[2] Venlo were left with 10 men after 52 minutes when Christian Kum was sent off after the video assistant referee changed his yellow card for violent conduct to a red.

[3] Venlo further collapsed after the sending off with four Ajax goals in five minutes by Traoré, Antony, Ekkelenkamp and Daley Blind.

[2][4] Lassina Traoré became the first Ajax player to score five goals in an Eredivisie game since Marco van Basten in 1985 and the first to record three assists for the club in a league match since Frenkie de Jong in 2017.

[4] The display meant that Traoré became the first player this century to be directly involved in eight goals in an Eredivisie match.

[4] It was the biggest ever defeat in a professional game for Venlo, with their previous worst performance being a 10–1 loss to PSV Eindhoven in 1964.