Ajax 3-1 FC Groningen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 7 March 2021

Result

Ajax 3-1 FC Groningen

Eredivisie · Sunday 7 March 2021, 11:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Ajax 3-1 FC Groningen: match report

Ajax won against FC Groningen 3-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 7 March 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

R. Gravenberch opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Ajax's goals came from R. Gravenberch (5'), Sébastien Haller (54') and Dusan Tadić (77', penalty). FC Groningen scored through Ahmed El Messaoudi (84').

Discipline: Ajax received 2 yellow cards; FC Groningen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Ajax were 1st on 57 points from 23 and FC Groningen 6th on 42 points from 24. Ajax went on to finish that season 1st with 88 points, and FC Groningen 7th with 50.

Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Groningen in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dusan Tadic of Ajax (9.6), ahead of Ryan Gravenberch (8.1).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · R. GravenberchAjax · 1-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Mohammed KudusAjax
  • 54'Goal · Sébastien HallerAjax · 2-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Mike te WierikFC Groningen
  • 77'Penalty goal · Dusan TadićAjax · 3-0
  • 83'Yellow card · Davy KlaassenAjax
  • 84'Goal · Ahmed El MessaoudiFC Groningen · 3-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Ajax line-up (4-3-3)

Maarten Stekelenburg, Jurriën Timber, Edson Álvarez, Lisandro Martínez, Nicolás Tagliafico, Davy Klaassen, Mohammed Kudus, Ryan Gravenberch, David Neres, Sébastien Haller, Dusan Tadic

FC Groningen line-up (4-2-2-2)

Sergio Padt, Damil Dankerlui, Mike te Wierik, Ko Itakura, Bart van Hintum, Ramon Pascal Lundqvist, Daniël van Kaam, Mohammed El Hankouri, Paulos Abraham, Tomas Suslov, Alessio Da Cruz