Football background guide: PSV favourites when Go Ahead Eagles arrive

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Philips Stadion (35000 seats)

More points have been won by PSV so far this season, with the 3rd spot in the Eredivisie table and looking forward to facing Go Ahead Eagles (who are in 11th).

Insights:
  • PSV have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Go Ahead Eagles have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither PSV nor Go Ahead Eagles 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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PSV form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Philips Stadion as PSV have scored 26 goals to get 22 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 7-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that PSV will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against FC Emmen (placed 15th). The first loss after collecting points in three league rounds. Branthwaite was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.83 out of 10. The defender Branthwaite hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.

Ahead of that match, PSV won a home game hosting Vitesse (1-0).

Goals are plentiful at Philips Stadion in the league this season as PSV has scored 26 goals here in 9 home games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. PSV have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

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

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus AZ with 1-4 on the scoreboard. That loss ended this team's string of league matches in a row without losing; eleven games in total! Fontán, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.3. Fontán hit one key pass and won 6 of 6 duels.

A draw for Go Ahead Eagles before that, at their own venue hosting FC Utrecht (2-2).

Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's latest 10 league matches.

Go Ahead Eagles have another fixture that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Eredivisie match against RKC Waalwijk. A rough itinerary for the visiting team!

Eagles have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Go Ahead Eagles in these games.

Head 2 Head

PSV have been victorious in all of the 11 latest fixtures versus this team. Will the streak continue?

The duelists have battled before this season: Go Ahead Eagles - PSV 2-5.

Top Goalscorers

PSVX. Simons
X. Simons
9 goals
PSVG. Til
G. Til
6 goals
Go Ahead EaglesB. Adekanye
B. Adekanye
5 goals

PSV missing players

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

PSV Go Ahead Eagles
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 7 17
11 7 3 Won W 0 2 4
2 1 0 Drew D 2 3 7
5 1 0 Lost L 1 2 6
45 26 10 Scored S 2 10 26
23 7 1 Conceded C 4 10 30
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
67% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 82%
67% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 47%
44% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 47%
39% 44% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 29%
56% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 65%
28% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 18%
22% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 24%
 
6.8 6.7 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 5 5.2
3.8 3.3 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.7 6.2
0.9 0.4 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
18.7 18.8 19.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.3 11.4
7.3 7.2 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3 3.8
34% 40% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 48% 41%
 
10.5 9.6 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 20.7 16.4 15
3.5 3.6 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 5.3 5.7
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Go Ahead Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Go Ahead Eagles have scored away.
  • PSV have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Eredivisie
  • PSV have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Eredivisie

  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 18 12 5 1 42 15 9 6 3 0 19 3 9 6 2 1 23 12 27 41
2 AZ 18 12 3 3 35 19 8 4 3 1 13 9 10 8 0 2 22 10 16 39
3 PSV 18 11 2 5 45 23 9 7 1 1 26 7 9 4 1 4 19 16 22 35
4 FC Twente 18 10 5 3 30 11 9 8 1 0 23 2 9 2 4 3 7 9 19 35
5 Ajax 17 9 6 2 46 19 8 4 3 1 26 7 9 5 3 1 20 12 27 33
6 Sparta Rotterdam 18 9 5 4 29 16 10 6 2 2 18 8 8 3 3 2 11 8 13 32
7 FC Utrecht 18 8 5 5 27 26 9 4 3 2 9 7 9 4 2 3 18 19 1 29
8 SC Heerenveen 18 7 6 5 19 18 9 4 2 3 10 9 9 3 4 2 9 9 1 27
9 NEC 18 4 10 4 23 20 9 2 6 1 17 11 9 2 4 3 6 9 3 22
10 RKC Waalwijk 17 4 7 6 26 30 8 3 3 2 18 13 9 1 4 4 8 17 -4 19
11 Go Ahead Eagles 17 4 7 6 26 30 10 2 4 4 16 20 7 2 3 2 10 10 -4 19
12 Fortuna Sittard 18 5 4 9 23 32 10 3 2 5 13 16 8 2 2 4 10 16 -9 19
13 Excelsior 18 6 1 11 19 39 8 5 0 3 11 11 10 1 1 8 8 28 -20 19
14 Vitesse 18 3 7 8 20 34 9 1 4 4 10 21 9 2 3 4 10 13 -14 16
15 FC Emmen 18 3 6 9 15 32 9 2 6 1 9 10 9 1 0 8 6 22 -17 15
16 FC Groningen 17 3 3 11 18 36 8 2 1 5 12 18 9 1 2 6 6 18 -18 12
17 FC Volendam 17 3 3 11 18 42 8 2 0 6 9 21 9 1 3 5 9 21 -24 12
18 SC Cambuur 17 2 3 12 9 28 9 1 0 8 3 15 8 1 3 4 6 13 -19 9

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.