In a weekend match in week 4, on Sun Aug 28th, Excelsior hosts PSV in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Excelsior recorded a 3-1 win against Vitesse. Reda Kharchouch scored the first goal for Excelsior in the 14th minute, then Reda Kharchouch added another in the 20th minute. Excelsior is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 3rd placed PSV, recorded a 0-1 loss against Rangers. Antonio Čolak scored the first goal for Rangers in the 60th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, PSV couldn’t muster any offence and Rangers ran away with the shutout win. PSV is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Both Cody Gakpo and Joey Veerman have been the hottest scorers for PSV in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Excelsior’s top weapon lately has been Reda Kharchouch, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches.