The league table in Eredivisie tells a story about these teams so far, with PSV leading FC Twente by 15 points. Match preview to follow:
The hosts PSV saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the KNVB Beker. That game was an away game at NAC Breda, so at least PSV are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting FC Twente have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-1-7 (win-draw-loss) from 16 matches.
PSV form and stats
PSV are steadily winning Eredivisie games and points here at Philips Stadion. 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. PSV are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
The fans are hoping that PSV will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the KNVB Beker game against NAC Breda. 1-1 away at VVV-Venlo before that.
Goals are plentiful at Philips Stadion in the league this season as PSV has scored 27 goals here in 9 home games. PSV have conceded 10 in these home matches.
FC Twente form and stats
FC Twente have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 2-2-5 (9 played).
FC Twente are looking to quickly end their 431 minutes long goal drought in the Eredivisie.
FC Twente's last game was the home draw against FC Groningen (0-0). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against RKC Waalwijk wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with FC Twente as the away team, we found one results. Statistics from these were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. The outsiders lost 1 of these games by at least two goals.
FC Twente find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. FC Twente have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: FC Twente - PSV 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 7 - 3 - 0 (PSV wins - draws - FC Twente wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Malen 11 goals |   H. Vučkič 8 goals |  A. Cantalapiedra Fernández 7 goals |
PSV missing players
FC Twente missing players
| PSV | FC Twente | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 43 | 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 26 |
| 24 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 84% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 79% |
| 74% | 89% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 74% |
| 58% | 78% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 21% | 44% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 22% | 32% |
| 68% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 63% |
| 21% | 22% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 37% |
| 6.2 | 6.8 | 9.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6.4 | 5.3 |
| 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 312 | 157 | 86 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 74 | 177 |
| 129 | 70 | 42 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 22 | 62 |
| 33% | 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 41% | 42% |
- All of PSV's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Twente has the fewest points from losing position (1)
- FC Twente have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Twente have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- FC Twente is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- PSV has the most points from losing position (13)
- PSV have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- PSV have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FC Twente have scored away.
- 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 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 43 | 47 |
| 2 | AZ | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 26 | 41 |
| 3 | Willem II | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 36 |
| 4 | PSV | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 35 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 33 |
| 7 | Vitesse | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 33 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | Heracles | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 26 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 24 | -13 | 21 |
| 13 | FC Twente | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 20 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 30 | -21 | 19 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
| 16 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 16 |
| 17 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 25 | -27 | 16 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -23 | 11 |