Evenly matched teams: Feyenoord vs PSV match preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Sun 15.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: De Kuip (51177 seats)

Feyenoord will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind PSV.

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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Feyenoord form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Feyenoord have to build on here at De Kuip in the Eredivisie. There’s a good atmosphere here at De Kuip after three straight home wins.

Feyenoord's last game was hosting PSV (placed 4th) and winning 3-1. A Europa League defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Porto.

Feyenoord goalkeeper Kenneth Vermeer did an outstanding job against PSV with 7 saves, so vital to securing the victory.

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 Feyenoord have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 0 Lost 1.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 8 games), Feyenoord's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Feyenoord defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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PSV form and stats

As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, PSV have produced an overall stat of 3-3-2 so far.

PSV play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Feyenoord (placed 9th). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Rosenborg in the Europa League.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by PSV in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for PSV, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

PSV has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games. PSV have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Feyenoord - PSV 3-1 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Feyenoord won 5 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and PSV has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6

Top Goalscorers

FeyenoordS. Berghuis
S. Berghuis
11 goals
PSVD. Malen
D. Malen
11 goals
PSVS. Bergwijn
S. Bergwijn
5 goals

Feyenoord missing players

PSV missing players

Feyenoord PSV
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 1 Played P 4 9 17
7 5 0 Won W 1 3 9
7 3 0 Drew D 2 3 4
3 1 1 Lost L 1 3 4
30 19 0 Scored S 5 15 38
26 13 3 Conceded C 6 13 22
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
59% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 76%
47% 56% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 44% 59%
29% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
65% 78% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 65%
24% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 22% 24%
18% 11% 100% Failed to Score F T 25% 11% 12%
 
5.2 5.1 3 Corners For (avg) C F 4.2 5.3 6
4.3 4.4 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 4 3.8
1.5 1.7 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.2 3 1.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 2 2 3
 
251 150 12 Total Shots T S 57 141 278
98 64 5 Shots on Target S O 18 54 115
31% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 28% 33%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of PSV's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Feyenoord have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Feyenoord haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • PSV has the fewest matches under the total-line (5)
  • 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 16 13 2 1 52 14 8 7 0 1 28 4 8 6 2 0 24 10 38 41
2 AZ Alkmaar 16 12 2 2 38 8 8 6 1 1 20 5 8 6 1 1 18 3 30 38
3 Willem II 17 10 2 5 27 22 8 5 1 2 12 7 9 5 1 3 15 15 5 32
4 PSV 16 9 4 3 37 19 8 6 1 1 23 9 8 3 3 2 14 10 18 31
5 SC Heerenveen 17 7 6 4 28 21 9 3 5 1 11 9 8 4 1 3 17 12 7 27
6 Vitesse 17 8 3 6 29 24 8 4 2 2 14 10 9 4 1 4 15 14 5 27
7 FC Utrecht 16 8 2 6 29 22 8 5 0 3 18 8 8 3 2 3 11 14 7 26
8 Heracles 16 7 4 5 29 22 8 5 1 2 21 9 8 2 3 3 8 13 7 25
9 Feyenoord 16 6 7 3 27 25 8 4 3 1 16 12 8 2 4 2 11 13 2 25
10 FC Groningen 17 6 4 7 19 18 8 4 1 3 12 7 9 2 3 4 7 11 1 22
11 Sparta Rotterdam 16 5 5 6 24 28 8 4 2 2 16 10 8 1 3 4 8 18 -4 20
12 FC Twente 17 5 4 8 26 34 9 3 2 4 17 19 8 2 2 4 9 15 -8 19
13 Fortuna Sittard 17 5 3 9 23 42 9 5 2 2 18 12 8 0 1 7 5 30 -19 18
14 PEC Zwolle 17 5 1 11 24 38 8 3 1 4 17 20 9 2 0 7 7 18 -14 16
15 FC Emmen 16 4 3 9 18 32 8 4 2 2 14 10 8 0 1 7 4 22 -14 15
16 VVV-Venlo 17 5 0 12 17 41 9 4 0 5 11 19 8 1 0 7 6 22 -24 15
17 ADO Den Haag 17 3 4 10 18 31 9 1 4 4 9 14 8 2 0 6 9 17 -13 13
18 RKC Waalwijk 17 2 2 13 19 43 8 1 1 6 7 16 9 1 1 7 12 27 -24 8

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.