Match report
Ajax outlast Sion 5-3 in eight-goal Conference League playoff thriller
Ajax beat FC Sion 5-3 at the Johan Cruijff Arena in a UEFA Europa Conference League playoff round tie that swung repeatedly before the hosts pulled clear. The result took Ajax through following an eight-goal contest that was level on three occasions inside the opening 39 minutes.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Youri Baas put Ajax ahead inside the first minute, but Winsley Boteli Mokango levelled for Sion in the 18th and then put the visitors 2-1 up in the 36th, both efforts arriving either side of half-time chances at both ends. Davy Klaassen, assisted by Lucas Rosa, restored parity in the 39th minute before Toluwalase Arokodare struck right at the end of the half, set up by A. Ouazane, to send Ajax in 3-2 ahead at the break.
Ajax took control after the interval as Arokodare added a second, again teed up by Ouazane, in the 51st minute, and Oliver Edvardsen, assisted by Caio Henrique, made it 5-2 three minutes later. Mokango completed his hat-trick in stoppage time to give Sion a third goal on the night, but by then Ajax's lead was unassailable and the hosts held on for the win.
Arokodare scored twice, including a stoppage-time strike at the end of the first half, to finish with an 8.9 rating, while Ouazane provided both assists for his goals.
Ajax dominated the shooting exchanges, firing 23 attempts to Sion's 10 with 13 on target compared to just three for the visitors.
Ajax beat FC Sion 5–3 (half-time 3–2).
Ajax met FC Sion in the UEFA Europa Conference League (Playoff round). Kick-off was Thursday, 27 August 2026, 18:00 UTC at Johan Cruijff Arena. Referee: Julian Weinberger.
Team pages: Ajax · FC Sion · UEFA Europa Conference League
Key moments
- 1' Goal: Youri Baas — 1–0
- 18' Goal: Winsley Boteli Mokango (assist: Ali Kabacalman) — 1–1
- 36' Goal: Winsley Boteli Mokango — 1–2
- 39' Goal: Davy Klaassen (assist: Lucas Rosa) — 2–2
- 45' Goal: Toluwalase Arokodare (assist: A. Ouazane) — 3–2
- 51' Goal: Toluwalase Arokodare (assist: A. Ouazane) — 4–2
- 54' Goal: Oliver Edvardsen (assist: Caio Henrique) — 5–2
- 85' Goal: — 5–3
Starting line-ups
Ajax (4-3-3)
FC Sion (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Ajax 59%, the draw 22%, FC Sion 19%. It finished Ajax 5–3 FC Sion.
Ajax's rating edge carries it — Ajax are the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Ajax's 59%. The draw at 22% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why Ajax at 59%?
Ajax sit 193 points higher on our strength rating — 1787 to 1594. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge at home won 57.1% of 12,744 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 65–20–15.
Why only 59%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 59% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 22% and FC Sion at 19%.
Why is the draw only 22%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.2%. These teams' recent games average 3.2 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 17,007. The goals environment takes 2.1 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Ajax average 19 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 193 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. FC Sion have 15 fully-tracked matches with us — under our usual 25-game bar — but their strength rating is anchored to the long-run European club ratings list, which carries their wider competitive history into the number. Clubs from leagues we don't fully cover play too few tracked games for a record built from scratch, so their rating chain starts from published long-run club ratings instead of a blind first guess.
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About this match
On this page: the Ajax vs FC Sion final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Europa Conference League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Ajax 5–3 FC Sion. Explore more on the Ajax and FC Sion team pages or the UEFA Europa Conference League page.