FC Groningen 1-2 Ajax: result and report

Eredivisie · Wednesday 16 April 2008

Result

FC Groningen 1-2 Ajax

Eredivisie · Wednesday 16 April 2008, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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FC Groningen 1-2 Ajax: match report

FC Groningen lost to Ajax 1-2 in Eredivisie on Wednesday 16 April 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.

Rasmus Lindgren opened the scoring in the 18th minute. FC Groningen's goal came from Matías Cahais (45'). Ajax scored through Rasmus Lindgren (18') and Luis Suárez (66').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game FC Groningen were 7th on 51 points from 32 and Ajax 2nd on 63 points from 32. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Ajax 1st with 76.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Groningen wins, 1 draw and 4 for Ajax.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Rasmus LindgrenAjax · 0-1
  • 45'Goal · Matías CahaisFC Groningen · 1-1
  • 66'Goal · Luis SuárezAjax · 1-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: FC Groningen 2, draws 1, Ajax 4.

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