Three weeks after the game at Philips Stadium, PSV is preparing for the return against Borussia Dortmund. It is the fifth time the two teams have faced off, but never before have the stakes been as high as in this edition.
On Feb. 20, Borussia Dortmund took the lead in the 27th minute through former PSV player Donyell Malen. In the 56th minute, Luuk de Jong shot PSV past side from 11 meters. It remained 1-1, so the decision will fall 150 kilometers from the Philips Stadium on Wednesday night.
Balance
The last match in Germany dates back to 2016. In the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, Bayern Munich faced coach Phillip Cocu's team and no points were gained there. In Eindhoven, PSV lost narrowly 1-2 and in Munich the encounter ended in a 4-1 loss.
The away game in Dortmund is PSV's twentieth time playing on German soil. In all away matches the A-selection had to take 33 goals and scored thirteen in total. In 1977, Eintracht Braunschweig was beaten 1-2 in the UEFA Cup and that is PSV's last away win at our eastern neighbors. In the meantime, they lost fourteen times and a point went to both teams in four duels.
Last encounter
The last edition of Borussia Dortmund-PSV was played on October 22, 2002. In the third and fourth rounds of play in the UEFA Champions League group stage, Guus Hiddink's eleven took on Matthias Sammer's formation. At the Philips Stadion, Remco van der Schaaf scored the only PSV goal of the game, which was lost 1-3. A quick opening goal at the Westfalenstadion was repaired just after halftime through Arnold Bruggink and as a result PSV returned from Germany with one point at the time.
German opponents
Spread over 95 matches, PSV played against 39 teams from Germany. The majority of mutual encounters came from practice matches, namely 57 duels in total. In these matches, 21 were won, 18 lost and the same number of matches ended in a draw.
Internationally, the tally stands at 38 duels. Twenty times the points went to the opponent, eight times PSV credited one point and in ten editions the full spoils went to red and white. On average, PSV scores 1.03 goals per game against German opponents in international matches.
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