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Sparta Rotterdam 0-5 Ajax Amsterdam - November 09, 1997 / Eredivisie 1997/1998

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Eredivisie 1997/1998 - Round 13

Sparta-Stadion - Rotterdam - Netherlands

November 09, 1997

Sparta Rotterdam

0 - 5

Ajax Amsterdam

14'

Jari Litmanen (penalty)

37'

Jari Litmanen (penalty)

50'

Jari Litmanen

58'

Dani

81'

Benni McCarthy

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14' - Goal Jari Litmanen

37' - Goal Jari Litmanen

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50' - Goal Jari Litmanen

58' - Goal Dani

65' - Substitution Daniis substituted by Benni McCarthy

70' - Substitution Jari Litmanenis substituted by Tom Sier

79' - Substitution Richard Knopperis substituted by Mariano Juan

81' - Goal Benni McCarthy

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sparta Rotterdam

0 - 5

Ajax Amsterdam

Sparta Rotterdam Ajax Amsterdam

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

Ajax Amsterdam

Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Blind

Danny Blind

Netherlands

B.date01/08/1961

Age36 years

H1m76

positionSweeper

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

Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age21 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Rudy

Andrzej Rudy

Poland

B.date15/10/1965

Age32 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

Knopper79

Richard Knopper

Netherlands

B.date29/08/1977

Age20 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Gorré

Dean Gorré

Netherlands

B.date10/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Litmanen50143770

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age26 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Dani5865

Dani

Portugal

B.date02/11/1976

Age21 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Forward

Sibon

Gerald Sibon

Netherlands

B.date19/04/1974

Age23 years

H1m98

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin Van der Sar		27	237	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Blind		36	442	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank De Boer		27	383	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ole Tobiasen		22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		21	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrzej Rudy		32	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Knopper	79	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Gorré		27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen	50143770	26	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dani	5865	21	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerald Sibon		23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

123

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Tom Sier	70	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mariano Juan	79	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benni McCarthy	8165	19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andrzej Rudy

Sunday Oliseh

OUT

Gerald Sibon

Shota Arveladze

OUT

Richard Knopper

Richard Witschge

OUT

Mario Melchiot

Ronald De Boer

OUT

Dean Gorré

Peter Hoekstra

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Morten Olsen

Success rate in this team:

82 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Olsen vs Sparta Rotterdam

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 09, 1997

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Key figures

Edwin Van der Sar played his game number 10 vs Sparta Rotterdam in Eredivisie with

Only back at the time of Barry Hughes head of (01/07/1986-01/07/1988), you can see a maanger go beneath Henk ten Cate with 1.48 goals conceded per game in Eredivisie (1.44).

End of streak for Sparta Rotterdam after 6 consecutive matches without a loss at home (since 20/08/1997). It was the best streak for the club since 10/12/1995-21/08/1996 (12 matches).

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSparta Rotterdam 1-1 De Graafschap20/08/1997

DSparta Rotterdam 1-1 Fortuna Sittard10/09/1997

VSparta Rotterdam 5-0 Volendam13/09/1997

VSparta Rotterdam 4-2 Utrecht25/09/1997

VSparta Rotterdam 3-1 Roda JC28/09/1997

DSparta Rotterdam 1-1 FC Groningen26/10/1997

Overall

VSparta Rotterdam 4-2 Utrecht25/09/1997

VSparta Rotterdam 3-1 Roda JC28/09/1997

DMaastricht VV 2-2 Sparta Rotterdam03/10/1997

DDe Graafschap 2-2 Sparta Rotterdam15/10/1997

DHeerenveen 1-1 Sparta Rotterdam18/10/1997

DSparta Rotterdam 1-1 FC Groningen26/10/1997

Current form

Away

DMaribor 1-1 Ajax Amsterdam16/09/1997

VNEC Nijmegen 1-4 Ajax Amsterdam21/09/1997

VHeerenveen 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam27/09/1997

VWillem II 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam05/10/1997

DRoda JC 1-1 Ajax Amsterdam30/10/1997

LUdinese 2-1 Ajax Amsterdam04/11/1997

Overall

VWillem II 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam05/10/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 1-0 NAC Breda15/10/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 1-0 Udinese21/10/1997

VAjax Amsterdam 4-0 Feyenoord Rotterdam26/10/1997

DRoda JC 1-1 Ajax Amsterdam30/10/1997

LUdinese 2-1 Ajax Amsterdam04/11/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	6	6
Winless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	9	21
Conceding streak	3	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	12	24
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

12	Number of games (Competition total)	12
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
3	Victories (Competition total)	11
3	Victories (Home / Away)	5
6	Draws (Competition total)	1
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	43
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.58
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3.17
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.33
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Shota Arveladze
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Jari Litmanen
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Frank De Boer
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Frank De Boer
-	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Michael Laudrup
-	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Frank De Boer
-	The fittest player	6 goals, 3 assists during the last 10 matches	Jari Litmanen

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

15 v

12 d

16 l

72 gf

81 ga

Away

45 matches

5 v

8 d

32 l

28 gf

118 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

89 matches

20 v

21 d

48 l

102 gf

201 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

32 v

8 d

5 l

118 gf

28 ga

Away

43 matches

16 v

12 d

15 l

81 gf

72 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

89 matches

48 v

21 d

20 l

201 gf

102 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	May 20, 1962
Home	4 - 0	May 20, 1962

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 0	December 08, 1985
Away	6 - 2	September 07, 1986

Latest head to head

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

January 21, 1996 - Eredivisie 1995/1996

Sparta Rotterdam

3 - 3

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

September 10, 1995 - Eredivisie 1995/1996

Ajax Amsterdam

4 - 0

Sparta Rotterdam logo Sparta Rotterdam

March 22, 1995 - Eredivisie 1994/1995

Ajax Amsterdam

8 - 0

Sparta Rotterdam logo Sparta Rotterdam

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.

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
Piet Keizer	6 goals	1966 - 1973

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

John de Wolf	2 matches	1983 - 1984
René Eijer	2 matches	1983 - 1984
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

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
Sonny Silooy	20 matches	1981 - 1994
John van't Schip	20 matches	1982 - 1992
Piet Keizer	20 matches	1965 - 1974
Danny Blind	19 matches	1986 - 1997