Soccer match preview: PSV confident before travelling to Go Ahead Eagles

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Wed 22.September
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: De Adelaarshorst (8000 seats)

Go Ahead Eagles confront PSV for fame and football prosperity.

Insights:
  • Go Ahead Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • PSV have won all their away games so far.

It's no vacation for neither Eagles 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.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

Go Ahead Eagles must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Eredivisie games here at De Adelaarshorst. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Eagles after consecutive victories at their own ground.

A nice win for Eagles last time playing, versus PEC Zwolle. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Ioannis Foivos Botos scoring for the victors. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of K. van Wonderen when Ioannis Foivos Botos scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 52nd minute. The goalie Warner Hahn was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.61 out of ten. Hahn stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Heartbreak before that as Go Ahead Eagles lost 2-5 at SC Cambuur's place.

There will be little rest for Eagles after this match as they are travelling to AZ for a Eredivisie game in only four days.

Eagles are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Defensively Eagles have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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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.

PSV's previous game was their home loss versus Feyenoord (0-4). PSV lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Midfield player Ryan Thomas was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.15/10. Thomas hit two key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Real Sociedad in the Europa League.

PSV have another game that requires travelling in just three nights, a Eredivisie fixture against Willem II. A rough diary for the visiting team!

It's early days yet, but PSV has scored 5 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: zero - zero - seven (Go Ahead Eagles wins - draws - PSV wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Go Ahead EaglesG. Botos
G. Botos
2 goals
PSVO. Boscagli
O. Boscagli
2 goals
PSVE. Zahavi
E. Zahavi
2 goals

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

PSV missing players

Go Ahead Eagles PSV
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 3 1 Played P 0 2 5
2 2 0 Won W 0 2 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
5 3 0 Scored S 0 5 14
8 1 1 Conceded C 0 0 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
20% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 80%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 60%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 40%
20% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 40%
40% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 40%
40% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
4.4 4.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6.5 7.6
5.8 6 11 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.6
0.8 0.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 13.3 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 16.4
4.8 4.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5.8
21% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 48%
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • All of PSV's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Go Ahead Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • PSV have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • PSV have scored more than double the goals of Go Ahead Eagles.
  • PSV have won all their away games so far.
  • PSV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Go Ahead Eagles Last season PSV
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   17 34
23 10   Won W   8 21
8 5   Drew D   6 9
7 4   Lost L   3 4
62 30   Scored S   35 74
25 13   Conceded C   22 35
82% 74%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
61% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 94%
47% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 62%
18% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 41%
13% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 12%
24% 26%   BTTS BTTS   71% 62%
66% 63%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 35%
29% 37%   Failed to Score F T   6% 3%
 
4.9 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   6.2 5.9
4.2 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 3.6
1.1 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.2
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.9 8.9   Shots (avg) S (   14.8 15.6
4.2 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.3 6.6
39% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 33%

  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 5 4 1 0 22 1 3 3 0 0 19 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 21 13
2 PSV 5 4 0 1 14 7 3 2 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 5 0 7 12
3 SC Heerenveen 5 3 1 1 7 6 3 2 0 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 10
4 Willem II 5 3 1 1 6 5 3 2 0 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 10
5 Feyenoord 4 3 0 1 11 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 9 3 8 9
6 FC Utrecht 5 2 2 1 9 4 3 2 1 0 9 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 5 8
7 NEC 5 2 2 1 4 6 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 6 -2 8
8 FC Twente 5 2 1 2 7 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 5 5 1 7
9 Go Ahead Eagles 5 2 0 3 5 8 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 2 2 7 -3 6
10 SC Cambuur 5 2 0 3 9 17 3 2 0 1 8 4 2 0 0 2 1 13 -8 6
11 Vitesse 5 2 0 3 4 13 2 0 0 2 1 7 3 2 0 1 3 6 -9 6
12 RKC Waalwijk 5 1 2 2 8 9 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 2 1 6 7 -1 5
13 FC Groningen 5 1 2 2 6 9 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 5 8 -3 5
14 Sparta Rotterdam 5 1 2 2 5 9 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 6 -4 5
15 Fortuna Sittard 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 4
16 Heracles 4 1 1 2 4 6 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 4
17 AZ 4 1 0 3 5 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 2 5 5 -3 3
18 PEC Zwolle 5 0 0 5 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 4 -7 0

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.