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Ajax Amsterdam 4-2 Sparta Rotterdam - May 06, 1973 / Eredivisie 1972/1973

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Eredivisie 1972/1973 - Round 32

De Meer - Amsterdam - Netherlands

May 06, 1973

28 000

4 - 2

Sparta Rotterdam

Johnny Rep

12'

Piet Keizer

30'

Arie Haan

55'

Johnny Rep

62'

logo Ajax Amsterdam AA

12' - Goal Johnny Rep12

30' - Goal Piet Keizer30

logo Ajax Amsterdam AA

46' - Substitution Gerrie Mührenis substituted by Arnold Mühren46

55' - Goal Arie Haan55

62' - Goal Johnny Rep62

logo Sparta Rotterdam SR

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ajax Amsterdam

4 - 2

Sparta Rotterdam

Ajax Amsterdam Sparta Rotterdam

Team line-ups

Ajax Amsterdam

Stuy

Heinz Stuy

Netherlands

B.date06/02/1945

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hulshoff

Barry Hulshoff

Netherlands

B.date30/09/1946

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Suurbier

Wim Suurbier

Netherlands

B.date16/01/1945

Age28 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Blankenburg

Horst Blankenburg

Germany

B.date10/07/1947

Age25 years

positionDefender

Krol

Ruud Krol

Netherlands

B.date24/03/1949

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Haan55

Arie Haan

Netherlands

B.date16/11/1948

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mühren46

Gerrie Mühren

Netherlands

B.date02/02/1946

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Neeskens

Johan Neeskens

Netherlands

B.date15/09/1951

Age21 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Schilcher

Heinz Schilcher

Austria

B.date14/04/1947

Age26 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Keizer30

Piet Keizer

Netherlands

B.date14/06/1943

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

Rep6212

Johnny Rep

Netherlands

B.date25/11/1951

Age21 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Heinz Stuy		28	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barry Hulshoff		26	272	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wim Suurbier		28	346	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Horst Blankenburg		25	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ruud Krol		24	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arie Haan	55	24	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerrie Mühren	46	27	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johan Neeskens		21	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Heinz Schilcher		26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Piet Keizer	30	29	329	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Rep	6212	21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

169

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Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Arnold Mühren	46	21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Heinz Schilcher

Johan Cruijff

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Stefan Kovacs

Success rate in this team:

87 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Kovacs vs Sparta Rotterdam

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 06, 1973

Kovacs vs Steegman

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 06, 1973

Manager

Age

Match num

Leo Steegman

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Steegman vs Ajax Amsterdam

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on May 06, 1973

Steegman vs Kovacs

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on May 06, 1973

Referee

Leonardus van der Kroft

15 victories	3 draws	4 losses	Ajax Amsterdam22 matches	General total	Sparta Rotterdam2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
5 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Ajax Amsterdam6 matches	Season total	Sparta Rotterdam1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 17, 1974					Latest figure on December 26, 1973

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Key figures

End of streak for Sparta Rotterdam after 3 consecutive wins (since 15/04/1973). It was the best streak for the club since 05/11/1972-11/02/1973 (12 matches).

Ajax Amsterdam keeps its 66 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 21/10/1970). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 15/04/1970 (26 matches)

Sparta Rotterdam keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 15/04/1973). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 05/11/1972-25/03/1973 time period (18 matches).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAjax Amsterdam 4-0 Bayern Munich07/03/1973

VAjax Amsterdam 4-0 NAC Breda18/03/1973

VAjax Amsterdam 3-1 Utrecht01/04/1973

VAjax Amsterdam 1-0 FC Twente07/04/1973

VAjax Amsterdam 2-1 Real Madrid11/04/1973

VAjax Amsterdam 5-0 ADO Den Haag23/04/1973

Overall

VAjax Amsterdam 1-0 FC Twente07/04/1973

VAjax Amsterdam 2-1 Real Madrid11/04/1973

VDen Bosch 1-2 Ajax Amsterdam15/04/1973

VAjax Amsterdam 5-0 ADO Den Haag23/04/1973

VReal Madrid 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam25/04/1973

VExcelsior Rotterdam 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam29/04/1973

