Week 15 brings us a match on Jan 7th, where PSV hosts Sparta Rotterdam in a meeting of these two Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 3rd placed PSV is fresh off their 0-1 loss against AZ Alkmaar. Vangelis Pavlidis struck first for AZ Alkmaar in the 18th minute on a feed from Jesper Karlsson, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, PSV couldn’t muster any offence and AZ Alkmaar ran away with the shutout win. PSV should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while sparta Rotterdam sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against FC Twente. Sem Steijn struck first for FC Twente in the 63rd minute on a feed from Ricky van Wolfswinkel, then Arno Verschueren got the equalizer for Sparta Rotterdam in the 71st minute on a feed from Mike Eerdhuijzen earning them at least the one point. Sparta Rotterdam should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season PSV won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Sparta Rotterdam’s top weapon lately has been Arno Verschueren, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches. PSV’s most prolific scorer has been Luuk de Jong. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches
Ruud van Nistelrooy’s squad will be without Olivier Boscagli, while Tim Coremans, Younes Namli and Jonathan de Guzmán are unavailable to play for Maurice Steijn’s team.