On the 23rd of February, Ajax will travel to Berlin to battle Union Berlin in a meeting of these two Europa League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Union Berlin recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Schalke 04. Neither Union Berlin nor Schalke 04 could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Union Berlin should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while in Ajax’s last match they recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Sparta Rotterdam. Dušan Tadić struck first for Ajax in the 6th minute, then Kenneth Taylor added another in the 27th minute In the end, Sparta Rotterdam was frustrated by Ajax’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Ajax ended the match with the shutout victory. Ajax should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
Union Berlin and Ajax last played eachother at the Johan Cruijff Arena on Thursday Feb 16th. Ajax and Union Berlin battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Ajax nor Union Berlin could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
For Ajax, their top scorers are Brian Brobbey and Kudus Mohammed, each having 3 goals in their last five matches. Both Kevin Behrens and Robin Knoche have been the hottest scorers for Union Berlin in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.