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Ajax Amsterdam 5-1 Sparta Rotterdam - February 28, 1999 / Eredivisie 1998/1999

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28' - Goal Shota Arveladze28

30' - Goal Shota Arveladze30

37' - Substitution Shota Arveladzeis substituted by Wamberto37

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70' - Goal Dean Gorré70

76' - Substitution Danny Blindis substituted by Andrzej Rudy76

81' - Goal Peter Hoekstra81

83' - Substitution Jari Litmanenis substituted by Richard Knopper83

86' - Goal Jesper Grönkjaer86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ajax Amsterdam

5 - 1

Sparta Rotterdam

Ajax Amsterdam Sparta Rotterdam

Team line-ups

Ajax Amsterdam

Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age28 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Blind76

Danny Blind

Netherlands

B.date01/08/1961

Age37 years

H1m76

positionSweeper

Sier

Tom Sier

Netherlands

B.date01/01/1970

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age22 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Mensah

Kofi Mensah

Ghana

B.date08/03/1978

Age20 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Witschge

Richard Witschge

Netherlands

B.date20/09/1969

Age29 years

H1m84

positionVersatile Midfielder

Gorré70

Dean Gorré

Netherlands

B.date10/09/1970

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Litmanen83

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age28 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Grönkjaer86

Jesper Grönkjaer

Denmark

B.date12/08/1977

Age21 years

H1m87

positionOffensive Midfielder

Arveladze283037

Shota Arveladze

Georgia

B.date22/02/1973

Age26 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Hoekstra81

Peter Hoekstra

Netherlands

B.date04/04/1973

Age25 years

H1m89

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin Van der Sar		28	297	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Blind	76	37	485	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tom Sier		29	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		22	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kofi Mensah		20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Witschge		29	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Gorré	70	28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen	83	28	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jesper Grönkjaer	86	21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shota Arveladze	283037	26	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Hoekstra	81	25	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

140

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			Age	Match num	Note
M	Andrzej Rudy	76	33	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Knopper	83	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wamberto	37	24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Shota Arveladze

Benni McCarthy

OUT

Peter Hoekstra

Tijjani Babangida

OUT

Kofi Mensah

Sunday Oliseh

OUT

Jari Litmanen

Richard Knopper

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Jan Wouters

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Wouters vs Sparta Rotterdam

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1999

Wouters vs Everse

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1999

Manager

Age

Match num

Jan Everse

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Everse vs Ajax Amsterdam

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1999

Everse vs Wouters

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 28, 1999

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Key figures

It's the first time Peter Hoekstra scores a goal vs Sparta Rotterdam in his professional career with Ajax Amsterdam since the 08/04/1998 (with Ajax Amsterdam vs Sparta Rotterdam )

End of streak for Ajax Amsterdam after 4 consecutive matches without a win at home (since 15/11/1998). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 22/12/1996

Ajax Amsterdam keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 20/12/1998).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAjax Amsterdam 2-0 Olympiacos04/11/1998

VAjax Amsterdam 2-1 Roda JC11/11/1998

DAjax Amsterdam 2-2 PSV Eindhoven15/11/1998

LAjax Amsterdam 0-1 Dinamo Zagreb25/11/1998

DAjax Amsterdam 1-1 Maastricht VV06/12/1998

DAjax Amsterdam 0-0 Heerenveen13/12/1998

Overall

LFC Porto 3-0 Ajax Amsterdam09/12/1998

DAjax Amsterdam 0-0 Heerenveen13/12/1998

DFeyenoord Rotterdam 1-1 Ajax Amsterdam20/12/1998

VRoda JC 0-3 Ajax Amsterdam04/02/1999

LFC Twente 2-1 Ajax Amsterdam14/02/1999

DHeerenveen 2-2 Ajax Amsterdam17/02/1999

Current form

Away

LFortuna Sittard 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam17/10/1998

LPSV Eindhoven 4-0 Sparta Rotterdam31/10/1998

LRKC Waalwijk 5-1 Sparta Rotterdam15/11/1998

LNEC Nijmegen 3-1 Sparta Rotterdam02/12/1998

LUtrecht 4-1 Sparta Rotterdam20/12/1998

LRoda JC 1-0 Sparta Rotterdam20/02/1999

Overall

LNEC Nijmegen 3-1 Sparta Rotterdam02/12/1998

LSparta Rotterdam 1-2 Cambuur06/12/1998

VSparta Rotterdam 4-2 FC Twente13/12/1998

LUtrecht 4-1 Sparta Rotterdam20/12/1998

LSparta Rotterdam 0-1 Utrecht14/02/1999

LRoda JC 1-0 Sparta Rotterdam20/02/1999

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	4	2
Scoring streak	0	4
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	7	3
Winless streak	7	3
Drawless streak	15	7
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	7	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
9	Victories (Competition total)	4
6	Victories (Home / Away)	1
8	Draws (Competition total)	3
4	Draws (Home / Away)	0
4	Losses (Competition total)	14
0	Losses (Home / Away)	10

Goals

39	Goals scored (Competition total)	22
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	30
1.86	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.05
2.3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.91
0.95	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.95
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.73

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

14	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Benni McCarthy	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Wamberto	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Jari Litmanen	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	-
Jari Litmanen	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Ronald De Boer	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	-
Richard Witschge	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	-
Wamberto	1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

33 v

8 d

5 l

122 gf

28 ga

Away

45 matches

17 v

12 d

16 l

86 gf

74 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

92 matches

50 v

21 d

21 l

210 gf

104 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

16 v

12 d

17 l

74 gf

86 ga

Away

46 matches

5 v

8 d

33 l

28 gf

122 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

92 matches

21 v

21 d

50 l

104 gf

210 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 0	December 08, 1985
Home	9 - 0	December 08, 1985

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	May 20, 1962
Away	3 - 1	September 12, 1976

Latest head to head

October 04, 1998 - Eredivisie 1998/1999

Sparta Rotterdam

2 - 0

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

April 08, 1998 - Eredivisie 1997/1998

Ajax Amsterdam

4 - 0

Sparta Rotterdam logo Sparta Rotterdam

November 09, 1997 - Eredivisie 1997/1998

Sparta Rotterdam

0 - 5

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

May 04, 1997 - Eredivisie 1996/1997

Sparta Rotterdam

2 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

September 15, 1996 - Eredivisie 1996/1997

Ajax Amsterdam

2 - 0

Sparta Rotterdam logo Sparta Rotterdam

Best historical scorers against Sparta Rotterdam

Marco van Basten	15 goals	1984 - 1987
Ruud Geels	9 goals	1975 - 1978
Gerald Vanenburg	8 goals	1982 - 1985
Wim Kieft	7 goals	1980 - 1982
Johan Cruijff	7 goals	1966 - 1972
Frank De Boer	6 goals	1992 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

Ronald Lengkeek	4 goals	1984 - 1984
Janusz Kowalik	1 goal	1971 - 1971
Ron Van den Berg	1 goal	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sparta Rotterdam

Ruud Krol	25 matches	1969 - 1980
Wim Suurbier	21 matches	1965 - 1976
Danny Blind	21 matches	1986 - 1998
John van't Schip	20 matches	1982 - 1992
Frank De Boer	20 matches	1989 - 1998
Piet Keizer	20 matches	1965 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

Ron Van den Berg	2 matches	1983 - 1984
Edwin Olde Riekerink	2 matches	1983 - 1984
Ron Stevens	2 matches	1983 - 1984
Louis van Gaal	2 matches	1983 - 1984
Ronald Lengkeek	2 matches	1983 - 1984
Wout Holverda	2 matches	1983 - 1984