Steven Berghuis also misses Ajax’s home match against Aston Villa in the eighth finals of the Conference League. Trainer John van ‘t Schip still had a little hope on Wednesday that his second captain could take action against the club from Birmingham. But Berghuis still suffers too much from a knee injury.
Ajax starts at 6.45 pm with the same basic formation as on Sunday during the won competition match against FC Utrecht (2-0). Trainer Van ‘t Schip has again opted for a system with five defenders. Ahmetcan Kaplan replaces the suspended Josip Sutalo in the heart of the defense.
Ollie Watkins appears at the kick-off at Aston Villa. The attacker is second on the Premier League top scorers list with sixteen goals. Only Erling Haaland (eighteen goals) has scored more times.