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Ajax vs PSV: match report
Ajax Amsterdam hosted PSV Eindhoven at Johan Cruijff Arena on Saturday 5 September 2026, in the Eredivisie (round 5). Ajax are without 1 player (Simon Adingra); PSV have no reported absences. Sander Van Der Eijk is the referee, averaging 3.4 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.1.
Result and scorers
Ajax 1-3 PSV. Goals: Ricardo Pepi 5' for PSV; Tolu Arokodare 23' for Ajax; Lutsharel Geertruida 45'+1' for PSV; Esmir Bajraktarevic 90'+2' for PSV. Attendance: 53,332.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 5' Goal: Ricardo Pepi (PSV) 0-1
- 16' Yellow card: Kodai Sano (PSV)
- 23' Goal: Tolu Arokodare (Ajax) 1-1
- 37' Yellow card: Noah Fernandez (PSV)
- 45'+1' Goal: Lutsharel Geertruida (PSV) 1-2
- 74' Yellow card: Filip Kostic (PSV)
- 80' Yellow card: Davy Klaassen (Ajax)
- 81' Yellow card: Youri Baas (Ajax)
- 81' Yellow card: Ruben Van Bommel (PSV)
- 81' Yellow card: Ivan Perisic (PSV)
- 84' Yellow card: Lutsharel Geertruida (PSV)
- 90'+2' Goal: Esmir Bajraktarevic (PSV) 1-3
- 90'+6' Yellow card: Anton Gaaei (Ajax)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 52.9% | Possession | 47.1% |
| 19 | Shots | 13 |
| 6 | Shots on target | 5 |
| 1 | Corners | 1 |
| 6 | Fouls | 13 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 2 | Saves | 5 |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 6 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Ajax 4-3-3
Coach: Míchel
- 1 Marc ter Stegen GK
- 3 Anton Gaaei DEF
- 30 Aaron Bouwman DEF
- 15 Youri Baas DEF
- 12 Caio Henrique DEF
- 18 Davy Klaassen MID
- 24 Jorthy Mokio MID
- 8 Julian Brandt MID
- 23 Steven Berghuis FWD
- 99 Tolu Arokodare FWD
- 10 Oscar Gloukh MID
Bench
- 4 Sofyan Amrabat MID
- 38 Marcos Leonardo FWD
- 9 Kasper Dolberg FWD
- 11 Viktor Tsigankov FWD
- 68 Abdellah Ouazane MID
- 6 Thilo Kehrer DEF
- 26 Maarten Paes GK
- 36 Dies Janse DEF
- 21 Jofre Torrents DEF
- 2 Lucas Rosa DEF
- 5 Owen Wijndal DEF
- 20 Oliver Edvardsen FWD
PSV 4-2-3-1
Coach: Peter Bosz
- 32 Matěj Kovár GK
- 8 Sergiño Dest DEF
- 2 Lutsharel Geertruida DEF
- 4 Armando Obispo DEF
- 17 Mauro Júnior DEF
- 24 Kodai Sano MID
- 31 Noah Fernandez MID
- 5 Ivan Perišić FWD
- 20 Guus Til FWD
- 7 Ruben van Bommel FWD
- 9 Ricardo Pepi FWD
Bench
- 10 Paul Wanner MID
- 21 Sven Mijnans MID
- 19 Esmir Bajraktarević FWD
- 6 Ryan Flamingo DEF
- 18 Filip Kostić MID
- 3 Yarek Gąsiorowski DEF
- 41 Khadim Ngom GK
- 1 Nick Olij GK
- 35 Ayoni Santos MID
- 37 Amir Bouhamdi FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Ajax
- Simon Adingra injury, back Day to day
PSV
No reported absences.
Previous meetings
- Saturday 2 May 2026: Ajax Amsterdam 2-2 PSV Eindhoven
- Sunday 21 September 2025: PSV Eindhoven 2-2 Ajax Amsterdam
- Sunday 30 March 2025: PSV Eindhoven 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam
- Saturday 2 November 2024: Ajax Amsterdam 3-2 PSV Eindhoven
- Saturday 3 February 2024: Ajax Amsterdam 1-1 PSV Eindhoven