Football · Herning and Amsterdam
Ajax wins 6-1 at FC Midtjylland as Arokodare scores twice and assists
Tolu Arokodare scored twice and set up another goal as Ajax won 6-1 away at FC Midtjylland in Herning. The win lifts Ajax to six points after three Conference League league-phase matches.
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In brief
Tolu Arokodare scored in the ninth minute and again early in the second half, and set up Owen Wijndal's goal for 1-3.
Friday Etim levelled the match at 1-1 halfway through the first half, after Midtjylland had been reduced by Wätjen's second yellow card in the closing stages of the first half.
After three league-phase matches, Ajax has six points in the Conference League, following its 2-0 win over Atalanta in Amsterdam in the previous round.
- Second half, WijndalOwen Wijndal scores the third goal, 1-3
- Second half, KlaassenDavy Klaassen heads in the 1-4 from a Wijndal cross
- Late second half, LeonardoMarcos Leonardo scores the sixth goal, 1-6
Ajax takes control in Herning
Ajax beat FC Midtjylland 6-1 in Herning on 5 November 2026. Midtjylland had to finish the first half with fewer players after midfielder Kjell-Arik Wätjen received his second yellow card in the closing stages of that half. Tolu Arokodare opened the scoring in the ninth minute, heading in from a corner taken by Oscar Gloukh.
Midtjylland equalised halfway through the first half, when Friday Etim went past Marc ter Stegen and slotted the ball into an empty net. A possible foul on Thilo Kehrer preceded the goal, but the video referee decided not to intervene. Denil Casillo then had a chance to put Midtjylland ahead, but he shot straight at Ter Stegen.
Second-half surge
Ajax restored its lead quickly after the break. Youri Baas headed narrowly wide early in the second half, and a few minutes later Arokodare struck the ball hard from close range to make it 1-2, his twelfth goal in Amsterdam colours. Owen Wijndal made it 1-3 after a failed Midtjylland header landed at his feet, with Arokodare providing the assist. Wijndal also delivered the cross from which Davy Klaassen headed the goal for 1-4.
Gloukh scored again a quarter of an hour before the final whistle. Marcos Leonardo came on as a substitute and added the sixth goal, his first since August, when he had last found the net.
Lineup and squad situation
Coach Míchel Sánchez changed his lineup because Julian Brandt and Sofyan Amrabat were injured. Abdellah Ouazane started on the right wing, and Youri Baas took over Amrabat's place in midfield. Amrabat had been the central figure of the previous weekend's win over AZ, which was also settled by a Arokodare header.
Position in the Conference League
According to NOS, the win takes Ajax to six points from three league-phase matches. Ajax had slipped in its opening match against Hajduk Split before beating Atalanta 2-0 in Amsterdam in the previous round. After the international break, Ajax face the Swiss club FC Thun at the Johan Cruijff Arena.
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Sources and context
- de VolkskrantAjax has a wonderful evening at FC Midtjylland: big win (1-6) and scoring strikersAjax beleeft heerlijke avond bij FC Midtjylland: ruime zege (1-6) en scorende spitsen · original in Dutch
- NOSArokodare leads Ajax to big win over ten-man Midtjylland, Leonardo also scoresArokodare leidt Ajax naar ruime zege op tiental Midtjylland, ook Leonardo scoort · original in Dutch
- Tolu Arokodare
- Ajax striker who scored twice and assisted in the 6-1 win
- Marcos Leonardo
- Brazilian Ajax forward who came on as a substitute and scored the sixth goal
- Nordin Bakker
- Midtjylland goalkeeper
- Míchel Sánchez
- Ajax head coach
- Oscar Gloukh
- Ajax player who delivered the corner for the opening goal and scored later in the match
- Owen Wijndal
- Ajax defender who scored the third goal and provided a cross for Klaassen
- Davy Klaassen
- Ajax midfielder who headed in the 1-4 goal
- Marc ter Stegen
- Ajax goalkeeper beaten by Friday Etim for the equaliser
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