Ajax 2-0 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 26 October 2008

Result

Ajax 2-0 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Sunday 26 October 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Ajax 2-0 NEC Nijmegen: match report

Ajax won against NEC Nijmegen 2-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 26 October 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Ajax's goals came from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (44') and Luis Suárez (73'). NEC Nijmegen did not score.

Discipline: Ajax received 1 yellow card; NEC Nijmegen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Ajax were 11th on 10 points from 6 and NEC Nijmegen 6th on 11 points from 6. Ajax went on to finish that season 3rd with 68 points, and NEC Nijmegen 11th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Ajax win, 4 draws and 1 for NEC Nijmegen.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Thomas VermaelenAjax
  • 44'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarAjax · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Peter WisgerhofNEC Nijmegen
  • 73'Goal · Luis SuárezAjax · 2-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Ajax 1, draws 4, NEC Nijmegen 1.

Team news

Ajax expected line-up

Maarten Stekelenburg, Olaf Lindenbergh, Hatem Trabelsi, Zdenek Grygera, Steven Pienaar, Hedwiges Maduro, Tomas Galasek, Markus Rosenberg, Thomas Vermaelen, Nourdin Boukhari, Urby Emanuelson