Sparta Rotterdam 1-3 Ajax: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 7 August 2016
Result
Sparta Rotterdam 1-3 Ajax
Eredivisie · Sunday 7 August 2016, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Sparta Rotterdam 1-3 Ajax: match report
Sparta Rotterdam were beaten by Ajax 1-3 in Eredivisie on Sunday 7 August 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Davy Klaassen opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Sparta Rotterdam's goal came from an own goal by Nemanja Gudelj (8'). Ajax scored through Davy Klaassen (5'), Daley Sinkgraven (54') and Mateo Cassierra (65').
Discipline: Sparta Rotterdam received 3 yellow cards; Ajax received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Sparta Rotterdam went on to finish that season 15th with 34 points, and Ajax 2nd with 81.
The highest match rating in our data went to Daley Sinkgraven of Ajax (8.8), ahead of Anwar El Ghazi (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sparta Rotterdam wins, 2 draws and 6 for Ajax.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Davy Klaassen
- 8'Own goal · Nemanja Gudelj
- 11'Yellow card · Mitchell Dijks
- 17'Yellow card · Joël Veltman
- 50'Yellow card · Florian Pinteaux
- 54'Goal · Daley Sinkgraven
- 65'Goal · Mateo Cassierra
- 76'Yellow card · Denzel Dumfries
- 84'Second yellow · Joël Veltman
- 86'Yellow card · Ryan Sanusi
- 90'Yellow card · Heiko Westermann
- 90'Yellow card · Heiko Westermann
- 90+3'Yellow card · Davy Klaassen
Head-to-head
Team news
Sparta Rotterdam expected line-up
Aleksander Seliga, Donovan Slijngard, Nick Viergever, Ruud Knol, Erik Falkenburg, Edwin Bueren, Kevin Strootman, Edouard Duplan, Joshua John, Rydell Poepon
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
Jasper Cillessen, Kenny Tete, Joël Veltman, Jaïro Riedewald, Mitchell Dijks, Riechedly Bazoer, Davy Klaassen, Nemanja Gudelj, Anwar El Ghazi, Mateo Cassierra, Daley Sinkgraven