Ajax 2-1 Galatasaray: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 30 January 2025
Result
Ajax 2-1 Galatasaray
Europa League · Thursday 30 January 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Ajax 2-1 Galatasaray: match report
Ajax won against Galatasaray 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 30 January 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Bertrand Traoré opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Ajax's goals came from Bertrand Traoré (23') and Kian Fitz-Jim (58'). Galatasaray scored through Victor Osimhen (90+4').
Discipline: Ajax received 1 yellow card; Galatasaray received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Ajax were 2nd on 25 points from 13 and Galatasaray 17th on 13 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and Galatasaray in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Remko Pasveer of Ajax (8.7), ahead of Bertrand Traoré (8.4).
Going into the match Ajax's last five read L-L-L-W-W and Galatasaray's D-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Bertrand Traoré
- 38'Yellow card · Victor Osimhen
- 53'Yellow card · Lucas Torreira
- 58'Goal · Kian Fitz-Jim
- 72'Yellow card · Bertrand Traoré
- 79'Yellow card · Davinson Sánchez
- 90+4'Goal · Victor Osimhen
Team news
Unavailable
- Gökdeniz Gürpüz
- Eyüp Aydın
- Roland Sallai
- Amourricho van Axel Dongen
- Mauro Icardi
- Owen Wijndal
- Wilfried Zaha
- Branco van den Boomen
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
Remko Pasveer, Anton Gaaei, Josip Sutalo, Youri Baas, Jorrel Hato, Kian Fitz-Jim, Jordan Henderson, Kenneth Taylor, Bertrand Traoré, Brian Brobbey, Mika Godts
Galatasaray line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fernando Muslera, Kaan Ayhan, Davinson Sánchez, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Berkan Kutlu, Lucas Torreira, Gabriel Sara, Yunus Akgün, Dries Mertens, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Victor Osimhen