FC Groningen 2-3 Ajax: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 28 January 2007
Result
FC Groningen 2-3 Ajax
Eredivisie · Sunday 28 January 2007, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Groningen 2-3 Ajax: match report
FC Groningen were beaten by Ajax 2-3 in Eredivisie on Sunday 28 January 2007. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Evgeniy Levchenko opened the scoring in the 19th minute. FC Groningen's goals came from Evgeniy Levchenko (19', penalty) and Luis Suárez (40'). Ajax scored through Jaap Stam (52'), Johnny Heitinga (82') and Leonardo (90+2').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game FC Groningen were 10th on 30 points from 21 and Ajax 3rd on 45 points from 21. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Ajax 1st with 81.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Groningen wins, 0 draws and 3 for Ajax.
Going into the match FC Groningen's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Ajax's W-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 19'Penalty goal · Evgeniy Levchenko
- 40'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 52'Goal · Jaap Stam
- 82'Goal · Johnny Heitinga
- 90+2'Goal · Leonardo
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