After qualifying for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, the Eredivisie continues unopposed. PSV awaits an away game at the Mandemakers Stadium. Figures show that PSV has a positive balance against Brabant clubs.
This match has been played 27 times before. With eighteen victories under their belt, PSV maintains a positive balance in Waalwijk. PSV also took the win last season. Johan Bakayoko (35') shot the ball beautifully, scoring the only goal of the match. Five times the points were split and four times the Yellow Blues won.
Unbeaten and scoreless
PSV has lost only one Eredivisie match this calendar year (W15-G6-V1). That defeat dates back to January, when it lost 1-0 on a visit to FC Emmen. Since that game, PSV is unbeaten in its last eighteen Eredivisie matches. In each of those eighteen games, the red-and-whites were also on target.
Brabant sides
Statistics show that PSV does well in duels against clubs from Brabant. Since the 2-0 defeat at RKC Waalwijk in 2014, the main force has won 25 of its 30 Eredivisie matches with opponents from Brabant (W25-G2-V3).
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Fine opening series
Yorbe Vertessen scored the only goal in both PSV's first and second league games this season. This after the Belgian had not been treacherous in his last seventeen Eredivisie games before that. For the third consecutive season, the main squad can finish its first three Eredivisie games winningly, following 2021-2022 (4) and 2022-2023 (4).
PSV is on an impressive run both away and at home. Thus, PSV also won the last five away games in the Eredivisie. With this, they set the longest run since March 2022.
Matching place
Luuk de Jong can match Luc Nilis in place three of PSV's top scorers list in the Eredivisie with one goal. De Jong's tally now stands at 109 goals. Luuk reached another milestone fairly recently: he can call himself the first player ever to score in five consecutive European matches for PSV.
Old acquaintances
The duel at the Mandemakers Stadion counts as a reunion with old acquaintances of the club. Jeffrey Bruma has played for the team from Waalwijk since this season. The defender played a total of 129 games for PSV between 2013 and 2016 and became national champion three times. Zakaria Bakkali, who now plays for the Waalwijkers, also has a red and white past.
