📏 Form Guide

PSV Eindhoven

DWLWLW

PSV Eindhoven will be looking for another win after a 0-2 Eredivisie success vs Excelsior.

In that game, PSV Eindhoven had 70% possession and 21 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For PSV Eindhoven, goals were scored by Mauro Júnior (58') and Johan Bakayoko (62'). Excelsior got 0 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

Peter Bosz's PSV Eindhoven have scored a sum total of 7 times over their last 6 outings. The tally of goals that have been scored against them in that same time is 7.

Their past results show that PSV Eindhoven:

• haven't lost in the league to AZ in their previous 2 matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 23 league matches at home. What a fantastic run.

AZ

WDWWWL

After tasting defeat last time out to Heracles Almelo in Eredivisie action, AZ and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, AZ managed 65% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Heracles Almelo had 21 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Brian De Keersmaecker (19'), Jizz Hornkamp (38', 40') and Mohamed Sankoh (90', 94') scored for Heracles Almelo.

A succession of effective performances from the AZ defensive players has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 1 from their last 6 clashes combined. During the same period, their own attack force has managed to score 13.

Going into this encounter, AZ haven't been beaten by PSV Eindhoven when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. A very decent away record against them.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 21/03/2021, neither club has come out on top overall with PSV Eindhoven winning 3 of those games, AZ 3 and 0 being drawn in normal time.

A combined sum of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them from Rood-witten and 6 netted by AZ. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The previous league clash between the two was Eredivisie match day 24 on 17/12/2023 when it finished AZ 0-4 PSV Eindhoven.

The match was refereed by Dennis Higler.

ℹ️ Team News: PSV Eindhoven

Noa Lang (Hamstring injury) and Ismael Saibari (unknown injury) are not available for PSV Eindhoven gaffer Peter Bosz.

It’s our opinion that Rood-witten could go for a 4-2-3-1 system for this one, utilising Walter Benitez, Jordan Teze, Jerdy Schouten, Olivier Boscagli, Sergino Dest, Joey Veerman, Mauro Junior, Johan Bakayoko, Guus Til, Malik Tillman and Luuk de Jong.

📰 Team News: AZ

AZ manager Maarten Martens has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Sem Westerveld (Meniscus injury) and Mayckel Lahdo (unknown injury) will miss out on this game.

We are inclined to think that AZ appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, settling for Mathew Ryan, Yukinari Sugawara, Wouter Goes, Riechedly Bazoer, David Moeller Wolfe, Kristijan Belic, Jordy Clasie, Sven Mijnans, Dani de Wit, Ruben van Bommel and Vangelis Pavlidis.

🧠 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, PSV Eindhoven should dominate possession and create several successful chances.

At the other end, AZ might well find it a difficult task getting goals but do we see them hitting back at some stage.

Therefore, we are anticipating a controlled 3-1 victory for PSV Eindhoven at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 16:07 06/04/2024