Ajax 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam: result and report
Eredivisie · Saturday 9 April 2022
Result
Ajax 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam
Eredivisie · Saturday 9 April 2022, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Ajax 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam: match report
Ajax defeated Sparta Rotterdam 2-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 9 April 2022. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Kevin Van Haesendonck opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Ajax's goals came from Davy Klaassen (49') and Dusan Tadić (62', penalty). Sparta Rotterdam scored through Kevin Van Haesendonck (33').
Discipline: Ajax received no yellow cards; Sparta Rotterdam received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Ajax were 1st on 69 points from 28 and Sparta Rotterdam 17th on 22 points from 26. Ajax went on to finish that season 1st with 83 points, and Sparta Rotterdam 14th with 35.
Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sparta Rotterdam in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dusan Tadic of Ajax (8.9), ahead of Daley Blind (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 10 Ajax wins, 0 draws and 0 for Sparta Rotterdam.
Going into the match Ajax's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Sparta Rotterdam's D-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 33'Goal · Kevin Van Haesendonck
- 49'Goal · Davy Klaassen
- 50'Yellow card · Kevin Van Haesendonck
- 61'Yellow card · Adil Auassar
- 62'Penalty goal · Dusan Tadić
- 64'Yellow card · M. Engels
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Amourricho van Axel Dongen
- Lisandro Martínez
- Devyne Rensch
- Antony
- Youri Regeer
- Zakaria Labyad
- Abdou Harroui
- Remko Pasveer
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
André Onana, Jurriën Timber, Perr Schuurs, Daley Blind, Nicolás Tagliafico, Davy Klaassen, Edson Álvarez, Ryan Gravenberch, Steven Berghuis, Sébastien Haller, Dusan Tadic
Sparta Rotterdam line-up (5-4-1)
Maduka Okoye, Laurent Jans, Dirk Abels, Bart Vriends, Adil Auassar, Mica Pinto, Arno Verschueren, Jeremy van Mullem, Joeri de Kamps, Vito van Crooij, Mario Engels