Ajax 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report

Ajax 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam

Eredivisie · Sunday 19 January 2020, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Ajax won against Sparta Rotterdam 2-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 19 January 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Donny van de Beek opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Ajax's goals came from Donny van de Beek (15') and R. Gravenberch (60'). Sparta Rotterdam scored through Joël Piroe (74').

Discipline: Ajax received 1 yellow card; Sparta Rotterdam received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Ajax were 1st on 44 points from 18 and Sparta Rotterdam 11th on 23 points from 18. This fixture belongs to an earlier Eredivisie season and is kept for reference.

Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sparta Rotterdam in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Hakim Ziyech of Ajax (9.0), ahead of Donny van de Beek (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Ajax wins, 1 draw and 1 for Sparta Rotterdam.

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