Every week Gracenote finds out what you need to know about the matches PSV plays. Sunday the club hosts Sparta Rotterdam at Philips Stadion. Statistics show that PSV should normally win the game over.
1995
The last time Sparta Rotterdam won in Eindhoven was December 2, 1995. That season, PSV lost to the Rotterdammers both at home and away.
Unbeaten
PSV has been unbeaten for 16 consecutive games against next Sunday's opponent (W13-G3-V0). Of all current Eredivisie teams, PSV is only longer unbeaten against ADO Den Haag (19) and VVV-Venlo (33).
Inherent
A win at Sparta Rotterdam puts PSV in exactly the same position as last season after ten rounds of play. Then, too, the club achieved seven wins, two draws and one loss after ten games.
Goal Malen means no loss
If Donyell Malen scores, it is as good as certain that PSV will not lose. In fact, PSV has never lost a game in which the striker scored. Malen currently stands at 26 Eredivisie goals, five of them this season.
Henk Fräser
Coach of Sparta Rotterdam, Henk Fräser, never won as coach of PSV. In his coaching career, he faced PSV nine times, in which two draws proved the highest achievable.
Clean sheets
In PSV's four home games this season, the team only got one goal against. That was in the home game against FC Emmen, in which Yvon Mvogo scored an own goal. In short: no opponent managed to find the net independently at the Philips Stadium so far.
Mvogo chases Zoet
Yvon Mvogo has kept his goal clean for four home games in a row. The last time a PSV goalkeeper managed this was between September and December 2018. Jeroen Zoet then kept a clean sheet for six consecutive home games. In theory, Mvogo could break this streak before the winter break.
Reunion
For Denzel Dumfries and Nick Viergever, next Sunday will be a reunion with the club where it all began. Both PSV players started their professional careers in Spangen. Dumfries played 31 games for Sparta Rotterdam in 2016-2017, Viergever came to 30 games for the Rotterdam club between 2009 and 2010.