Ajax 3-0 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 15 September 2018

Result

Ajax 3-0 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Saturday 15 September 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Ajax · FC Groningen · Eredivisie predictions

Ajax 3-0 FC Groningen: match report

Ajax won against FC Groningen 3-0 in Eredivisie on Saturday 15 September 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Ajax's goals came from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (18', penalty), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (66') and Dusan Tadić (76'). FC Groningen did not score.

Discipline: Ajax received 2 yellow cards; FC Groningen received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Ajax were 2nd on 10 points from 4 and FC Groningen 16th on 3 points from 4. Ajax went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and FC Groningen 7th with 48.

Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Groningen in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dusan Tadic of Ajax (8.4), ahead of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Ajax wins, 2 draws and 1 for FC Groningen.

Going into the match Ajax's last five read W-W-W-D and FC Groningen's L-W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Penalty goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarAjax · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Nicolás TagliaficoAjax
  • 35'Yellow card · Lasse SchöneAjax
  • 66'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarAjax · 2-0
  • 76'Goal · Dusan TadićAjax · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Ajax 7, draws 2, FC Groningen 1.

Team news

Ajax line-up (4-3-3)

André Onana, Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt, Daley Blind, Nicolás Tagliafico, Lasse Schöne, David Neres, Frenkie de Jong, Hakim Ziyech, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dusan Tadic

FC Groningen line-up (5-4-1)

Sergio Padt, Deyovaisio Zeefuik, Mike te Wierik, Jeff Chabot, Samir Memisevic, Tim Handwerker, Ritsu Doan, Ludovit Reis, Ajdin Hrustic, Django Warmerdam, Mimoun Mahi