National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's PSV or Fortuna Sittard that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
PSV form and stats
Last season, PSV's KNVB Beker journey ended in the quarter-finals.PSV have been very solid at home in the Eredivisie so far, with 21 points collected from 8 matches (7-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. PSV has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Philips Stadion. We remember; it was Feyenoord.
PSV enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at NEC's place. The match ended 2-1 with Vinícius and Vertessen scoring. Jordan Teze was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.62 out of 10. The defender Teze hit two key passes and won 7 of 8 duels.
Heartbreak before that as PSV lost 0-3 at Real Sociedad's place.The manager Schmidt will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to RKC Waalwijk in only four days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of PSV is on fire here. A stunning 25 from 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Fortuna Sittard form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated FC Oss in order to reach 2nd round of KNVB Beker. Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the 8th finals.There's been little loot from Fortuna Sittard's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Eredivisie. Fortuna Sittard only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.
It's the second away game in a row for Fortuna, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus PEC Zwolle in the Eredivisie last time out. Defender Nigel Cello Lonwijk was the best team player with a rating of 8.32. Lonwijk scored one goal and won 13 of 17 duels.
It was a Eredivisie defeat before that one as the away game against Feyenoord wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Fortuna Sittard we find five games. Results are zero Fortuna wins, one draw and four defeats.
After this away game Fortuna return home for a Eredivisie game against FC Utrecht. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Fortuna Sittard have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. The Fortuna manager Ultee has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): PSV six wins, zero draws and Fortuna Sittard zero victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Seuntjens 7 goals |   A. Tué Na Bangna 5 goals |  E. Zahavi 4 goals |
PSV missing players
Fortuna Sittard missing players
| PSV | Fortuna Sittard | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 51 | 30 | Scored | S | 17 | 33 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 34 | 58 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 16.9 | 18.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.4 | ||
| 6.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 32% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 15.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 5.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 37 |
| 2 | Ajax | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 45 | 36 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 36 |
| 4 | Vitesse | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 29 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | SC Cambuur | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | AZ | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | FC Groningen | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | NEC | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Willem II | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 18 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Heracles Almelo | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -22 | 12 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 11 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 6 |