986
Berry van Aerle	21 matches	1982 - 1993
Hans van Breukelen	21 matches	1984 - 1993
Ernie Brandts	19 matches	1977 - 1985