Chelsea 5–1 AFC Ajax — UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2025Wed, 22 Oct 2025, 19:00 UTCStamford Bridge

Chelsea

5–1Historical match

AFC Ajax

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

Match at a glance

Chelsea won 5–1.

Shots: 222
Shots on target: 101
Expected goals: 3.651.05
Possession: 66%34%

Full time

What the match recorded

Chelsea beat AFC Ajax 5–1. Recorded in this match (Chelsea – AFC Ajax): shots 22–2, shots on target 10–1, expected goals 3.65–1.05, possession 66%–34%. 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.

13 shots/match ▲ShotsChelsea · AFC Ajax7.33 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

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

Window: season

Metric	Chelsea	AFC Ajax	Baseline
Shots	13 shots/match	7.33 shots/match	13.5 shots/match
Shots against	9 shots/match	15 shots/match	13.3 shots/match

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

The teams have contrasting possession records

weak

Chelsea have recorded the higher season possession share.

55.3% ●PossessionChelsea · AFC Ajax47.3%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 8.0 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Chelsea	AFC Ajax	Baseline
Possession	55.3%	47.3%	49.3%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

This match

Match statistics

Shots22 shots2 shotsChelsea 22 shots, AFC Ajax 2 shots
Shots on target10 shots1 shotChelsea 10 shots, AFC Ajax 1 shot
Expected goals3.65 xG1.05 xGChelsea 3.65 xG, AFC Ajax 1.05 xG
Possession66%34%Chelsea 66%, AFC Ajax 34%
Corners11 corners0 cornersChelsea 11 corners, AFC Ajax 0 corners
Fouls15 fouls6 foulsChelsea 15 fouls, AFC Ajax 6 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.

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Chelsea: 16 shots, 8 on target, 2.91 xG. AFC Ajax: 2 shots, 1 on target, 1.07 xG. · 6 unplaced

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: Chelsea 2.91 xG · AFC Ajax 1.07 xG.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

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

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Chelsea3 matchesAFC Ajax3 matches

2.33 goals/match ▲Goals scored3/30.33 goals/match

1.33 goals/match ▲Goals allowed3/33.67 goals/match

1.77 xG/match ▲Expected goals3/31.04 xG/match

13 shots/match ▲Shots3/37.33 shots/match

5.33 shots/match ▲Shots on target3/31.67 shots/match

55.3% ●Possession3/347.3%

5.33 corners/match ●Corners3/33.33 corners/match

11.7 fouls/matchFouls3/311 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples3 / 3home / away teams

Recent samples3 / 3last-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: Wed, 22 Oct 2025, 23:00 UTC · analysis-v4