Sparta Rotterdam 2-5 Ajax: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 18 March 2018
Result
Sparta Rotterdam 2-5 Ajax
Eredivisie · Sunday 18 March 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Sparta Rotterdam 2-5 Ajax: match report
Sparta Rotterdam lost to Ajax 2-5 in Eredivisie on Sunday 18 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.
Michiel Kramer opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Sparta Rotterdam's goals came from Michiel Kramer (31') and Ryan Sanusi (90+2'). Ajax scored through Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (33'), Lasse Schöne (53'), J. Kluivert (59'), Hakim Ziyech (66') and Hakim Ziyech (86').
Discipline: Sparta Rotterdam received 2 yellow cards; Ajax received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sparta Rotterdam were 16th on 21 points from 27 and Ajax 2nd on 61 points from 27. Sparta Rotterdam went on to finish that season 17th with 27 points, and Ajax 2nd with 79.
Sparta Rotterdam lined up in a 4-3-3 and Ajax in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Justin Kluivert of Ajax (8.5), ahead of Lasse Schöne (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sparta Rotterdam win, 2 draws and 7 for Ajax.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Julian Chabot
- 19'Yellow card · Matthijs de Ligt
- 31'Goal · Michiel Kramer
- 33'Goal · Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- 34'Yellow card · Rasmus Kristensen
- 52'Yellow card · S. Fischer
- 53'Goal · Lasse Schöne
- 59'Goal · J. Kluivert
- 60'Yellow card · Nicolás Tagliafico
- 66'Goal · Hakim Ziyech
- 86'Goal · Hakim Ziyech
- 90+2'Goal · Ryan Sanusi
Head-to-head
Team news
Sparta Rotterdam line-up (4-3-3)
Jannik Huth, Frederik Holst, Sander Fischer, Jeff Chabot, Hélder Queirós, Kenny Dougall, Ryan Sanusi, Robert Mühren, Thomas Verhaar, Michiel Kramer, S. Ahannach
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
André Onana, Matthijs de Ligt, Maximilian Wöber, Nicolás Tagliafico, Rasmus Nissen Kristensen, Donny van de Beek, Hakim Ziyech, Lasse Schöne, David Neres, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Justin Kluivert