Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Ajax (1st, 18 pts) held a 17-point advantage over FC Bayern München (54th, 1 pts). Recent form flatters FC Bayern München's table spot — 36th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 54th. Per game in the league, FC Bayern München were scoring 1 and conceding 2.5, Ajax 2.88 and 0.75, against a competition average of 1.73 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Ajax in 11 games, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 FC Bayern München win, 0 for Ajax, 3 draws, at 4 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 25% of the wins in this fixture. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 75% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%.
Allianz Arena in Munich staged the fixture, a ground that holds 75,000. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-2.