Ajax 1-1 AZ Alkmaar: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 26 April 2009
Result
Ajax 1-1 AZ Alkmaar
Eredivisie · Sunday 26 April 2009, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Ajax 1-1 AZ Alkmaar: match report
Ajax drew with AZ Alkmaar 1-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 26 April 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.
J. Lens opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Ajax's goal came from Luis Suárez (87', penalty). AZ Alkmaar scored through J. Lens (23').
Discipline: Ajax received 2 yellow cards; AZ Alkmaar received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Ajax were 3rd on 64 points from 31 and AZ Alkmaar 1st on 76 points from 31. Ajax went on to finish that season 3rd with 68 points, and AZ Alkmaar 1st with 80.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Ajax wins, 2 draws and 3 for AZ Alkmaar.
Going into the match Ajax's last five read L-W-W-W-W and AZ Alkmaar's L-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · J. Lens
- 7'Yellow card · S. Pocognoli
- 12'Yellow card · Vurnon Anita
- 15'Yellow card · Mousa Dembélé
- 23'Goal · J. Lens
- 57'Red card · Stijn Schaars
- 64'Yellow card · Niklas Moisander
- 67'Yellow card · Luis Suárez
- 87'Penalty goal · Luis Suárez
- 87'Yellow card · R. Klavan
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