There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League Play-offs meeting between PSV and Benfica. Game on!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for PSV and Benfica.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Benfica, who are travelling more than 2100 kilometers to play this game.
PSV form and stats
PSV have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Midtjylland and Galatasaray. Last season, PSV's Europa League journey ended in the 16th finals against Olympiakos Piraeus.The story so far in the Eredivisie for PSV at their home stadium (Philips Stadion) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. 4W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for PSV. 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 ten games in a row here without a defeat.
A nice win for PSV last time playing, versus SC Cambuur. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with Olivier Boscagli, Davy Pröpper, Noni Madueke and Eran Zahavi scoring for the victors. Midfielder Bruma was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.23 (out of ten) in that game. Bruma served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled passed the opponent 5 of 6 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Benfica in the Champions League.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how PSV have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost two.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Eredivisie game versus FC Groningen in only four days. This game is also played here at Philips Stadion.
Early season league goal statistics from PSV's 1 home game: 4 goals, 1 conceded.
Benfica form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Spartak Moskva in order to reach play-offs of Champions League. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.Benfica are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Primeira Liga. Total Champions League statistics for Benfica: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Things are running smoothly for Benfica who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Gil Vicente.
Benfica have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos. It's been 240 minutes since they last conceded in Primeira Liga.
It's the second away game in a row for Benfica, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Gil Vicente in the Primeira Liga last time out. Defender Lucas Veríssimo was the best team player with a rating of 7.85. Veríssimo scored one goal and won 5 of 9 duels.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus PSV in the Champions League.4 goals so far away for Benfica, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
PSV and Benfica have duelled previously this season: Benfica - PSV 2-1. Head to head totals (for the former four meetings): PSV won one game, one match ended in a draw and Benfica got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / zeroTop Goalscorers
  C. Madueke 2 goals |   L. Verissimo da Silva 2 goals |  G. Waldschmidt 2 goals |
PSV missing players
Benfica missing players
| PSV | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 10 | 20 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 64 | 36 | Scored | S | 29 | 53 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 15.2 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 12.3 | ||
| 6.9 | 8.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 47% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | SC Heerenveen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | FC Groningen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Ajax | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Feyenoord | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Fortuna Sittard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Vitesse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | NEC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Heracles | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 13 | FC Twente | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | AZ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Go Ahead Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | PEC Zwolle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | Willem II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Benfica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Porto | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Estoril | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Tondela | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Boavista | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Portimonense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Maritimo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Pacos de Ferreira | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Vizela | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Arouca | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Famalicao | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 |