FC Groningen 1-0 Ajax: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 25 January 2009
Result
FC Groningen 1-0 Ajax
Eredivisie · Sunday 25 January 2009, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Groningen 1-0 Ajax: match report
FC Groningen defeated Ajax 1-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 25 January 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from D. Holla of FC Groningen in the 39th minute.
Discipline: FC Groningen received 4 yellow cards; Ajax received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game FC Groningen were 7th on 27 points from 18 and Ajax 2nd on 41 points from 18. FC Groningen went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Ajax 3rd with 68.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Groningen wins, 1 draw and 6 for Ajax.
Going into the match FC Groningen's last five read D-L-W-L-L and Ajax's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Koen van de Laak
- 30'Yellow card · Andreas Granqvist
- 39'Goal · D. Holla
- 54'Yellow card · Jan Vertonghen
- 71'Yellow card · Thomas Vermaelen
- 86'Second yellow · Jan Vertonghen
- 86'Yellow card · Robbert Schilder
- 90+2'Yellow card · Petter Andersson
- 90+4'Yellow card · Marcus Berg
Head-to-head
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