Schalke 04 2-0 Ajax: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 20 April 2017
Result
Schalke 04 2-0 Ajax
Europa League · Thursday 20 April 2017, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-0
Schalke 04 2-0 Ajax: match report
Schalke 04 beat Ajax 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 20 April 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Leon Goretzka opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Schalke 04's goals came from Leon Goretzka (53'), Guido Burgstaller (56') and Daniel Caligiuri (101'). Ajax scored through Nick Viergever (111') and Amin Younes (120').
Discipline: Schalke 04 received 3 yellow cards; Ajax received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Schalke 04 were 10th on 21 points from 11 and Ajax 6th on 24 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Schalke 04 lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Ajax in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nabil Bentaleb of Schalke 04 (8.3), ahead of Leon Goretzka (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Schalke 04 wins, 0 draws and 1 for Ajax.
Key events
- 53'Goal · Leon Goretzka
- 56'Goal · Guido Burgstaller
- 60'Yellow card · Guido Burgstaller
- 68'Yellow card · Sead Kolasinac
- 71'Yellow card · Joël Veltman
- 80'Second yellow · Joël Veltman
- 86'Yellow card · Matija Nastasić
- 90'Yellow card · Nick Viergever
- 90+5'Yellow card · Hakim Ziyech
- 101'Goal · Daniel Caligiuri
- 111'Goal · Nick Viergever
- 120'Goal · Amin Younes
Head-to-head
Team news
Schalke 04 line-up (4-2-3-1)
R. Fährmann, Benedikt Höwedes, Sead Kolasinac, Sascha Riether, Matija Nastasić, Daniel Caligiuri, Max Meyer, Leon Goretzka, Nabil Bentaleb, Benjamin Stambouli, Guido Burgstaller
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
André Onana, Joël Veltman, Davinson Sánchez, Nick Viergever, Matthijs de Ligt, Davy Klaassen, Lasse Schöne, Hakim Ziyech, Bertrand Traoré, Ahmad Nurosadi, Justin Kluivert