AZ Alkmaar 2-0 Ajax: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 23 November 2008
Result
AZ Alkmaar 2-0 Ajax
Eredivisie · Sunday 23 November 2008, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
AZ Alkmaar 2-0 Ajax: match report
AZ Alkmaar won against Ajax 2-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 23 November 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Demy De Zeeuw opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Demy De Zeeuw (22', penalty) and Ari (51'). Ajax did not score.
Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 4 yellow cards; Ajax received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 4th on 23 points from 11 and Ajax 2nd on 25 points from 11. AZ Alkmaar went on to finish that season 1st with 80 points, and Ajax 3rd with 68.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 AZ Alkmaar wins, 2 draws and 4 for Ajax.
Going into the match AZ Alkmaar's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Ajax's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 22'Penalty goal · Demy De Zeeuw
- 22'Yellow card · E. Enoh
- 51'Goal · Ari
- 75'Yellow card · Niklas Moisander
- 75'Yellow card · Stijn Schaars
- 78'Yellow card · S. Pocognoli
- 88'Yellow card · David Mendes
- 90'Yellow card · E. Sno
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