Europa League betting and spectator preview: PSV and Monaco meet at Philips Stadion to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Both teams have had sufficient rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an active fixture!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Monaco, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
PSV form and stats
PSV was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Europa League. Olympiakos Piraeus was too strong.All-inclusive Eredivisie results at home this season for PSV are 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for PSV bring valid hopes of a third.
PSV's previous game was a Eredivisie match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus PEC Zwolle. The home side are looking to build on that result. Cody Gakpo (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.42/10. Gakpo scored one goal, served one assist, hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).
Previous to that game, a Eredivisie home match hosting Sparta Rotterdam in a game that was won 2-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how PSV have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn one and lost one.
PSV are traveling soon after this match as the Eredivisie match at Ajax awaits in three days.
PSV are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Philips Stadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 14 goals in 5 matches. PSV have conceded 9 from these games.
Monaco form and stats
2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Monaco in their Ligue 1 matches away.
Two away games in a row for Monaco, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Olympique Lyonnais in the Ligue 1. Monaco keeper Alexander Nübel could take pride in a first-class day against Olympique Lyonnais, but even with achieving six saves the loss could not be stopped. Midfielder Jean Lucas was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.7. Lucas hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Bordeaux in the Ligue 1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Monaco in our archives, and the results are: one win for Monaco, two draws and two defeats.
A new game in only three days for Monaco, the Ligue 1 home match versus Montpellier. Busy days.
Monaco have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Monaco have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
PSV missing players
Monaco missing players
| PSV | Monaco | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 68 | 35 | Scored | S | 23 | 39 | ||
| 25 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 32% | ||
| 6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 5 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 17.2 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.9 | ||
| 7.3 | 8.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 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 | PSV | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Monaco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -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 | Ajax | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 22 |
| 2 | PSV | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 5 | Willem II | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | Vitesse | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 13 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 10 | NEC | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Heracles | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 13 | AZ | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | FC Groningen | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 6 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -14 | 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Lens | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Nice | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 16 |
| 4 | Angers SCO | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Olympique Lyonnais | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Monaco | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Lorient | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Lille | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Nantes | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | Clermont | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 12 | Rennes | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 13 | Strasbourg | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Reims | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 16 | Bordeaux | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 7 |
| 17 | Troyes | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Metz | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 6 |
| 19 | Brest | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 4 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 4 |