On Jan 20th, Ajax and Excelsior Maassluis will play a match in Amsterdam in a KNVB Beker match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Ajax is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against FC Utrecht. Lucas Fasson dos Santos scored the first goal for Ajax in the 5th minute, then Brian Brobbey added another in the 19th minute on a feed from Dušan Tadić In the end, FC Utrecht couldn’t muster any offence and Ajax ran away with the shutout win. Ajax is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Excelsior Maassluis recorded a 1-0 shutout win against FC Emmen. Wennekers struck first for Excelsior Maassluis in the 81st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed FC Emmen couldn’t manage to score, and Excelsior Maassluis took the shutout win. Excelsior Maassluis is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Ajax’s most prolific scorer has been Sébastien Haller. The French attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.