What normally counts as one of the toughest away games of the season turned into a gala performance by a team on championship course. In this column we usually cover the statistics of an individual standout, but the 8-0 victory over sc Heerenveen was a team performance pure and simple.
The biggest away win in club history was accompanied by a huge preponderance in ball possession, passes, dribbles, crosses and so on. Head coach Peter Bosz 's team recorded over three hundred more passes than the opponent. The total stands at 641, ninety percent of which arrived at destination.
In total, PSV had the ball 67% of the time. The home team hardly had time to accomplish anything, because PSV was on top of it. Pressing and chasing to the back line resulted in 43 interceptions. In addition, PSV entered 85 duels, which resulted in ten more ball possession.
Attacking statistics
The main squad put up one of its best games of the season on Thursday night. In total, the goal was fired upon sixteen times, sixteen crosses were made, fourteen key actions were counted and the team took on forty dribbles. It all contributed to a win in which it was clear from the outset who was going to prevail.
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