Ajax 1-2 Roma: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 8 April 2021
Result
Ajax 1-2 Roma
Europa League · Thursday 8 April 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Ajax 1-2 Roma: match report
Ajax lost to Roma 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 8 April 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Davy Klaassen opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Ajax's goal came from Davy Klaassen (39'). Roma scored through Lorenzo Pellegrini (57') and Roger Ibañez (87').
Discipline: Ajax received 2 yellow cards; Roma received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Ajax were 25th on 12 points from 4 and Roma 6th on 25 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and Roma in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pau López of Roma (9.1), ahead of Dusan Tadic (8.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Ajax win, 1 draw and 0 for Roma.
Going into the match Ajax's last five read W-W-W-W and Roma's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 39'Goal · Davy Klaassen
- 53'Missed penalty · Dusan Tadić
- 57'Goal · Lorenzo Pellegrini
- 71'Yellow card · Devyne Rensch
- 78'Yellow card · Bruno Peres
- 86'Yellow card · Lisandro Martínez
- 87'Goal · Roger Ibañez
- 90'Yellow card · Bryan Cristante
- 90+4'Yellow card · R. Calafiori
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Maarten Stekelenburg
- Zakaria Labyad
- Juan Jesus
- Perr Schuurs
- Chris Smalling
- Stephan El Shaarawy
- Daley Blind
- Henrikh Mkhitaryan
- Marash Kumbulla
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
Kjell Scherpen, Devyne Rensch, Jurriën Timber, Lisandro Martínez, Nicolás Tagliafico, Davy Klaassen, Edson Álvarez, Ryan Gravenberch, Antony, Dusan Tadic, David Neres
Roma line-up (3-4-2-1)
Pau López, Gianluca Mancini, Bryan Cristante, Roger Ibañez, Bruno Peres, Amadou Diawara, Jordan Veretout, Leonardo Spinazzola, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Pedro, Edin Džeko