Sturm Graz 1-3 Ajax: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 1 August 2018

Result

Sturm Graz 1-3 Ajax

Champions League · Wednesday 1 August 2018, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sturm Graz 1-3 Ajax: match report

Sturm Graz were beaten by Ajax 1-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday 1 August 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Sturm Graz's goal came from an own goal by André Onana (89'). Ajax scored through Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (39'), Dusan Tadić (48') and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (77').

Discipline: Sturm Graz received 3 yellow cards; Ajax received 1 yellow card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Sturm Graz lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Ajax in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Klaas-Jan Huntelaar of Ajax (9.4), ahead of Hakim Ziyech (9.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sturm Graz wins, 0 draws and 1 for Ajax.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Nicolás TagliaficoAjax
  • 39'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarAjax · 0-1
  • 48'Goal · Dusan TadićAjax · 0-2
  • 60'Yellow card · Filipe FerreiraSturm Graz
  • 64'Yellow card · Fabian KochSturm Graz
  • 71'Yellow card · Sandi LovricSturm Graz
  • 77'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarAjax · 0-3
  • 89'Own goal · André OnanaSturm Graz · 1-3

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Sturm Graz 0, draws 0, Ajax 1.

Team news

Sturm Graz line-up (4-3-1-2)

Jörg Siebenhandl, Filipe Ferreira, Lukas Spendlhofer, David Ducci, Dario Maresic, Markus Lackner, Sandi Lovrić, Peter Zulj, Stefan Hierländer, Philipp Hosiner, Emeka Eze

Ajax line-up (4-2-3-1)

André Onana, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui, Frenkie de Jong, Nicolás Tagliafico, David Neres, Hakim Ziyech, Dusan Tadic, Carel Eiting, Lasse Schöne, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar