There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round meeting between Midtjylland and PSV. Game on!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for PSV, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Midtjylland form and stats
Midtjylland have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Celtic. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Midtjylland's two home games in the Superliga so far this season, having collected 3 points here at MCH Arena. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Midtjylland has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Midtjylland's previous game was a Superliga match also played at home, ending 4-1 versus Vejle. The home side are looking to build on that result. Anders Dreyer, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 10.0 (out of 10). Dreyer scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, signed up for two assists, hit six key passes, dribled passed the opponent 6 of 6 times and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting PSV (0-3).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Midtjylland as they are travelling to their away game against SønderjyskE in the Superliga. That match is three days after this one.
At MCH Arena, Midtjylland has the goal stats of 5-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
PSV form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Galatasaray in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. PSV was sent out of Europa League in the 16th finals last season, when Olympiakos Piraeus turned out to be too strong.As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, PSV have produced an overall stat of 8-6-3 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for PSV, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Ajax in the Super Cup last time out. The attacker Noni Madueke got a match rating of 8.55 in that game. Madueke scored two goals, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total). As you can tell from the results above, PSV was very dominant against Ajax, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Mario Götze, Yorbe Vertessen and Noni Madueke (2) providing the goals.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Midtjylland in the Champions League.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Eredivisie trip to Heracles.
PSV have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 35 goals from 17 away matches. PSV have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the PSV - Midtjylland 3-0 earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dreyer 2 goals |  E. Sviatchenko 1 goals |  P. Sisto Ifolo Emirmija 1 goals |
Midtjylland missing players
PSV missing players
| Midtjylland | PSV | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 49 | 29 | Scored | S | 29 | 64 | ||
| 29 | 6 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.9 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.9 | 15.7 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 7 | ||
| 39% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Midtjylland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Randers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Silkeborg | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | København | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Nordsjælland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | OB | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | SønderjyskE | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Viborg | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Brøndby | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | AaB | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | AGF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Vejle | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 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 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 102 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 9 | 79 | 88 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 74 | 35 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 39 | 72 |
| 3 | AZ | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 75 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 23 | 34 | 71 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 61 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 64 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 28 | 59 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 52 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 53 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 50 |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 47 |
| 9 | Heracles | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 53 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 37 | -11 | 44 |
| 10 | FC Twente | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 50 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | -2 | 41 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 50 | 58 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | -8 | 41 |
| 12 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -6 | 39 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 35 | -9 | 38 |
| 14 | Willem II | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 40 | 68 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -28 | 31 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -22 | 30 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 68 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 41 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -28 | 30 |
| 17 | VVV-Venlo | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 43 | 91 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 46 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 45 | -48 | 23 |
| 18 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 76 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 38 | -47 | 22 |