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PSV will invite local rivals Eindhoven to Philips Stadion in a pre-season friendly on Wednesday. Both teams have endured winless runs in the pre-season thus far and will look to bounce back with a win.
The hosts began their pre-season proceedings against Anderlecht and suffered a 3-0 loss. They met Club Brugge a week later and played out a 1-1 draw, with Ismael Saibari scoring the equalizer in the 57th minute. They also played SC Paderborn on Saturday and lost 2-1 in a behind-closed-doors friendly.
The visitors have suffered defeats in their two friendlies, failing to open their goalscoring account. They lost 1-0 to Al Rayyan in their pre-season opener and suffered a 2-0 loss to NAC Breda last week.
This is the penultimate friendly for the hosts, who will play Valencia later this month and meet Feyenoord in the Johan Cruijff Shield next month. The visitors, meanwhile, will play three more friendlies after this match.
PSV vs Eindhoven Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- The two teams have met 34 times in all competitions, including friendlies. The hosts have the upper hand in these meetings with 23 wins. The visitors have got the better of their rivals four times and seven games have ended in draws.
- They last met in a friendly last season, with the hosts recording a 3-1 win. Interestingly, the two teams have not met in a competitive match in the 21st century.
- PSV have scored at least two goals in eight of their last nine meetings against Eindhoven and 13 of the last 14 meetings between them have produced over 2.5 goals.
- The hosts are winless in their last five friendlies, with three games ending in draws.
- The visitors have just one win in their last 10 games in all competitions, including friendlies.
PSV vs Eindhoven Prediction
Boeren are winless in their three friendlies thus far, scoring just two goals while conceding six times. They will play for the first time at their home ground and will look to leave a better account of themselves here. Peter Bosz is likely to rotate players from the lineup in this match as he looks to avoid injuries before the 2024-25 season kicks off next month.
Blauw-witten have just one win in their last 10 games in all competitions since March, failing to score in five games and might struggle here. They have just one win against the hosts since 1954, which is a cause for concern.
Considering the hosts' dominance in this fixture and better squad quality, we back the reigning Eredivisie champions to register a comfortable win.
Prediction: PSV 3-1 Eindhoven
PSV vs Eindhoven Betting Tips
Tip 1: Result - PSV to win
Tip 2: Goals - Over/Under 2.5 Goals - Over 2.5 goals
Tip 3: At least one goal to be scored in the second half - Yes
Tip 4: Luuk de Jong to score or assist any time - Yes
