Soccer match preview: PSV confident before travelling to Sparta Rotterdam

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel (11026 seats)

Eredivisie: Two teams who have performed nicely up to now. Learn more on Sparta Rotterdam - PSV with this full guide!

Insights:
  • Sparta Rotterdam have not yet lost a game at home.
  • PSV have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Eredivisie

10 - 0 - 1 with 25-11. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for PSV when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. PSV play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's aim for an active fixture!

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

Sparta Rotterdam must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Eredivisie games here at Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel.

Sparta Rotterdam faced defeat in their previous match, away at Excelsior (1-2). Heartbreak for Sparta Rotterdam in their last match as Excelsior's Parrott scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Defender der Kust got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.4/10. Kust served one assist, hit three key passes and won 5 of 9 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Vitesse in a game that was won 1-0.

Rotterdam are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games.

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PSV form and stats

PSV are yet to lose a point on their Eredivisie travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.

PSV delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Sevilla in their previous match; a Champions League duel. Attacker de Jong got a player rating of 8.03 in the game. "Man of the match" Jong scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against FC Volendam in the Eredivisie.

Goal alert! This club have played 6 consecutive league matches all featuring three or more than three goals (over 2.5 goals).

The PSV manager Bosz has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 11 goals in 3 league matches away. PSV's manager Bosz has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

PSV have managed a sequence of 11 consecutive games without defeat (9-2-0) when playing Rotterdam.

Top Goalscorers

PSVL. de Jong
L. de Jong
6 goals
PSVN. Lang
N. Lang
4 goals
PSVG. Til
G. Til
3 goals

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

PSV missing players

Sparta Rotterdam PSV
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 0 3 7
3 1 0 Won W 0 3 7
2 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
10 4 2 Scored S 0 11 23
9 3 2 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
86% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
57% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 86%
29% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 71%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
71% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 29%
14% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 71%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.3 6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7.7 7.3
5.7 5.3 12 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.3 2.9
1.7 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.7 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.1 14 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 20.3 24.7
5.1 5.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 8.3 10.3
28% 24% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 32%
 
16.4 14.3 24 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.3 7.4
5.9 4.7 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.3 1.9
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of PSV's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PSV have scored in all their matches so far.
  • PSV have scored more than double the goals of Sparta Rotterdam.
  • PSV have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have the most clean sheets (5) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Eredivisie
  • PSV have the the best goal difference (+21) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have won all their games so far.
  • PSV have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • PSV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • PSV is in the best form (6-0-0) in Eredivisie
  • Sparta Rotterdam have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sparta Rotterdam haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSV 7 7 0 0 23 2 4 4 0 0 12 1 3 3 0 0 11 1 21 21
2 AZ 7 6 1 0 20 3 4 3 1 0 12 2 3 3 0 0 8 1 17 19
3 FC Twente 7 6 0 1 14 4 4 4 0 0 8 2 3 2 0 1 6 2 10 18
4 Feyenoord 7 5 2 0 26 6 4 3 1 0 15 3 3 2 1 0 11 3 20 17
5 Excelsior 7 3 3 1 14 11 4 1 3 0 6 5 3 2 0 1 8 6 3 12
6 Sparta Rotterdam 7 3 2 2 10 9 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 2 0 2 6 6 1 11
7 Heracles 7 3 2 2 12 13 4 3 0 1 8 6 3 0 2 1 4 7 -1 11
8 Go Ahead Eagles 7 3 1 3 13 15 3 3 0 0 10 3 4 0 1 3 3 12 -2 10
9 Fortuna Sittard 7 2 3 2 7 11 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 0 2 2 2 9 -4 9
10 NEC 7 2 1 4 12 14 4 2 0 2 10 7 3 0 1 2 2 7 -2 7
11 PEC Zwolle 7 2 1 4 7 12 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 1 0 2 4 6 -5 7
12 Vitesse 7 2 0 5 6 11 3 0 0 3 1 7 4 2 0 2 5 4 -5 6
13 SC Heerenveen 7 2 0 5 9 17 3 1 0 2 4 7 4 1 0 3 5 10 -8 6
14 RKC Waalwijk 6 2 0 4 5 13 3 1 0 2 2 7 3 1 0 2 3 6 -8 6
15 Ajax 5 1 2 2 7 10 2 1 0 1 4 5 3 0 2 1 3 5 -3 5
16 Almere City 7 1 1 5 6 18 3 0 0 3 2 10 4 1 1 2 4 8 -12 4
17 FC Utrecht 7 1 0 6 4 16 3 0 0 3 1 9 4 1 0 3 3 7 -12 3
18 FC Volendam 6 0 1 5 6 16 3 0 1 2 3 6 3 0 0 3 3 10 -10 1

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.