Europa League betting and spectator preview: PSV and Zürich meet at Philips Stadion to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
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.
PSV form and stats
Last season, PSV's Europa League journey ended in the group stage.When playing at home in the Eredivisie, PSV have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.
PSV are returning here after visiting SC Heerenveen and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Gakpo scored the goal(s). Midfield player Simons got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, the max score being 10. Simons hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 39 successful passes (of 48 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory at Zürich. A Europa League game.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Eredivisie game versus FC Utrecht in only three days. This game is also played here at Philips Stadion.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of PSV is on fire here. A stunning 16 from 4 league matches. On the other hand, PSV have conceded 5 goals.
Zürich form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Zürich have produced an overall stat of 0-2-3 so far. Total Europa League statistics for Zürich: 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
Zürich's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Winterthur that finished 0-0. Hornschuh got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, top player of the team. Hornschuh had 48 successful passes (of 56 total).
The game before that was the Europa League-duel against PSV, a home defeat (1-5).
A new game in only three days for Zürich, the Super League home match versus Young Boys. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Zürich, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Zürich - PSV 1-5 was the scoreline in these participants' last head to head game, earlier this season. One of the stars has been Vertessen with 2 goals scored against Zürich in these 1 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Gakpo 9 goals |  X. Simons 6 goals |  A. Obispo 2 goals |
PSV missing players
Zürich missing players
| PSV | Zürich | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 69 | 39 | Scored | S | 22 | 36 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Conceded | C | 25 | 47 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 72% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 20% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 15.8 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 11.5 | ||
| 7 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| 13.2 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 11 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | PSV | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Bodø / Glimt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 4 | Zürich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 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 | AZ | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Ajax | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 22 |
| 3 | PSV | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 21 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 20 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | RKC Waalwijk | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | NEC | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Excelsior | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 10 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | SC Cambuur | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 8 |
| 16 | Vitesse | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -13 | 5 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -14 | 5 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -17 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 23 |
| 2 | Servette | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Lugano | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Sion | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 6 | Grasshopper | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Basel | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Luzern | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -17 | 6 |
| 10 | Zürich | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 4 |
