With Fortuna Sittard, PSV will meet Saturday the first of three promoted players in this year's Eredivisie. As reigning champions, PSV has lost only one of the last 53 Eredivisie matches with promotion champions. More than twenty years ago, only MVV was too strong with 2-1.
47 wins
Of the other 52 meetings with teams that promoted to the Eredivisie, PSV won no less than 47. The figures PSV can produce with Fortuna Sittard are not much less impressive. At the Fortuna Sittard Stadium at 8:45 p.m., the two teams will face each other for the 39th time. Of the previous 38 encounters, 28 were won. Six times PSV and the Limburgers shared the points and four times Fortuna Sittard won.
Back in History: 1999
One of those defeats took place just under 20 years ago and featured a bizarre score sequence. In 1999, despite a wonderful goal by Luc Nilis, PSV lost 6-4 to the team from Sittard. On behalf of Fortuna, Wilfred Bouma, who was rented from PSV, claimed a leading role by preparing the 1-0 and scoring the 2-0.