Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League Knockout Round Play-offs between Maccabi Tel Aviv and PSV. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
Maccabi Tel Aviv have not come this way in the Europa Conference League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Spartak Trnava, Alashkert, HJK, LASK Linz, Shakhter Karagandy and Sutjeska.Maccabi Tel Aviv have played 12 Ligat ha'Al games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, Maccabi Tel Aviv has performed like this (both home and away): 7 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.
The Maccabi supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Hapoel Haifa and win 2-0.
Maccabi Tel Aviv are traveling soon after this match as the Ligat ha'Al match at Hapoel Nazareth Illit awaits in four days.
Maccabi Tel Aviv has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Maccabi Tel Aviv have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
PSV form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Eredivisie.
Impressive finishing from Veerman, Götze and Madueke secured the home win 3-1 against SC Heerenveen in their previous game. Midfielder Veerman was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.41. Veerman scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 62 successful passes (of 70 total).
The schedule is very tough for PSV now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Eredivisie game at Sparta Rotterdam is waiting in only three days.
PSV have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 25 goals from 11 away matches. As opposed to that, PSV have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent past match featuring both these sides is the PSV - Maccabi 1-0 played not long ago this season.Top Goalscorers
  S. Perica 9 goals |   C. Gakpo 7 goals |  Y. Vertessen 6 goals |
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
PSV missing players
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | PSV | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 50 | 21 | Scored | S | 21 | 56 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 12% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.1 | 17 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.8 | ||
| 41% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 6.6 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Haifa | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 41 | 52 |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 48 |
| 3 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 44 |
| 4 | Hapoel Hadera | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 36 |
| 5 | Bnei Sakhnin | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -3 | 35 |
| 6 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 33 |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 33 |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 30 |
| 9 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | -3 | 29 |
| 10 | Ashdod | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -11 | 27 |
| 11 | Beitar Jerusalem | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -10 | 21 |
| 12 | Hapoel Katamon | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 19 |
| 13 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -21 | 19 |
| 14 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 15 |
| 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 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 70 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 65 | 57 |
| 2 | PSV | 23 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 57 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 28 | 52 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 35 | 51 |
| 4 | AZ | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 45 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 42 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -9 | 37 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 36 |
| 8 | NEC | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -4 | 31 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 25 | -11 | 30 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 26 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 25 |
| 12 | Heracles | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 23 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -12 | 23 |
| 14 | Go Ahead Eagles | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 23 |
| 15 | Willem II | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -21 | 21 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -26 | 19 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 17 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -19 | 17 |
