AFC Ajax vs Olympique de Marseille, Europe 2023-24 GROUP STAGE
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Match Preview
AFC Ajax vs Olympique de Marseille — Europe at Johan Cruijff Arena.
- AFC Ajax 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Olympique de Marseille 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Maurizio Mariani
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 21 Sep Olympique de Marseille H 3–3 D 17 Sep FC Twente '65 A 1–3 L 03 Sep Fortuna Sittard A 0–0 D 31 Aug PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad H 0–1 L 24 Aug PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad A 4–1 W 19 Aug SBV Excelsior A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 21 Sep AFC Ajax A 3–3 D 17 Sep Toulouse FC H 0–0 D 01 Sep FC Nantes A 1–1 D 26 Aug Stade Brestois 29 H 2–0 W 18 Aug FC Metz A 2–2 D 15 Aug Panathinaikos AO H 3–5 L Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
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Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for AFC Ajax to score. At the same time, Olympique de Marseille does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 9' Carlos Forbs puts AFC Ajax on the lead.
- 14' Olympique de Marseille is showing some good football. However, Olympique de Marseille are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 19' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 20' Goal! Steven Berghuis scores his 80 goal in 310 matches.
- 22' Steven Berghuis was booked on 22.
- 23' What a strike from Jonathan Clauss! The score is 2-1.
- 28' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. AFC Ajax needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 33' It looks surprising AFC Ajax does not make any changes. Geoffrey Kondogbia has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 38' What an equalizer from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang!
- 43' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Olympique de Marseille winning 100% of all matches.
- 46' AFC Ajax manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Silvano Vos is hanging Benjamin Tahirovic on the field on 46 minute.
- 51' Olympique de Marseille started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
- 52' What a strike from Kenneth Taylor! The score is 3-2.
- 55' It’s a booking for AFC Ajax player. Silvano Vos gets a card.
- 60' AFC Ajax is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 65' Another substitution for Olympique de Marseille to replace Iliman Ndiaye by Jordan Veretout on 65 minute.
- 70' Amine Harit needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 75' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 78' What an equalizer from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang!
- 79' Another substitution for Olympique de Marseille to replace Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang by Joaquin Correa on 79 minute.
- 80' The supporters are chanting for Francois Regis Mughe. He replaces Amine Harit on 80 minute.
- 84' Another substitution for AFC Ajax to replace Steven Berghuis by Branco van den Boomen on 84 minute.
- 85' Chuba Akpom is replacing Brian Brobbey for the AFC Ajax side.
- 90' The referee shows AFC Ajax player a card on 90.
- 90' Time for substitution for AFC Ajax. Steven Bergwijn is replaced by Jakov Medic.
- The final score is 3-3.
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AFC Ajax
Starting XI-
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Steven Bergwijn ↓ Jakov Medic 90'
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Brian Brobbey ↓ Chuba Akpom 85'
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Carlos Forbs ↓ Gaston Avila 90'
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Bench- 22
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Chuba Akpom ↑ 85'
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Jakov Medic ↑ 90'
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Branco van den Boomen ↑ 84'
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Gaston Avila ↑ 90'
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Silvano Vos ↑ 46'
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Coach Maurice SteijnOlympique de Marseille
Starting XI-
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Iliman Ndiaye ↓ Jordan Veretout 65'
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Renan Lodi ↓ Leonardo Balerdi 80'
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Geoffrey Kondogbia ↓ Vitinha 65'
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Bench- 36
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Jordan Veretout ↑ 65'
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Joaquin Correa ↑ 79'
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Leonardo Balerdi ↑ 80'
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Vitinha ↑ 65'
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Francois Regis Mughe ↑ 80'
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Coach Marcelino -
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Head to Head
AFC Ajax Form
Olympique de Marseille Form
2023-09-21 AFC Ajax 3–3 Olympique de Marseille D 2023-09-17 Olympique de Marseille 0–0 Toulouse FC D 2023-09-01 FC Nantes 1–1 Olympique de Marseille D 2023-08-26 Olympique de Marseille 2–0 Stade Brestois 29 W 2023-08-18 FC Metz 2–2 Olympique de Marseille D 2023-08-15 Olympique de Marseille 3–5 Panathinaikos AO L