Union Berlin vs Ajax 2022-23 UEFA Europa League, Knockout Round Playoffs

1. FC Union Berlin

20': Robin Knoche (P)
44': Josip Juranovic
50': Danilho Doekhi

FT
3 - 1
2nd Leg - 1. FC Union Berlin advance 3-1 on aggregate

Ajax Amsterdam

47': Mohammed Kudus
90'+7': Edson Álvarez

Union breeze past Ajax 3-1 on glorious European night

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Union Berlin cruised past Ajax 3-1 on Thursday to book a spot in the Europa League round of 16 with the club's biggest European victory to date.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
17': Calvin Bassey (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
20': Sheraldo Becker (1. FC Union Berlin) is shown the yellow card.
20': Davy Klaassen (Ajax) is shown the yellow card.
20': Goal! 1. FC Union Berlin 1, Ajax 0. Robin Knoche (1. FC Union Berlin) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
28': Danilho Doekhi (1. FC Union Berlin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
44': Goal! 1. FC Union Berlin 2, Ajax 0. Josip Juranovic (1. FC Union Berlin) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Janik Haberer.
45'+2': First Half ends, 1. FC Union Berlin 2, Ajax 0.
47': Goal! 1. FC Union Berlin 2, Ajax 1. Mohammed Kudus (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Steven Bergwijn with a cross.
50': Goal! 1. FC Union Berlin 3, Ajax 1. Danilho Doekhi (1. FC Union Berlin) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Josip Juranovic with a cross following a corner.
64': Substitution, Ajax. Brian Brobbey replaces Davy Klaassen.
65': Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Jordan Siebatcheu replaces Kevin Behrens.
65': Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Morten Thorsby replaces Aïssa Laïdouni.
80': Substitution, Ajax. Lorenzo Lucca replaces Steven Bergwijn.
84': Substitution, Ajax. Francisco Conceição replaces Devyne Rensch.
85': Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Jamie Leweling replaces Sheraldo Becker.
90'+2': Steven Berghuis (Ajax) is shown the yellow card.
90'+4': Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Niko Gießelmann replaces Jérôme Roussillon.
90'+4': Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Christopher Trimmel replaces Josip Juranovic.
90'+5': Mohammed Kudus (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+6': Edson Álvarez (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+6': Dusan Tadic (Ajax) is shown the yellow card.
90'+7': Second yellow card to Edson Álvarez (Ajax).

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: An der alten Försterei
Location: Berlin, Germany
Attendance: 21,800

Statistics

AJA		FCU
9	Fouls	13
5	Yellow Cards	2
1	Red Cards	0
4	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	6
3	Saves	2
73.3	Possession	26.7
11	SHOTS	10
3	ON GOAL	6
0.3	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
600	Accurate Passes	156
688	Passes	244
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.6
9	Accurate Crosses	6
23	Crosses	14
0.4	Cross %	0.4
41	Long Balls	60
19	Accurate Long Balls	21
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
2	Blocked Shots	2
8	Effective Tackles	13
10	Tackles	20
0.8	Tackle %	0.7
3	Interceptions	9
6	Effective Clearances	21
6	Clearances	21

Line-Ups

1. FC Union Berlin (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Frederik Ronnow (GK)
31	Robin Knoche
4	Diogo Leite
5	Danilho Doekhi
20	Aïssa Laïdouni
19	Janik Haberer
8	Rani Khedira
26	Jérôme Roussillon
18	Josip Juranovic
27	Sheraldo Becker
17	Kevin Behrens

Substitutes:

Christopher Trimmel, Lennart Grill, Tim Maciejewski, Aljoscha Kemlein, Jordan Pefok, Sven Michel, Paul Jaeckel, Yannic Stein, Jamie Leweling, Morten Thorsby, Niko Gießelmann.

Ajax Amsterdam (3-4-3-d)

No.	Name
12	Gerónimo Rulli (GK)
2	Jurriën Timber
3	Calvin Bassey
15	Devyne Rensch
4	Edson Álvarez
6	Davy Klaassen
8	Kenneth Taylor
23	Steven Berghuis
10	Dusan Tadic
7	Steven Bergwijn
20	Mohammed Kudus

Substitutes:

Brian Brobbey, Jorge Sánchez, Florian Grillitsch, Maarten Stekelenburg, Remko Pasveer, Youri Regeer, Francisco Conceição, Owen Wijndal, Jorrel Hato, Kian Fitz-Jim, Lorenzo Lucca.