FC Groningen 1-3 Ajax: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 2 April 2022

Result

FC Groningen 1-3 Ajax

Eredivisie · Saturday 2 April 2022, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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FC Groningen 1-3 Ajax: match report

FC Groningen were beaten by Ajax 1-3 in Eredivisie on Saturday 2 April 2022. It was 1-2 at half-time.

J. Strand Larsen opened the scoring in the 20th minute. FC Groningen's goal came from J. Strand Larsen (20'). Ajax scored through Davy Klaassen (45+1'), Dusan Tadić (45+7', penalty) and Steven Berghuis (90+1').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 8th on 36 points from 27 and Ajax 1st on 66 points from 27. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 12th with 36 points, and Ajax 1st with 83.

FC Groningen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Ajax in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dusan Tadic of Ajax (8.7), ahead of Jurriën Timber (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Groningen wins, 1 draw and 7 for Ajax.

Going into the match FC Groningen's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Ajax's W-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · J. Strand LarsenFC Groningen · 1-0
  • 45+1'Goal · Davy KlaassenAjax · 1-1
  • 45+7'Penalty goal · Dusan TadićAjax · 1-2
  • 90+1'Goal · Steven BerghuisAjax · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Groningen 2, draws 1, Ajax 7.

Team news

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FC Groningen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Peter Leeuwenburgh, Damil Dankerlui, Mike te Wierik, Bart van Hintum, Bjorn Meijer, Neraysho Kasanwirjo, Laros Duarte, Mohammed El Hankouri, Michael de Leeuw, Paulos Abraham, Jørgen Strand Larsen

Ajax line-up (4-3-3)

André Onana, Noussair Mazraoui, Jurriën Timber, Perr Schuurs, Daley Blind, Davy Klaassen, Ryan Gravenberch, Steven Berghuis, Mohammed Kudus, Dusan Tadic, Sébastien Haller