PSV and Omonia Nicosia get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
It's no vacation for neither PSV nor Omonia Nicosia as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Omonia Nicosia, who are travelling more than 3600 kilometers to play this game.
PSV form and stats
PSV was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Europa League.When playing at home in the Eredivisie, PSV have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses in this competition. The PSV fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Philips Stadion and will expect new points from this game. PSV has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
PSV shared the glory with SC Heerenveen in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. In the game before, an away victory in the Europa League match versus Granada with a 1-0 scoreline.
Joel Piroe was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against SC Heerenveen after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for PSV home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as FC Utrecht are coming to town in three days.
The PSV manager R. Schmidt has got the team scoring with 12 from 5 home games in the league. PSV have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 2nd qualifying round.The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Division travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Total Europa League statistics for Omonia Nicosia: 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses.
The Nicosia goalkeeper Fabiano Ribeiro de Freitas is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 189 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Nicosia play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting APOEL. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs PAOK.
You'll want to know how Nicosia managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and two home wins.
After this away game Nicosia return home for a 1. Division game against Paphos. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Nicosia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. As opposed to that, Nicosia have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Omonia Nicosia - PSV 1-2.Top Goalscorers
  D. Malen 6 goals |  C. Madueke 4 goals |   É. Bauthéac 4 goals |
PSV missing players
Omonia Nicosia missing players
| PSV | Omonia Nicosia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 50 | 20 | Scored | S | 14 | 26 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.5 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.3 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 40% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Granada | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | PSV | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 3 | PAOK | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Omonia Nicosia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 36 | 27 |
| 2 | Vitesse | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 3 | PSV | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 24 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | AZ | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 9 | Sparta Rotterdam | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | FC Utrecht | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Heracles | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -10 | 9 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -15 | 9 |
| 15 | Willem II | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 6 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | -18 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AEL | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Apollon | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 17 | 26 |
| 3 | Anorthosis | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | Olympiakos | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 6 | Omonia Nicosia | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Paphos | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Doxa | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | APOEL | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Ermis | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Karmiotissa | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Nea Salamis | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 11 |
| 13 | Ethnikos Achna | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -14 | 7 |
| 14 | Enosis | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 7 |