A top poster as a cup final. Reigning cup holder Ajax will take on PSV in De Kuip. The team from Amsterdam can refuel with confidence from the past, because the statistics speak in favor of trainer Erik ten Hag’s team.
Earlier this season:
Ajax has won twice in the PSV Eredivisie this season. In Amsterdam Ajax won 5-0 thanks to goals from Steven Berghuis, Sébastien Haller, Antony, Davy Klaassen and Dusan Tadic. In Eindhoven, the team won 2-1 thanks to a questionable goal by Noussair Mazraoui. In the battle for the Johan Cruijff Scale, PSV was too strong with 4-0.
Ajax did not concede any goals:
In the road to the final Ajax dealt with Barendrecht (4-0), Excelsior Maassluis (9-0), Vitesse (5-0) and AZ (0-2). The striking thing about those matches is that Ajax did not concede a single goal. That happened only four times before in cup history. HFC Haarlem in 1902, VOC in 1909, NEC in 1973 and Roda JC in 2000.
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Cup Finals:
Ajax can build on good results in the cup final. Of the 26 finals played, the team from Amsterdam held the cup no less than 20 times. Ajax won the last two editions of the cup tournament. In history, Ajax played the cup final against PSV three times. All three encounters were won (1969-1970 2-0, 1997-1998 5-0, 2005-2006 2-1).
Ajax-PSV in the cup:
Ajax and PSV met each other 16 times before in the cup tournament. It was the cup final three times. In total Ajax won 9 times in the PSV cup and lost 3 matches. The last time Ajax lost to PSV in the cup was 37 years ago. In 1985 PSV won the return of the third round 2-0. The last cup meeting was on February 10, 2021 and then Ajax won 2-1 thanks to two hits from Sébastien Haller.