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Ajax Amsterdam 4-1 FC Groningen - September 12, 1997 / Eredivisie 1997/1998

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Eredivisie 1997/1998 - Round 5

Amsterdam ArenA - Amsterdam - Netherlands

September 12, 1997

Ajax Amsterdam

4 - 1

FC Groningen

Assist by Danny BlindJari Litmanen

20'

Assist by Ole TobiasenTijjani Babangida

29'

Assist by Ole TobiasenBenni McCarthy

90'

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20' - Goal Jari Litmanen20

29' - Goal Tijjani Babangida29

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46' - Substitution Peter Hoekstrais substituted by Michael Laudrup46

59' - Substitution Tijjani Babangidais substituted by Benni McCarthy59

80' - Substitution Jari Litmanenis substituted by Dean Gorré80

90' - Goal Benni McCarthy90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ajax Amsterdam

4 - 1

FC Groningen

Ajax Amsterdam FC Groningen

Team line-ups

Ajax Amsterdam

Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age26 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Blind

Danny Blind

Netherlands

B.date01/08/1961

Age36 years

H1m76

positionSweeper

F. De Boer

Frank De Boer

Netherlands

B.date15/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Tobiasen

Ole Tobiasen

Denmark

B.date08/07/1975

Age22 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Oliseh

Sunday Oliseh

Nigeria

B.date14/09/1974

Age22 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Witschge

Richard Witschge

Netherlands

B.date20/09/1969

Age27 years

H1m84

positionVersatile Midfielder

Litmanen2080

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age26 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Babangida2959

Tijjani Babangida

Nigeria

B.date25/09/1973

Age23 years

H1m66

positionRight Winger

Hoekstra46

Peter Hoekstra

Netherlands

B.date04/04/1973

Age24 years

H1m89

positionLeft Winger

Arveladze

Shota Arveladze

Georgia

B.date22/02/1973

Age24 years

H1m81

positionStriker

R. De Boer

Ronald De Boer

Netherlands

B.date15/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin Van der Sar		26	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Blind		36	434	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank De Boer		27	372	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ole Tobiasen		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sunday Oliseh		22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Witschge		27	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen	2080	26	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tijjani Babangida	2959	23	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Hoekstra	46	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shota Arveladze		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ronald De Boer		27	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

151

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			Age	Match num	Note
M	Dean Gorré	80	27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Laudrup	46	33	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benni McCarthy	9059	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Shota Arveladze

Gerald Sibon

OUT

Ole Tobiasen

Mario Melchiot

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Morten Olsen

Success rate in this team:

100 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Olsen vs FC Groningen

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 12, 1997

Olsen vs Rijsbergen

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 12, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Wim Rijsbergen

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Rijsbergen vs Ajax Amsterdam

2 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on September 12, 1997

Rijsbergen vs Olsen

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 12, 1997

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Key figures

Jari Litmanen scored 5 goals vs FC Groningen in his professional career

Jari Litmanen scored 5 goals vs FC Groningen in Eredivisie with Ajax Amsterdam

Jari Litmanen scored 5 goals vs FC Groningen in Eredivisie

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAjax Amsterdam 5-0 NEC Nijmegen18/04/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 2-1 Heerenveen11/05/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 3-2 FC Twente17/05/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 4-0 Vitesse Arnhem01/06/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 5-0 Vitesse Arnhem19/08/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 3-0 RKC Waalwijk09/09/1997

Overall

LFortuna Sittard 2-1 Ajax Amsterdam25/05/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 4-0 Vitesse Arnhem01/06/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 5-0 Vitesse Arnhem19/08/1997

VFortuna Sittard 0-5 Ajax Amsterdam22/08/1997

VUtrecht 1-7 Ajax Amsterdam31/08/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 3-0 RKC Waalwijk09/09/1997

Current form

Away

VAZ Alkmaar 1-4 FC Groningen17/05/1997

VHeerenveen 1-3 FC Groningen01/06/1997

VSpartak Varna 0-2 FC Groningen28/06/1997

LMontpellier 3-0 FC Groningen19/07/1997

DRKC Waalwijk 1-1 FC Groningen24/08/1997

LRoda JC 4-1 FC Groningen30/08/1997

Overall

VFC Groningen 4-1 Gloria Bistrita12/07/1997

LMontpellier 3-0 FC Groningen19/07/1997

VFC Groningen 3-0 Volendam20/08/1997

DRKC Waalwijk 1-1 FC Groningen24/08/1997

LRoda JC 4-1 FC Groningen30/08/1997

VFC Groningen 4-0 NEC Nijmegen09/09/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	5
Unbeaten streak	6	5
Drawless streak	9	8
Scoring streak	11	12
Invincibility streak	3	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
4	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

20	Goals scored (Competition total)	9
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.25
4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.25
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.5

Betting aid

4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
5-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (1 times)

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Shota Arveladze	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Benni McCarthy	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Frank De Boer	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	-
Frank De Boer	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	-
Gerald Sibon	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	-
Benni McCarthy	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

24 matches

15 v

7 d

2 l

66 gf

21 ga

Away

23 matches

15 v

4 d

4 l

52 gf

24 ga

Total

47 matches

30 v

11 d

6 l

118 gf

45 ga

Historical head to head

Home

23 matches

4 v

4 d

15 l

24 gf

52 ga

Away

24 matches

2 v

7 d

15 l

21 gf

66 ga

Total

47 matches

6 v

11 d

30 l

45 gf

118 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 0	January 06, 1974
Home	9 - 0	January 06, 1974

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	March 15, 1989
Away	2 - 0	May 03, 1994

Latest head to head

May 07, 1997 - Eredivisie 1996/1997

FC Groningen

1 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

December 01, 1996 - Eredivisie 1996/1997

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 1

FC Groningen logo FC Groningen

April 21, 1996 - Eredivisie 1995/1996

FC Groningen

3 - 4

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

November 19, 1995 - Eredivisie 1995/1996

Ajax Amsterdam

4 - 1

FC Groningen logo FC Groningen

April 16, 1995 - Eredivisie 1994/1995

FC Groningen

2 - 4

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

Best historical scorers against FC Groningen

Stefan Pettersson	9 goals	1988 - 1993
Wim Kieft	8 goals	1980 - 1982
Johnny Bosman	5 goals	1986 - 1988
Patrick Kluivert	5 goals	1994 - 1995
Johan Cruijff	5 goals	1972 - 1973
Dennis Bergkamp	5 goals	1988 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/03/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

Ronald Koeman	5 goals	1981 - 1983
Ron Jans	3 goals	1982 - 1983
Rob McDonald	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Harris Huizingh	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Bert Wiebing	1 goal	1981 - 1981
Karel Hiddink	1 goal	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/03/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Groningen

Danny Blind	24 matches	1986 - 1997
John van't Schip	21 matches	1983 - 1992
Stanley Menzo	21 matches	1985 - 1994
Sonny Silooy	20 matches	1981 - 1996
Frank Rijkaard	18 matches	1981 - 1994
Peter Boeve	17 matches	1980 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1971. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

Karel Hiddink	10 matches	1980 - 1984
Jan Van Dijk	9 matches	1980 - 1991
Walter Walderboos	9 matches	1980 - 1984
Theo Keukens	8 matches	1981 - 1983
Johan Tukker	7 matches	1981 - 1983
Anne Mulder	7 matches	1980 - 1983