Ajax 2-0 Schalke 04: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 13 April 2017
Result
Ajax 2-0 Schalke 04
Europa League · Thursday 13 April 2017, 19:05 UTC · half-time 1-0
Ajax 2-0 Schalke 04: match report
Ajax won against Schalke 04 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 13 April 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Davy Klaassen opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Ajax's goals came from Davy Klaassen (23', penalty) and Davy Klaassen (52'). Schalke 04 did not score.
Discipline: Ajax received 2 yellow cards; Schalke 04 received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Ajax were 9th on 21 points from 10 and Schalke 04 8th on 21 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 Schalke 04 in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Davy Klaassen of Ajax (8.8), ahead of R. Fährmann (8.7).
Going into the match Ajax's last five read W-L-W-D-D and Schalke 04's D-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 23'Penalty goal · Davy Klaassen
- 49'Yellow card · Davy Klaassen
- 52'Goal · Davy Klaassen
- 87'Yellow card · Thilo Kehrer
- 87'Yellow card · Benjamin Stambouli
- 89'Yellow card · David Neres
Team news
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
André Onana, Joël Veltman, Davinson Sánchez, Daley Sinkgraven, Nick Viergever, Davy Klaassen, Hakim Ziyech, Donny van de Beek, Bertrand Traoré, Ahmad Nurosadi, Justin Kluivert
Schalke 04 line-up (4-2-3-1)
R. Fährmann, Benedikt Höwedes, Dennis Aogo, Thilo Kehrer, Matija Nastasić, Daniel Caligiuri, Max Meyer, Leon Goretzka, Nabil Bentaleb, Alessandro Schöpf, Guido Burgstaller