Ajax 5-1 Heracles Almelo: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 20 April 2008

Result

Ajax 5-1 Heracles Almelo

Eredivisie · Sunday 20 April 2008, 12:30 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Ajax 5-1 Heracles Almelo: match report

Ajax beat Heracles Almelo 5-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 20 April 2008. The half-time score was 3-0.

Luis Suárez opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Ajax's goals came from Luis Suárez (4'), Kenneth Dahl Jensen (18'), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (29'), Kenneth Dahl Jensen (74') and Johnny Heitinga (81'). Heracles Almelo scored through R. Klavan (56').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Ajax were 2nd on 66 points from 33 and Heracles Almelo 14th on 32 points from 33. Ajax went on to finish that season 1st with 76 points, and Heracles Almelo 14th with 32.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Ajax win, 0 draws and 0 for Heracles Almelo.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Luis SuárezAjax · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Kenneth Dahl JensenAjax · 2-0
  • 29'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarAjax · 3-0
  • 56'Goal · R. KlavanHeracles Almelo · 3-1
  • 74'Goal · Kenneth Dahl JensenAjax · 4-1
  • 81'Goal · Johnny HeitingaAjax · 5-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Ajax 1, draws 0, Heracles Almelo 0.

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