Ajax 2-0 FC Groningen: result and report
Eredivisie · Saturday 8 December 2012
Result
Ajax 2-0 FC Groningen
Eredivisie · Saturday 8 December 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Ajax 2-0 FC Groningen: match report
Ajax defeated FC Groningen 2-0 in Eredivisie on Saturday 8 December 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Derk Boerrigter opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Ajax's goals came from Derk Boerrigter (42') and Lasse Schöne (53', penalty). FC Groningen did not score.
Discipline: Ajax received no yellow cards; FC Groningen received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Ajax were 5th on 29 points from 15 and FC Groningen 10th on 19 points from 15. Ajax went on to finish that season 1st with 75 points, and FC Groningen 7th with 43.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Ajax wins, 2 draws and 2 for FC Groningen.
Going into the match Ajax's last five read W-W-W-W-L and FC Groningen's W-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Virgil van Dijk
- 14'Missed penalty · Siem de Jong
- 42'Goal · Derk Boerrigter
- 53'Penalty goal · Lasse Schöne
- 53'Yellow card · Kees Kwakman
- 57'Yellow card · Nick Bakker
- 90+2'Yellow card · Oluwafemi Ajilore
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
Ajax expected line-up (4-3-3)
Kenneth Vermeer, Ricardo van Rhijn, Daley Blind, Niklas Moisander, Toby Alderweireld, Siem de Jong, Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen, Christian Eriksen, Derk Boerrigter, Viktor Fischer
FC Groningen expected line-up
Luciano, Johan Kappelhof, Virgil van Dijk, Kees Kwakman, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Mitchell Schet, Michael de Leeuw, Género Zeefuik, Andraž Kirm, Tim Sparv