Olympiakos Piraeus win 2-1 at Ajax

Match report

Ajax were beaten 2-1 by Olympiakos Piraeus at Johan Cruijff Arena on Wednesday, 28 January 2026 in UEFA Champions League, League Stage - 8. K. Dolberg (69' pen) scored for Ajax, while G. Martins (52') and S. Hezze (79') found the net for Olympiakos Piraeus. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ajax had 63% of the ball and 11 shots (4 on target) against Olympiakos Piraeus’s 11 (3 on target). Panagiotis Retsos (Olympiakos Piraeus) was the top-rated player with 8.2.

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No previous meetings on record.

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Match events

28'substitutionL. PirolaOff: G. Biancone
33'VAR decisionKasper DolbergGoal cancelled
45+1'yellow cardCostinhaYellow Card
49'yellow cardSantiago HezzeYellow Card
52'goalG. MartinsAssist: M. Taremi
66'VAR decisionSean SteurPenalty confirmed
69'substitutionS. SteurOff: O. Edvardsen
69'substitutionD. KlaassenOff: R. Bounida
69'penaltyK. DolbergPenalty
72'substitutionC. MouzakitisOff: L. Scipioni
72'substitutionA. El KaabiOff: Chiquinho
79'goalS. HezzeAssist: Chiquinho
80'substitutionO. GloukhOff: J. Mokio
80'substitutionK. DolbergOff: W. Weghorst
87'substitutionO. WijndalOff: P. Nash
87'substitutionRodineiOff: D. Podence
87'substitutionG. MartinsOff: B. Onyemaechi

Lineups

Ajax

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Oscar Garcia Junyent

Starting XI

Substitutes

Olympiakos Piraeus

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Luis Mendilibar Jose

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

63%Possession37%
1.87Expected goals (xG)0.53
11Total shots11
4Shots on target3
4Shots off target3
3Blocked shots5
8Shots inside the box6
3Shots outside the box5
5Corners4
1Offsides4
11Fouls8
0Yellow cards2
–Red cards–
1Goalkeeper saves2
628Passes350
535Accurate passes263
85%Pass accuracy75%
-0.21Goals prevented-0.21

Player statistics

Ajax

Ajax player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Vítězslav JarošG	90	6.5			63 · 79%
3Anton GaaeiD	90	6.6			57 · 77%		3	8/13
5Owen WijndalD	88	5.9			56 · 91%	1	1	1/8
15Youri BaasD	90	6.9		1 (0)	97 · 86%	1	3	8/10
37Josip ŠutaloD	90	6.2			84 · 89%	1		2/4
6Youri RegeerM	90	7.3			60 · 90%		3	7/8
10Oscar GloukhM	80	7.0		1 (0)	40 · 82%	1	1	3/8
11Mika GodtsM	90	6.9		2 (1)	39 · 79%	2		1/7
18Davy KlaassenM	69	6.5		1 (0)	34 · 82%		2	4/9
48Sean SteurM	69	6.9		1 (1)	53 · 91%	1	1	2/4
9Kasper DolbergF	80	6.9	1	1 (1)	17 · 71%	1		3/8
12Joeri HeerkensG	–	–
52Paul ReversonG	–	–
2Lucas RosaD	–	–
24Jorthy MokioD	10	6.6			11 · 100%		1	1/3
30Aaron BouwmanD	–	–
41Gerald AldersD	–	–
53Mylo van der LansD	–	–
28Kian Fitz-JimM	–	–
17Oliver EdvardsenF	21	6.3			5 · 80%			1/2
25Wout WeghorstF	10	6.5		1 (1)	4 · 75%			2/3
43Rayane BounidaF	21	6.6			6 · 100%			0/1
66Pharrel NashF	8	6.5			2 · 100%			0/1

Olympiakos Piraeus

Olympiakos Piraeus player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
88Konstantinos TzolakisG	90	6.9				24 · 46%
3Francisco OrtegaD	90	6.7				37 · 86%		2	3/7
5Lorenzo PirolaD	28	6.6				16 · 88%			0/2
20CostinhaD	90	7.0			2 (1)	27 · 78%		2	7/8
45Panagiotis RetsosDTop rated	90	8.2			1 (0)	33 · 70%		3	7/9
10Gelson MartinsM	88	7.3	1		2 (1)	17 · 71%		1	5/13
23RodineiM	88	6.9				30 · 70%	2	2	5/9
32Santiago HezzeM	90	7.9	1		1 (1)	31 · 87%	1	1	4/8
96Christos MouzakitisM	72	6.2				31 · 81%	1		1/5
99Mehdi TaremiM	90	6.9		1		29 · 66%	3	2	9/15
9Ayoub El KaabiF	72	6.3				14 · 71%			0/2
31Nikolaos BotisG	–	–
61Georgios KouraklisG	–	–
4Giulian BianconeD	62	6.9				29 · 62%			3/4
6Alexios KalogeropoulosD	–	–
70Bruno OnyemaechiD	8	6.7				3 · 100%			0/1
8Diogo NascimentoM	–	–
14Dani GarcíaM	–	–
16Lorenzo ScipioniM	18	6.7				10 · 90%		1	1/3
22ChiquinhoM	18	7.0		1		14 · 100%	1	1	1/1
27Gabriel StrefezzaF	–	–
56Daniel PodenceF	8	6.5				5 · 80%			0/2
80Stavros PnevmonidisF	–	–