Ajax 5-2 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 22 April 2007

Result

Ajax 5-2 Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie · Sunday 22 April 2007, 12:30 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Ajax 5-2 Sparta Rotterdam: match report

Ajax defeated Sparta Rotterdam 5-2 in Eredivisie on Sunday 22 April 2007. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Wesley Sneijder opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Ajax's goals came from Wesley Sneijder (9'), Wesley Sneijder (17'), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (21'), Kenneth Dahl Jensen (76', penalty) and Nicolae Mitea (82'). Sparta Rotterdam scored through Rachid Bouaouzan (37') and Iderlindo Moreno Freire (47').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Ajax were 3rd on 69 points from 32 and Sparta Rotterdam 13th on 34 points from 32. Ajax went on to finish that season 1st with 81 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 13th with 38.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Ajax wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sparta Rotterdam.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Wesley SneijderAjax · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Wesley SneijderAjax · 2-0
  • 21'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarAjax · 3-0
  • 37'Goal · Rachid BouaouzanSparta Rotterdam · 3-1
  • 47'Goal · Iderlindo Moreno FreireSparta Rotterdam · 3-2
  • 76'Penalty goal · Kenneth Dahl JensenAjax · 4-2
  • 82'Goal · Nicolae MiteaAjax · 5-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Ajax 2, draws 0, Sparta Rotterdam 1.

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