Every week, Gracenote finds out what you need to know about the matches PSV plays. On Sunday, PSV will visit the Erve Asito, home of Heracles Almelo. Will PSV manage to win the first three duels of this season?
Beloved away game
Of the 20 times PSV played in Almelo in the Eredivisie, the team traveled back to Eindhoven only once without at least a point (W15-G4-V1). The only defeat dates back to Sept. 19, 2015, when PSV went down 2-1.
Six wins
In the last six matches against Heracles Almelo, PSV took the full spoils each time. The most recent time the team from Almelo was able to stop PSV was on October 15, 2016. Back then, the game at the Philips Stadium ended 1-1.
Hundred
So far, PSV scored 99 goals against the opponent from Almelo. The team is one goal away from a milestone of one hundred. The first PSV goal against Heracles Almelo was scored by Jan Louwers on December 2, 1962.
Mauro experience richer
Mauro Júnior returns Sunday to the club he was loaned out to last season. The Brazilian accounted for six goals and seven assists in Almelo service last season. The only Heraclied with better statistics last Eredivisie season was Cyriel Dessers, with 15 goals and six assists.
Youngsters pull the cart
PSV scored five goals in the first two games of this season. All the goals were credited to players 21 years old or younger. Noni Madueke (18), Cody Gakpo (21), Donyell Malen (21) and Maxi Romero (21) scored on behalf of the club in this Eredivisie season.
Gakpo on target in away games
In the last three away games in the Eredivisie in which Cody Gakpo played, he scored at least one goal. The last PSV player to do better was Hirving Lozano. Between April and August 2018, the Mexican scored in four away games in the Eredivisie in a row.
Measuring up to the biggest
During the last European Championship qualification, Eran Zahavi was 11 times hit for Israel. Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo finished on that same number. The only player who managed to score more than 11 goals during EC qualification was Englishman Harry Kane. He shot 12 on behalf of 'the Three Lions'.
Average age rises
Eran Zahavi, contracted this week, is the oldest player in Head Coach Roger Schmidt's selection. Bruma was considered PSV's oldest striker before his arrival. The Portuguese is 25 years old.
