AFC Ajax 0–3 Galatasaray — UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2025Wed, 5 Nov 2025, 20:00 UTCJohan Cruijff ArenA

AFC Ajax

LLL

0–3Historical match

Galatasaray

LWW

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Galatasaray won 0–3.

Shots: 814
Shots on target: 27
Expected goals: 0.92.54
Possession: 48%52%

Full time

What the match recorded

Galatasaray beat AFC Ajax 3–0. Recorded in this match (AFC Ajax – Galatasaray): shots 8–14, shots on target 2–7, expected goals 0.9–2.54, possession 48%–52%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

AFC Ajax show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

AFC Ajax's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

7.5 shots/match ▲ShotsAFC Ajax · Galatasaray15 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	AFC Ajax	Galatasaray	Baseline
Shots	7.5 shots/match	15 shots/match	13.5 shots/match
Shots against	14.8 shots/match	10.8 shots/match	13.4 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

This match

Match statistics

Shots8 shots14 shotsAFC Ajax 8 shots, Galatasaray 14 shots
Shots on target2 shots7 shotsAFC Ajax 2 shots, Galatasaray 7 shots
Expected goals0.9 xG2.54 xGAFC Ajax 0.9 xG, Galatasaray 2.54 xG
Possession48%52%AFC Ajax 48%, Galatasaray 52%
Corners3 corners2 cornersAFC Ajax 3 corners, Galatasaray 2 corners
Fouls12 fouls15 foulsAFC Ajax 12 fouls, Galatasaray 15 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
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AFC Ajax: 8 shots, 2 on target, 0.91 xG. Galatasaray: 14 shots, 7 on target, 2.58 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: AFC Ajax 0.91 xG · Galatasaray 2.58 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1AFC Ajax

0Draws

0Galatasaray

30 Jan 2025AFC Ajax — Galatasaray · UEFA Europa League2–1

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: AFC Ajax favored in 0 of 11 directional metrics · Galatasaray in 0 · 11 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

AFC Ajax4 matchesGalatasaray4 matches

0.25 goals/matchGoals scored4/4▲ 2 goals/match

3.5 goals/matchGoals allowed4/4▲ 1.5 goals/match

1 xG/matchExpected goals4/4▲ 2.21 xG/match

7.5 shots/matchShots4/4▲ 15 shots/match

1.75 shots/matchShots on target4/4▲ 6.75 shots/match

47.5% ●Possession4/446.3%

3.25 corners/matchCorners4/4● 3.75 corners/match

11.3 fouls/matchFouls4/412.5 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples4 / 4home / away teams

Recent samples4 / 4last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Thu, 6 Nov 2025, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4