The table tells us that 33 points separate the two rivals in this Eredivisie game. PSV have both the points- and home ground advantage.
- PSV have the most scored goals (82) in Eredivisie
- PSV have scored more than double the goals of Fortuna Sittard.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
PSV form and stats
Home games in the Eredivisie have been a walk in the park for PSV so far, with 40 points won from 15 matches; 13 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. days ago.
PSV are confident in defense, having played 209 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
It's back home for PSV, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sparta Rotterdam away with the result 1-0. Ghazi found the net in that victory. The victory against Sparta Rotterdam came after Ghazi's winning goal. The PSV manager van Nistelrooy was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute. The attacking player Ghazi was declared "man of the match" for PSV with the rating of 8.64/10. Ghazi scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 7 of 8 times.
In the fixture before, 1-1 away to Ajax (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) (KNVB Beker). PSV are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Philips Stadion with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 11 earlier games are comparable to this one, and PSV has won 11 times, drawn 0 and lost 0. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that PSV has won by at least two goals 10 times when in this position.
Goal party? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league games with this team has contained at least three goals.
PSV always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Philips Stadion with 49 goals in 15 league games. PSV are not conceding a lot of goals here at Philips Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 15 matches.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
5-2-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Fortuna Sittard in their Eredivisie matches away. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Santiago, the Fortuna Sittard manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Fortuna Sittard won their last game, 2-0 versus Vitesse played at home. Those three points felt good as this team had gone three league fixtures without winning. Embaló got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, top player of the team. Embaló scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 0-2 defeat away at Go Ahead Eagles before that.The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 6 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 5 defeats. 5 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this side's 10 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Fortuna have scored 17 goals in 15 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Fortuna Sittard's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 29 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
PSV have won at least one point in the last 9 fixtures (8-1-0) against Fortuna Sittard.The dueling parties have met before this season: Fortuna Sittard - PSV 2-2.
Top Goalscorers
  X. Simons 15 goals |  L. de Jong 12 goals |  G. Til 9 goals |
PSV missing players
Fortuna Sittard missing players
| PSV | Fortuna Sittard | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 21 | 13 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 82 | 49 | 12 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 37 |
| 35 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | 56 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 74% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 84% |
| 68% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 73% | 61% |
| 52% | 53% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 33% | 35% |
| 35% | 40% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 16% |
| 55% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 73% | 55% |
| 35% | 53% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 23% |
| 13% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 20% | 29% |
| 6.5 | 7.4 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10.2 | 7.1 | 7 |
| 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 18.5 | 19.5 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 10.4 | 11.5 |
| 7.4 | 8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 36% | 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 31% | 30% |
| 10.7 | 9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22.6 | 16.8 | 16.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.2 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
- Fortuna Sittard have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fortuna Sittard haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- PSV have scored more than double the goals of Fortuna Sittard.
- PSV have the most points (40) at home in Eredivisie
- PSV have the most scored goals (49) at home in Eredivisie
- PSV have the most scored goals (82) in Eredivisie
- PSV have the most scored goals in the second half (47) in Eredivisie
- PSV have the the best goal difference (+39) at home in Eredivisie
- PSV have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 31 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 75 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 19 | 47 | 76 |
| 2 | PSV | 31 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 82 | 35 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 47 | 68 |
| 3 | Ajax | 31 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 79 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 47 | 63 |
| 4 | AZ | 31 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 27 | 61 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 54 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 28 | 55 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 53 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 48 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 53 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 32 | -3 | 41 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 21 | -8 | 41 |
| 10 | NEC | 31 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 41 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 38 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | -8 | 37 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 37 | 56 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 29 | -19 | 35 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | -14 | 31 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 65 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 36 | -28 | 30 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 54 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 34 | -25 | 28 |
| 16 | Excelsior | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 68 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 42 | -41 | 28 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 31 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 35 | -32 | 18 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 31 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 63 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | -42 | 16 |
