Malmö Women won 2–1 away to Ajax in the Women’s Europa Cup after taking the lead in the second minute through Izzy D’Aquila. Tuva Skoog added a second after 57 minutes, and Amber Visscher replied for Ajax in the 62nd to leave the final portion of the match separated by one goal.
The statistics give that result an additional dimension. ESPN credits Ajax with 71.3 per cent of possession, 17 attempts and six shots on target. Malmö recorded 11 attempts and four on target. The hosts therefore had more of the ball and a larger shot total without recovering the deficit.
Malmö’s second goal created a two-goal cushion before Ajax reduced it, and the visitors preserved the remaining advantage. The comparison explains the difference between attacking volume and the final outcome. It does not treat every spell of possession as a dangerous chance or assume that a lower possession share necessarily made the winning performance comfortable.
Ajax Amsterdam 1–2 Malmö FF
Match date: 2026-10-28 20:30 Asia/Jerusalem. Result and scoring timeline according to ESPN’s match record.
- Izzy D'Aquila — 2' — Malmö FF
- Tuva Agnes Maria Skoog — 57' — Malmö FF
- Amber Visscher — 62' — Ajax Amsterdam
Archival cover photograph: Ajax Women players celebrating in August 2021; not an image of the current event. Photographer/creator: Milanderoo. Image source and metadata; CC BY-SA 4.0. The Wikimedia-supplied thumbnail is used without further modification. Image date as recorded by the source: 2021-08-27 20:25:42.
