The first of two encounters in the Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam PSV will try to edge Midtjylland in their own ballpark.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Superliga. That game was also an away game, at Viborg. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
These teams have little in common geographically as Midtjylland have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
PSV form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Champions League for PSV, as the manager R. Schmidt led his troops to eliminate Galatasaray, and reach the 3rd Qualifying Round. PSV was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Europa League. Olympiakos Piraeus was too strong.PSV are steadily winning Eredivisie games and points here at Philips Stadion. 13 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 17 games.
PSV enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Galatasaray's place. The match ended 2-1 with Noni Madueke and Marco van Ginkel scoring. Cody Gakpo, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.72 (out of 10). Gakpo hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 7 of 8 times.
Before that, PSV had a Champions League home game versus Galatasaray which ended with a victory 5-1.There will be little rest for PSV after this match as they are travelling to Ajax for a Super Cup game in only four days.
The PSV manager R. Schmidt has got the team scoring with 39 from 17 home games in the league. PSV are not conceding a lot of goals here at Philips Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 17 matches.
Midtjylland form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Celtic in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.Midtjylland are yet to lose a point on their Superliga travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. Momentum is building for Midtjylland in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Midtjylland goalkeeper Jonas Lössl is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two travels in a row for Midtjylland, whose manager B. Henriksen could celebrate last time after the Superliga win against Viborg. Evander got a match rating of 8.83 in that game, top player of the team. Evander scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times. A victory against Viborg as mentioned above, but the margin of victory could have been bigger as Midtjylland hit the posts three times.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Celtic (after extra-time) in the Champions League.A quick return to home after this game, as Midtjylland are hosting Vejle in the Superliga only three days away.
It's early days yet, but Midtjylland has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Sisto Ifolo Emirmija 1 goals |  E. da Silva Ferreira 1 goals |  A. Dreyer 1 goals |
PSV missing players
Midtjylland missing players
| PSV | Midtjylland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 60 | 32 | Scored | S | 20 | 45 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 22 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 6.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 6 | ||
| 16.1 | 17.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 13.4 | ||
| 7.1 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 39% | ||
| 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 |
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Randers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | OB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | SønderjyskE | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Viborg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 6 | Brøndby | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | København | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | AGF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Silkeborg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | AaB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Nordsjælland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Vejle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |