The table shows that 24 points divide the two combatants in this Eredivisie game. PSV own both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- PSV have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Eredivisie
- PSV have scored more than double the goals of SC Heerenveen.
The hosts PSV saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. This match was also played here at Philips Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, SC Heerenveen have had more rest.
PSV form and stats
PSV are steadily winning Eredivisie games and points here at Philips Stadion. 8 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 11 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for PSV, their manager Schmidt and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Max was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.11 out of 10. The defender Max won 7 of 8 duels.
In the game before, an away victory in the Eredivisie match versus Vitesse with a 5-0 scoreline.There will be little rest for PSV after this match as they are travelling to Maccabi Tel Aviv for a Europa Conference League game in only four days.
Goals are plentiful at Philips Stadion in the league this season as PSV has scored 29 goals here in 11 home games. PSV's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
The visitors are W4-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie. With the SC Heerenveen losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Heerenveen are looking to quickly end their 457 minutes long goal drought in the Eredivisie.
The manager Tobiasen was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Abe Lenstra Stadion. SC Heerenveen suffered a 0-1 loss to NEC (placed 8th). Haye got a match rating of 8.32 in that game, top player of the team. Haye hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 53 successful passes (of 61 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Fortuna Sittard's place.The attacking power of SC Heerenveen when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. As opposed to that, Heerenveen have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have met each other already this season, with the match result SC Heerenveen - PSV 1-1 written in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two participants are: three wins for PSV, six draws and one win for SC Heerenveen. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Gakpo 7 goals |  Y. Vertessen 6 goals |  E. Zahavi 5 goals |
PSV missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| PSV | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 54 | 29 | 13 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 28 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 68% |
| 77% | 82% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 30% | 41% |
| 45% | 55% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 10% | 18% |
| 36% | 36% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 64% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 23% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 32% |
| 6.2 | 6.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17.2 | 17.5 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 13.2 | 12.1 |
| 7 | 6.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 35% | 39% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 24% | 26% |
| 9 | 8.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 14.1 | 14.7 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
- All of PSV's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- PSV have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- PSV have scored more than double the goals of SC Heerenveen.
- PSV have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Eredivisie
- PSV have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- PSV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 69 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 64 | 54 |
| 2 | PSV | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 26 | 49 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 48 |
| 4 | AZ | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 42 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | -9 | 36 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 35 |
| 8 | NEC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -4 | 30 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 38 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 22 | -9 | 30 |
| 10 | FC Groningen | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 25 |
| 11 | SC Heerenveen | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -11 | 25 |
| 12 | Heracles | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -7 | 23 |
| 13 | RKC Waalwijk | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Go Ahead Eagles | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 22 |
| 15 | Willem II | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -20 | 21 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -26 | 19 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 17 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -19 | 16 |
