After the loss in Tilburg, PSV is keen to get the three points on Sunday. Statistics show that Sparta Rotterdam is a good opponent for this. The club has lost only once to the Rotterdammers out of the last 25 games.
Long-running series without victories
PSV lost only 1 of the past 25 games against Sparta Rotterdam. For Sparta, this series is currently the longest running series without a win against a specific opponent in the Eredivisie. Sparta coach Henk Fraser faced PSV 11 times in his career. He has never won against the club (W0-G2-V9). Against no team was Fraser so often along the line as a trainer without winning even once.
Goals
PSV scored seventeen Eredivisie goals this season. Eran Zahavi has the most goals to his name (3). Sparta has six goals scored by six different players.
50th Eredivisie goal
Marco van Ginkel is just one goal away from his 50th Eredivisie goal. That he can score against the Rotterdammers, he already showed once. For example, he scored one goal on April 1, 2017 at Het Kasteel. PSV won that match 0-2.
Corner kicks
PSV already scored five Eredivisie goals from corners this season. That is more than any other team. Last season, the club scored a total of three goals from corner kicks. Only Fortuna Sittard scored fewer that way (2).
Talisman
PSV is undefeated in all sixteen Eredivisie games in which Cody Gakpo has been a striker. Of those, the team won thirteen games and drew three.
