Stadion Galgenwaard: FC Utrecht vs PSV Eredivisie preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Galgenwaard (24500 seats)

Welcome to the show! Today's leading characters are FC Utrecht and PSV, 3 points are the objective and 90 minutes the length of this spectacle.

Insights:
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

It's no vacation for neither Utrecht nor PSV as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

PSV are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

When playing at home in the Eredivisie, FC Utrecht have managed 6 wins, 6 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 16 games.

Utrecht haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 202 minutes ago. G. Kerk scored that one. The FC Utrecht goalkeeper Eric Oelschlagel is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 188 minutes without conceding a goal in the Eredivisie.

FC Utrecht travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sparta Rotterdam that ended 0-0. Defender Django Warmerdam got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.02/10. Warmerdam hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with SC Heerenveen the opponent.

The Utrecht fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 16 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.

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PSV form and stats

Playing away, PSV have won 8 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eredivisie this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for PSV, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Impressive finishing from Donyell Malen, Yorbe Vertessen and Eran Zahavi secured the home win 4-2 against PEC Zwolle in their previous game. Attacker Donyell Malen got a player rating of 8.61 in the game. "Man of the match" Malen scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes. As you can tell from the result, the match against PEC Zwolle was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Willem II.

The PSV manager R. Schmidt has got the team scoring on the road, with 34 away goals in 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 21 goals have been conceded by PSV in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the PSV - Utrecht 2-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (FC Utrecht wins - draws - PSV wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PSVD. Malen
D. Malen
19 goals
PSVE. Zahavi
E. Zahavi
11 goals
UtrechtS. van de Streek
S. van de Streek
10 goals

FC Utrecht missing players

PSV missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Utrecht PSV
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
13 6 0 Won W 0 8 21
13 6 1 Drew D 1 5 8
7 4 3 Lost L 3 3 4
51 26 4 Scored S 4 34 73
40 24 10 Conceded C 9 21 34
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
52% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 64%
33% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 42%
18% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
67% 75% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 69% 61%
24% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 36%
18% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 6% 3%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.4 15.5 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 15.2 15.8
5.2 5.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6.6 6.8
29% 30% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 32% 33%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of PSV's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FC Utrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Utrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PSV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 33 27 4 2 99 22 17 14 2 1 53 14 16 13 2 1 46 8 77 85
2 PSV 33 21 8 4 73 34 17 13 3 1 39 13 16 8 5 3 34 21 39 71
3 AZ 33 20 8 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 29 68
4 Vitesse 33 18 7 8 51 35 16 11 4 1 25 9 17 7 3 7 26 26 16 61
5 Feyenoord 33 15 11 7 61 36 16 8 6 2 32 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 25 56
6 FC Utrecht 33 13 13 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 52
7 FC Groningen 33 14 8 11 40 36 17 7 6 4 17 13 16 7 2 7 23 23 4 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 33 12 8 13 47 47 17 6 4 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 44
9 Heracles 33 12 8 13 42 48 17 8 4 5 29 16 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 44
10 Fortuna Sittard 33 12 5 16 49 56 17 5 3 9 27 33 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 41
11 SC Heerenveen 33 9 12 12 42 47 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 3 7 7 21 31 -5 39
12 FC Twente 33 9 11 13 45 48 16 3 6 7 20 23 17 6 5 6 25 25 -3 38
13 PEC Zwolle 33 8 11 14 43 53 16 5 6 5 18 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -10 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 33 7 9 17 33 52 17 5 4 8 21 25 16 2 5 9 12 27 -19 30
15 Willem II 33 7 7 19 38 67 16 5 2 9 20 32 17 2 5 10 18 35 -29 28
16 FC Emmen 33 6 9 18 36 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 16 2 5 9 10 27 -32 27
17 VVV-Venlo 33 6 5 22 43 87 16 3 4 9 20 42 17 3 1 13 23 45 -44 23
18 ADO Den Haag 33 4 10 19 27 73 17 1 6 10 17 38 16 3 4 9 10 35 -46 22

Table
  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 33 27 4 2 99 22 17 14 2 1 53 14 16 13 2 1 46 8 77 85
2 PSV 33 21 8 4 73 34 17 13 3 1 39 13 16 8 5 3 34 21 39 71
3 AZ 33 20 8 5 70 41 16 11 2 3 34 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 29 68
4 Vitesse 33 18 7 8 51 35 16 11 4 1 25 9 17 7 3 7 26 26 16 61
5 Feyenoord 33 15 11 7 61 36 16 8 6 2 32 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 25 56
6 FC Utrecht 33 13 13 7 51 40 16 6 6 4 26 24 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 52
7 FC Groningen 33 14 8 11 40 36 17 7 6 4 17 13 16 7 2 7 23 23 4 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 33 12 8 13 47 47 17 6 4 7 30 27 16 6 4 6 17 20 0 44
9 Heracles 33 12 8 13 42 48 17 8 4 5 29 16 16 4 4 8 13 32 -6 44
10 Fortuna Sittard 33 12 5 16 49 56 17 5 3 9 27 33 16 7 2 7 22 23 -7 41
11 SC Heerenveen 33 9 12 12 42 47 16 6 5 5 21 16 17 3 7 7 21 31 -5 39
12 FC Twente 33 9 11 13 45 48 16 3 6 7 20 23 17 6 5 6 25 25 -3 38
13 PEC Zwolle 33 8 11 14 43 53 16 5 6 5 18 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -10 35
14 RKC Waalwijk 33 7 9 17 33 52 17 5 4 8 21 25 16 2 5 9 12 27 -19 30
15 Willem II 33 7 7 19 38 67 16 5 2 9 20 32 17 2 5 10 18 35 -29 28
16 FC Emmen 33 6 9 18 36 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 16 2 5 9 10 27 -32 27
17 VVV-Venlo 33 6 5 22 43 87 16 3 4 9 20 42 17 3 1 13 23 45 -44 23
18 ADO Den Haag 33 4 10 19 27 73 17 1 6 10 17 38 16 3 4 9 10 35 -46 22

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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.