FC Twente vs PSV: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: De Grolsch Veste (30205 seats)

FC Twente open their doors to PSV for another engrossing Eredivisie match here at De Grolsch Veste.

Insights:
  • PSV have the most scored goals (22) in Eredivisie

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.

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FC Twente form and stats

As mentioned below, FC Twente are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Eredivisie games.

Twente's last game was hosting Excelsior (placed 7th) and winning 4-0. As mentioned above, FC Twente "killed" Excelsior in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Smal was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.82 out of 10. The defender Smal served one assist, hit two key passes and won 2 of 5 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at FC Volendam.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the FC Twente at home in the league. 7 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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PSV form and stats

PSV are yet to lose a point on their Eredivisie travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.

Simons (2), Bakayoko and Gakpo scored in PSV's previous match, the home game against FC Volendam that ended 7-1. As mentioned above, PSV was the only team on the pitch versus FC Volendam in their previous game, winning 7-1. This could be a tougher task. Gakpo certainly enjoyed PSV's last game versus FC Volendam, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 7-1 victory. Gakpo, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 10.0. Gakpo scored three goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Excelsior at their stadium, the result 6-1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, PSV has managed 11 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

PSV have avoided defeat in the last 16 fixtures (9-7-0) against FC Twente.

Top Goalscorers

PSVC. Gakpo
C. Gakpo
6 goals
PSVX. Simons
X. Simons
6 goals
TwenteV. Černý
V. Černý
2 goals

FC Twente missing players

PSV missing players

FC Twente PSV
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
3 2 0 Won W 0 2 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
8 7 0 Scored S 0 11 22
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.5 5.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7.5 7
3.8 2.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 4.5
0.5 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 0.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 24.5 22
5.2 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 12 11.5
38% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 46% 48%
 
9 7.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9.5 8.5
3 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 3.8
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • PSV have the most scored goals (11) away in Eredivisie
  • PSV have the most scored goals (22) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have the the best goal difference (+17) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Eredivisie
FC Twente Last season PSV
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
20 10   Won W   12 26
8 5   Drew D   3 3
6 2   Lost L   2 5
55 28   Scored S   37 86
37 13   Conceded C   20 42
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 94%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   76% 79%
24% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 50%
15% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 35%
56% 47%   BTTS BTTS   65% 68%
38% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 26%
9% 6%   Failed to Score F T   6% 6%
 
4 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   7.2 7
4.8 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.4 3.4
1.6 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.2
3 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
13.1 16.1   Shots (avg) S (   17.8 17.6
4.5 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   7 7.3
36% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 35%
 
11 9.5   Shots against (avg) S A   10.8 9.7
3.6 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.4

  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 4 4 0 0 22 5 2 2 0 0 11 2 2 2 0 0 11 3 17 12
2 Ajax 4 4 0 0 12 3 1 1 0 0 6 1 3 3 0 0 6 2 9 12
3 Feyenoord 4 3 1 0 10 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 2 8 10
4 FC Twente 4 3 0 1 8 1 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 7 9
5 AZ 3 3 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 9
6 SC Heerenveen 4 2 2 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 5 8
7 Excelsior 4 2 0 2 6 11 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 1 0 1 2 4 -5 6
8 FC Groningen 4 1 2 1 5 9 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 7 -4 5
9 NEC 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 4
10 SC Cambuur 4 1 1 2 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 0 4
11 Sparta Rotterdam 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 -1 4
12 FC Emmen 4 1 1 2 5 11 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 8 -6 4
13 FC Volendam 4 1 1 2 5 13 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 3 9 -8 4
14 RKC Waalwijk 4 0 3 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 3
15 FC Utrecht 4 0 2 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 4 5 -3 2
16 Vitesse 4 0 1 3 5 14 3 0 1 2 4 11 1 0 0 1 1 3 -9 1
17 Go Ahead Eagles 4 0 0 4 2 9 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 0
18 Fortuna Sittard 4 0 0 4 4 12 2 0 0 2 3 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 -8 0
Last season 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 26 5 3 98 19 17 14 1 2 62 8 17 12 4 1 36 11 79 83
2 PSV 34 26 3 5 86 42 17 14 0 3 49 22 17 12 3 2 37 20 44 81
3 Feyenoord 34 22 5 7 76 34 17 11 3 3 39 17 17 11 2 4 37 17 42 71
4 FC Twente 34 20 8 6 55 37 17 10 5 2 28 13 17 10 3 4 27 24 18 68
5 AZ 34 18 7 9 64 44 17 11 3 3 36 20 17 7 4 6 28 24 20 61
6 Vitesse 34 15 6 13 42 51 17 6 3 8 20 29 17 9 3 5 22 22 -9 51
7 FC Utrecht 34 12 11 11 51 46 17 8 6 3 32 20 17 4 5 8 19 26 5 47
8 SC Heerenveen 34 11 8 15 37 50 17 6 3 8 23 26 17 5 5 7 14 24 -13 41
9 SC Cambuur 34 11 6 17 53 70 17 5 3 9 29 35 17 6 3 8 24 35 -17 39
10 RKC Waalwijk 34 9 11 14 40 51 17 6 3 8 17 25 17 3 8 6 23 26 -11 38
11 NEC 34 10 8 16 38 52 17 3 5 9 13 22 17 7 3 7 25 30 -14 38
12 FC Groningen 34 9 9 16 41 55 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 3 9 23 34 -14 36
13 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 6 18 37 51 17 7 1 9 25 24 17 3 5 9 12 27 -14 36
14 Sparta Rotterdam 34 8 11 15 30 48 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 5 19 36 67 17 6 2 9 20 31 17 4 3 10 16 36 -31 35
16 Heracles 34 9 7 18 33 49 17 7 5 5 22 21 17 2 2 13 11 28 -16 34
17 Willem II 34 9 6 19 32 57 17 7 3 7 18 20 17 2 3 12 14 37 -25 33
18 PEC Zwolle 34 7 6 21 26 52 17 3 5 9 13 20 17 4 1 12 13 32 -26 27

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.