Ajax 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 8 May 2019
Result
Ajax 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur
Champions League · Wednesday 8 May 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Ajax 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Ajax lost to Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday 8 May 2019. The half-time score was 2-0.
Matthijs de Ligt opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Ajax's goals came from Matthijs de Ligt (5') and Hakim Ziyech (35'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Lucas Moura (55'), Lucas Moura (59') and Lucas Moura (90+6').
Discipline: Ajax received 3 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Ajax were 1st on 36 points from 17 and Tottenham Hotspur 7th on 17 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Ajax lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas Moura of Tottenham Hotspur (9.9), ahead of Matthijs de Ligt (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Ajax win, 0 draws and 0 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Matthijs de Ligt
- 16'Yellow card · Moussa Sissoko
- 35'Goal · Hakim Ziyech
- 50'Yellow card · Kasper Dolberg
- 55'Goal · Lucas Moura
- 59'Goal · Lucas Moura
- 76'Yellow card · Danny Rose
- 77'Yellow card · Hakim Ziyech
- 90+5'Yellow card · André Onana
- 90+6'Goal · Lucas Moura
Head-to-head
Team news
Ajax line-up (4-2-3-1)
André Onana, Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt, Daley Blind, Nicolás Tagliafico, Lasse Schöne, Frenkie de Jong, Hakim Ziyech, Donny van de Beek, Dusan Tadic, Kasper Dolberg
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)
Hugo Lloris, Kieran Trippier, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Danny Rose, Moussa Sissoko, Victor Wanyama, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Heung-min Son, Lucas Moura