Ajax 2-0 FC Groningen: result and report
Eredivisie · Saturday 28 September 2019
Result
Ajax 2-0 FC Groningen
Eredivisie · Saturday 28 September 2019, 17:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Ajax 2-0 FC Groningen: match report
Ajax defeated FC Groningen 2-0 in Eredivisie on Saturday 28 September 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Lisandro Martínez opened the scoring in the 76th minute. Ajax's goals came from Lisandro Martínez (76') and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (79'). FC Groningen did not score.
Discipline: Ajax received 1 yellow card; FC Groningen received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Ajax were 1st on 17 points from 7 and FC Groningen 14th on 7 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Eredivisie season and is kept for reference.
Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Groningen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hakim Ziyech of Ajax (8.8), ahead of Daley Blind (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Ajax wins, 1 draw and 1 for FC Groningen.
Going into the match Ajax's last five read W-D-W-W-W and FC Groningen's L-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Mike te Wierik
- 8'Yellow card · Django Warmerdam
- 73'Second yellow · Django Warmerdam
- 73'Yellow card · Charlison Benschop
- 75'Yellow card · Nicolás Tagliafico
- 76'Goal · Lisandro Martínez
- 79'Goal · Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Head-to-head
Team news
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
André Onana, Noussair Mazraoui, Joël Veltman, Daley Blind, Nicolás Tagliafico, Donny van de Beek, Quincy Promes, Lisandro Martínez, Hakim Ziyech, Dusan Tadic, David Neres
FC Groningen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Padt, Deyovaisio Zeefuik, Mike te Wierik, Ko Itakura, Bart van Hintum, Azor Matusiwa, Ahmed El Messaoudi, Ajdin Hrustic, Ramon Pascal Lundqvist, Django Warmerdam, Charlison Benschop