Celta de Vigo 2-2 Ajax: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 20 October 2016

Result

Celta de Vigo 2-2 Ajax

Europa League · Thursday 20 October 2016, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Celta de Vigo · Ajax · Europa League predictions

Celta de Vigo 2-2 Ajax: match report

Celta de Vigo drew with Ajax 2-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 20 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Hakim Ziyech opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Celta de Vigo's goals came from Andreu Fontàs (29') and Fabián Orellana (82'). Ajax scored through Hakim Ziyech (22') and Amin Younes (71').

Discipline: Celta de Vigo received 1 yellow card; Ajax received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celta de Vigo were 74th on 4 points from 2 and Ajax 53rd on 6 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Celta de Vigo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Ajax in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Andreu Fontàs of Celta de Vigo (8.1), ahead of Nemanja Gudelj (7.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · D. SánchezAjax
  • 22'Goal · Hakim ZiyechAjax · 0-1
  • 29'Goal · Andreu FontàsCelta de Vigo · 1-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Nemanja GudeljAjax
  • 31'Yellow card · Joël VeltmanAjax
  • 57'Yellow card · Daley SinkgravenAjax
  • 71'Goal · Amin YounesAjax · 1-2
  • 80'Yellow card · PlanasCelta de Vigo
  • 82'Goal · Fabián OrellanaCelta de Vigo · 2-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Riechedly BazoerAjax

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Celta de Vigo 1, draws 0, Ajax 1.

Team news

Celta de Vigo line-up (4-3-3)

Rubén Blanco, Andreu Fontàs, Sergi Gómez Solà, Carles Planas, Facundo Roncaglia, Nemanja Radoja, Pablo Hernández, Josep Señé, John Guidetti, Pione Sisto, Álvaro Lemos

Ajax line-up (4-3-3)

André Onana, Joël Veltman, Davinson Sánchez, Daley Sinkgraven, Nick Viergever, Davy Klaassen, Hakim Ziyech, Nemanja Gudelj, Bertrand Traoré, Ahmad Nurosadi, Kasper Dolberg