Sparta Rotterdam 4-0 Ajax: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 3 May 2009
Result
Sparta Rotterdam 4-0 Ajax
Eredivisie · Sunday 3 May 2009, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Sparta Rotterdam 4-0 Ajax: match report
Sparta Rotterdam beat Ajax 4-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 3 May 2009. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Edouard Duplan opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Sparta Rotterdam's goals came from Edouard Duplan (41'), Yuri Rose (45'), Joshua John (77') and Ayodele Adeleye (90'). Ajax did not score.
Discipline: Sparta Rotterdam received 2 yellow cards; Ajax received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sparta Rotterdam were 14th on 31 points from 32 and Ajax 3rd on 65 points from 32. Sparta Rotterdam went on to finish that season 13th with 35 points, and Ajax 3rd with 68.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sparta Rotterdam win, 1 draw and 5 for Ajax.
Going into the match Sparta Rotterdam's last five read D-L-W-L-W and Ajax's D-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 39'Yellow card · Nathan Rutjes
- 41'Goal · Edouard Duplan
- 45'Goal · Yuri Rose
- 48'Yellow card · Luis Suárez
- 51'Yellow card · Yuri Rose
- 52'Yellow card · I. Aissati
- 76'Red card · Oleguer
- 77'Goal · Joshua John
- 90'Goal · Ayodele Adeleye
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