Rostov 4-1 Ajax: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 24 August 2016
Result
Rostov 4-1 Ajax
Champions League · Wednesday 24 August 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Rostov 4-1 Ajax: match report
Rostov defeated Ajax 4-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 24 August 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Sardar Azmoun opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Rostov's goals came from Sardar Azmoun (34'), Aleksandr Erokhin (52'), Christian Noboa (60') and Dmitri Poloz (66'). Ajax scored through Davy Klaassen (84', penalty).
Discipline: Rostov received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Ajax received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rostov were 18th on 5 points from 3 and Ajax 19th on 5 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Rostov lined up in a 5-3-2 and Ajax in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rostov wins, 1 draw and 0 for Ajax.
Going into the match Rostov's last five read D-W-D and Ajax's D-W-D.
Key events
- 34'Goal · Sardar Azmoun
- 39'Yellow card · Sardar Azmoun
- 41'Yellow card · Dmitri Poloz
- 52'Goal · Aleksandr Erokhin
- 53'Yellow card · César Navas
- 60'Goal · Christian Noboa
- 66'Goal · Dmitri Poloz
- 83'Red card · Fedor Kudryashov
- 84'Penalty goal · Davy Klaassen
- 87'Yellow card · Nick Viergever
Head-to-head
Team news
Rostov line-up (5-3-2)
Soslan Dzhanaev, Denis Terentjev, Ivan Novoseltsev, César Navas, Fedor Kudryashov, Timofey Kalachev, Aleksandr Gațcan, Christian Fernando Noboa Tello, Aleksandr Erokhin, Sardar Azmoun, Dmitri Poloz
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
Jasper Cillessen, Joël Veltman, Nick Viergever, Jaïro Riedewald, Kenny Tete, Riechedly Bazoer, Davy Klaassen, Nemanja Gudelj, Anwar El Ghazi, Bertrand Traoré, Ahmad Nurosadi