PSV received a slap on the wrist from Ajax last weekend after a fine ten-game winning streak. Phillip Cocu's team doesn't have much time to sit back and relax. Can it show recovery at FC Groningen. A tricky away game, on paper.
Last draw
PSV often does not have it easy in Groningen. In the 38 previous editions, PSV was the strongest 18 times, lost 10 times and also played 10 draws. The most recent encounter between the two teams was on the penultimate matchday of last season. The match ended in a 1-1 draw through goals by Mimoun Mahi and Sam Lammers. That was Lammers' first premier league goal and also the last time a PSV premier league match remained undecided.
PSV down with Faber
FC Groningen has failed to win six league games in a row against PSV. The last win dates back to the 2013-2014 season. At the Philips Stadium, where Ernest Faber was on PSV's bench as Cocu's replacement, Groningen won 3-2 thanks to goals by Richairo Zivkovic, Filip Kostic and Tjaronn Chery. Memphis and Locadia then scored on behalf of PSV. That season, PSV actually went down twice against Groningen, as in the away game PSV had also lost by a goal from Kostic.