Current form

Away

LAZ Alkmaar 1-0 Sparta Rotterdam25/02/1973

LFC Amsterdam 4-2 Sparta Rotterdam11/03/1973

VPSV Eindhoven 0-1 Sparta Rotterdam14/03/1973

LPSV Eindhoven 2-1 Sparta Rotterdam25/03/1973

DFeyenoord Rotterdam 3-3 Sparta Rotterdam08/04/1973

VNAC Breda 0-1 Sparta Rotterdam23/04/1973

Overall

DSparta Rotterdam 2-2 NEC Nijmegen01/04/1973

LSparta Rotterdam 1-2 NAC Breda04/04/1973

DFeyenoord Rotterdam 3-3 Sparta Rotterdam08/04/1973

VSparta Rotterdam 2-0 FC Groningen15/04/1973

VNAC Breda 0-1 Sparta Rotterdam23/04/1973

VSparta Rotterdam 2-1 Telstar29/04/1973

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	46	8
Unbeaten streak	46	8
Drawless streak	65	22
Scoring streak	106	32
Invincibility streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	5	11
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

31	Number of games (Competition total)	31
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
28	Victories (Competition total)	20
15	Victories (Home / Away)	7
0	Draws (Competition total)	5
0	Draws (Home / Away)	3
3	Losses (Competition total)	6
0	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

95	Goals scored (Competition total)	77
66	Goals scored (Home / Away)	32
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	31
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
3.06	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.48
4.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.13
0.48	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.4

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
21	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
10	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
4-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (3 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Johan Cruijff	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Johan Cruijff	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Johnny Rep	15 goals during the last 18 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

9 v

5 d

3 l

34 gf

17 ga

Away

17 matches

7 v

4 d

6 l

33 gf

28 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

35 matches

16 v

10 d

9 l

69 gf

47 ga

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

6 v

4 d

7 l

28 gf

33 ga

Away

17 matches

3 v

5 d

9 l

17 gf

34 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

35 matches

9 v

10 d

16 l

47 gf

69 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 25, 1966
Home	5 - 0	September 25, 1966

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	May 20, 1962
Away	3 - 1	September 20, 1964

Latest head to head

December 03, 1972 - Eredivisie 1972/1973

Sparta Rotterdam

3 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

January 16, 1972 - Eredivisie 1971/1972

Ajax Amsterdam

2 - 1

Sparta Rotterdam logo Sparta Rotterdam

August 29, 1971 - Eredivisie 1971/1972

Sparta Rotterdam

1 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

May 20, 1971 - KNVB-Beker 1970/1971

Ajax Amsterdam

2 - 1

Sparta Rotterdam logo Sparta Rotterdam

May 05, 1971 - KNVB-Beker 1970/1971

Ajax Amsterdam

2 - 2

Sparta Rotterdam logo Sparta Rotterdam

Best historical scorers against Sparta Rotterdam

Johan Cruijff	7 goals	1966 - 1972
Klaas Nuninga	6 goals	1964 - 1969
Piet Keizer	5 goals	1966 - 1972
Sjaak Swart	3 goals	1966 - 1971
Gerrie Mühren	3 goals	1969 - 1971
Velibor Vasovic	2 goals	1970 - 1970

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

Janusz Kowalik

1 goal

1971 - 1971

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

Sjaak Swart	18 matches	1964 - 1972
Piet Keizer	18 matches	1965 - 1972
Johan Cruijff	15 matches	1966 - 1972
Wim Suurbier	15 matches	1965 - 1972
Velibor Vasovic	11 matches	1967 - 1971
Bernardus Muller	11 matches	1964 - 1969