National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's PSV or FC Emmen that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for PSV and FC Emmen.
PSV form and stats
PSV have been very solid at home in the Eredivisie so far, with 25 points collected from 10 matches (8-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 4th position in the table.
The home team returns to Philips Stadion after drawing with Feyenoord on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. A disappointing finish for PSV in their match versus Feyenoord as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. Hazard was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Feyenoord after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Previous to that game, a Eredivisie home match hosting Go Ahead Eagles in a game that was won 2-0.The match schedule is unforgiving for PSV as they have a new game in only three days, a Eredivisie match thankfully also at home. FC Groningen are visiting.
PSV are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Philips Stadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 28 goals in 10 matches. PSV have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Emmen form and stats
They also participated in KNVB Beker last season. This ended in the 2nd round.FC Emmen have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-0-9 (10 played).
FC Emmen's last game was the home draw against Vitesse (2-2). Goalkeeper der Hart made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Vitesse. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting RKC Waalwijk's place.A new game in only three days for FC Emmen, the Eredivisie home match versus Fortuna Sittard. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Emmen as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. FC Emmen have conceded 24 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
PSV-FC Emmen H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: PSV four wins, FC Emmen one win, two draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  X. Simons 9 goals |  G. Til 6 goals |  A. El Ghazi 5 goals |
PSV missing players
FC Emmen missing players
| PSV | FC Emmen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 11 | 12 | ||
| 51 | 32 | Scored | S | 12 | 27 | ||
| 27 | 8 | Conceded | C | 35 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15.5 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 11.3 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 26% | ||
| 12.3 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 13 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 27 | 43 |
| 2 | AZ | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | Ajax | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 35 | 40 |
| 4 | PSV | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 39 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 27 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | NEC | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -12 | 20 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -23 | 20 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -23 | 17 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -19 | 16 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 13 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -24 | 12 |
