Ajax 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report
Eredivisie · Saturday 9 December 2023
Result
Ajax 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam
Eredivisie · Saturday 9 December 2023, 17:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Ajax 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam: match report
Ajax beat Sparta Rotterdam 2-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 9 December 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Brian Brobbey opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Ajax's goals came from Brian Brobbey (8') and Steven Bergwijn (42', penalty). Sparta Rotterdam scored through Camiel Neghli (55').
Discipline: Ajax received no yellow cards; Sparta Rotterdam received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Ajax were 6th on 21 points from 14 and Sparta Rotterdam 7th on 21 points from 14. Ajax went on to finish that season 5th with 56 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 9th with 49.
Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sparta Rotterdam in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Steven Bergwijn of Ajax (8.5), ahead of Kenneth Taylor (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 10 Ajax wins, 0 draws and 0 for Sparta Rotterdam.
Going into the match Ajax's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Sparta Rotterdam's W-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Brian Brobbey
- 42'Penalty goal · Steven Bergwijn
- 55'Goal · Camiel Neghli
- 68'Yellow card · Jonathan de Guzmán
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Sivert Mannsverk
- Koki Saito
- Amourricho van Axel Dongen
- Jay Gorter
- Branco van den Boomen
- Pelle Clement
- Remko Pasveer
- Mika Godts
- Silvano Vos
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
Diant Ramaj, Devyne Rensch, Josip Sutalo, Jorrel Hato, Ar'jany Martha, Kristian Hlynsson, Benjamin Tahirović, Kenneth Taylor, Steven Berghuis, Brian Brobbey, Steven Bergwijn
Sparta Rotterdam line-up (4-3-3)
Nick Olij, Saïd Bakari, Bart Vriends, Tijs Velthuis, Djevencio van der Kust, Arno Verschueren, Jonathan de Guzmán, Joshua Kitolano, Camiel Neghli, Tobias Lauritsen, Charles-Andreas Brym