Excelsior 1-3 Ajax: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 17 December 2006
Result
Excelsior 1-3 Ajax
Eredivisie · Sunday 17 December 2006, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Excelsior 1-3 Ajax: match report
Excelsior lost to Ajax 1-3 in Eredivisie on Sunday 17 December 2006. The half-time score was 0-1.
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Excelsior's goal came from Mitchell Piqué (90+1'). Ajax scored through Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (24'), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (48') and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (74').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Excelsior were 13th on 16 points from 16 and Ajax 3rd on 35 points from 16. Excelsior went on to finish that season 16th with 30 points, and Ajax 1st with 81.
Going into the match Excelsior's last five read L-L-W-L-D and Ajax's D-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- 48'Goal · Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- 74'Goal · Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- 90+1'Goal · Mitchell Piqué
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