Ajax 6-2 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report
Eredivisie · Friday 15 February 2008
Result
Ajax 6-2 Sparta Rotterdam
Eredivisie · Friday 15 February 2008, 19:30 UTC · half-time 5-1
Ajax 6-2 Sparta Rotterdam: match report
Ajax won against Sparta Rotterdam 6-2 in Eredivisie on Friday 15 February 2008. It was 5-1 at half-time.
Johnny Heitinga opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Ajax's goals came from Johnny Heitinga (14'), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (29'), Rasmus Lindgren (31'), Johnny Heitinga (38'), Kenneth Dahl Jensen (40') and Kenneth Dahl Jensen (81'). Sparta Rotterdam scored through Darryl Roberts (34') and M. Emnes (82').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Ajax were 3rd on 44 points from 24 and Sparta Rotterdam 15th on 21 points from 24. Ajax went on to finish that season 1st with 76 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 13th with 34.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Ajax wins, 1 draw and 1 for Sparta Rotterdam.
Going into the match Ajax's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Sparta Rotterdam's L-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Johnny Heitinga
- 29'Goal · Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- 31'Goal · Rasmus Lindgren
- 34'Goal · Darryl Roberts
- 38'Goal · Johnny Heitinga
- 40'Goal · Kenneth Dahl Jensen
- 81'Goal · Kenneth Dahl Jensen
- 82'Goal · M. Emnes
Head-to-head
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