Ajax 1-2 Roma: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 8 April 2021

Result

Ajax 1-2 Roma

Europa League · Thursday 8 April 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Ajax 1-2 Roma: match report

Ajax lost to Roma 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 8 April 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Davy Klaassen opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Ajax's goal came from Davy Klaassen (39'). Roma scored through Lorenzo Pellegrini (57') and Roger Ibañez (87').

Discipline: Ajax received 2 yellow cards; Roma received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ajax were 25th on 12 points from 4 and Roma 6th on 25 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and Roma in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pau López of Roma (9.1), ahead of Dusan Tadic (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Ajax win, 1 draw and 0 for Roma.

Going into the match Ajax's last five read W-W-W-W and Roma's W-W-W-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Davy KlaassenAjax · 1-0
  • 53'Missed penalty · Dusan TadićAjax
  • 57'Goal · Lorenzo PellegriniRoma · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Devyne RenschAjax
  • 78'Yellow card · Bruno PeresRoma
  • 86'Yellow card · Lisandro MartínezAjax
  • 87'Goal · Roger IbañezRoma · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Bryan CristanteRoma
  • 90+4'Yellow card · R. CalafioriRoma

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Ajax 1, draws 1, Roma 0.

Team news

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Ajax line-up (4-3-3)

Kjell Scherpen, Devyne Rensch, Jurriën Timber, Lisandro Martínez, Nicolás Tagliafico, Davy Klaassen, Edson Álvarez, Ryan Gravenberch, Antony, Dusan Tadic, David Neres

Roma line-up (3-4-2-1)

Pau López, Gianluca Mancini, Bryan Cristante, Roger Ibañez, Bruno Peres, Amadou Diawara, Jordan Veretout, Leonardo Spinazzola, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Pedro, Edin Džeko