A victory to the home team is anticipated from this game if the league standings is anything to judge by. The PSV fans are confident that the gulf between 4th and Vitesse's 14th position in the table will be revealed on the ground.
- PSV have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eredivisie
- PSV have scored more than double the goals of Vitesse.
PSV and Vitesse should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
PSV form and stats
PSV are steadily winning Eredivisie games and points here at Philips Stadion. 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
PSV shared the glory with Fortuna Sittard in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Midfielder Sangaré was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.41 (out of ten) in that game. Sangaré scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 66 successful passes (of 77 total).
In the game before, a strong away win at Sparta Rotterdam. A KNVB Beker game.
Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 12 of the 16 most recent league games with this team has had three goals or more.
There will be little rest for PSV after this match as they are travelling to FC Emmen for a Eredivisie game in only three days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of PSV is on fire here. A stunning 25 from 8 league matches. PSV have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vitesse form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Vitesse has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 77 days ago, in the Sparta Rotterdam fixture.
There were no winners in Vitesse's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs NEC (placed 9th). Midfield player Wittek was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.11/10. Wittek hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Vitesse travelled to AZ and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.A new game in only four days for Vitesse, the Eredivisie home match versus FC Twente. Busy days.
Vitesse have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Vitesse struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games. Vitesse has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the former ten meetings): PSV won seven games, two matches ended with a tie and Vitesse got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  X. Simons 9 goals |  G. Til 5 goals |  I. Sangaré 4 goals |
PSV missing players
Vitesse missing players
| PSV | Vitesse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 44 | 25 | 11 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 22 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 31 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 75% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 81% |
| 75% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 69% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 44% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 56% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 31% |
| 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 7 | 7 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
| 0.8 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19.2 | 19 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 13.6 | 14.1 |
| 7.6 | 7.4 | 11 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 36% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | 26% |
| 10.5 | 9.5 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23 | 13.9 | 11.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
- PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- PSV have scored more than double the goals of Vitesse.
- PSV have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eredivisie
- PSV have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Vitesse 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 | Feyenoord | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 25 | 37 |
| 2 | AZ | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Ajax | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 32 |
| 4 | PSV | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 32 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | NEC | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 11 | RKC Waalwijk | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 16 |
| 13 | Excelsior | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 27 | -21 | 16 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 15 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 12 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -22 | 12 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -16 | 9 |
