Every week, Gracenote finds out what you need to know about the matches PSV plays. This weekend, PSV visits sc Heerenveen. PSV failed to win the last seven meetings in Friesland.
Without a win
A negative record beckons for PSV if there is no win on Sunday. Seven away matches in a row the team did not win in Heerenveen. Only against Willem II and FC Twente did PSV set a longer series without a win this century (8).
Time to break series
The above statistic is currently PSV's longest streak away from home without a win against a specific opponent. The last win dates back to December 18, 2011, when PSV beat the Frisians 1-5.
3 in a row
The last time PSV failed to win three consecutive away games in the Eredivisie was from October 2018 to February 2019. Back then, PSV did not win seven away matches in a row. After Vitesse and FC Twente away, sc Heerenveen could become the third blockade.
Difference
At PSV, the difference between matches at home and away is very big. At home no team took more points than PSV (15), in away matches the team gathered seven points. No other Eredivisie team has such a big difference between home and away matches.
Running
Donyell Malen, after his goal against Sparta Rotterdam, scored in three consecutive Eredivisie games for the first time in his career. If he manages to score against sc Heerenveen on Sunday, he will be the first PSV player to score four games in a row since Luuk de Jong in March and April 2019. For De Jong, the counter stopped at six back then.
29
Against Sparta Rotterdam, Lars Unnerstall was the 29th player that Roger Schmidt called upon this season. Only in 1997-1998 did PSV use more players in an Eredivisie season (34).
