Every week, Gracenote finds out what you need to know about the matches PSV plays. This week, PSV awaits a home game against a team that last lost at home in 1983: Willem II.
Home series
Only against N.E.C. and FC Utrecht does PSV have a longer unbeaten home series than against Willem II. N.E.C. has not lost forty home matches in a row, while FC Utrecht has been waiting for a victory in the Philips Stadium for 38 matches. The counter of the Tricolores currently stands at 31.
Victories
The last time PSV did not win against the Tilburgers at home was in 2000, when both teams shared the points with a 2-2 final score. That amounts to seventeen home wins in a row. Only against FC Utrecht did PSV ever have a longer running series of home wins. This one is still running (23, 1997-present).
Scoring power
Already 44 home matches in a row against the Tricolores, PSV scored. Only against NAC Breda did PSV ever set a longer series. This one, too, is still running (48, 1959-present).
Brabant underdogs
In the Eredivisie, PSV has been unbeaten against a Brabant opponent for 68 home games in a row (W63-G5-V0). The last time PSV suffered a loss against an opponent from North Brabant was on May 28, 1995, when NAC Breda was too strong 2-4.
Young goal scorers
Of PSV's 16 Eredivisie goals this season, 11 have been scored by a player aged 21 or younger, representing 69 percent. Of all Eredivisie teams, only Willem II has a higher percentage in that regard. For the Tilburgers, 86 percent of goals were scored by someone under 22 (six out of seven).
'The zero'
Yvon Mvogo kept his goal clean in three of the seven Eredivisie games. Only Vitesse has scored fewer goals this season. The Arnhemmers have kept the clean sheet four times already.
Madueke on steam
Noni Madueke has been involved in six PSV goals so far in the Eredivisie. With his four goals and two assists, he is the second most productive teenager in the Dutch league. Only Lassina Traoré is ahead of him. The Ajacied stands on five goals and three assists.
Invaders of value
Of PSV's sixteen goals, four were scored by invaders. Only at Ajax, of all the other 17 Eredivisie teams, substitutes have a higher share of the goal total (7).
