In this 4th week match, on Thu Oct 13th, PSV hosts Zürich in a Europa League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. PSV is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against SC Heerenveen. Cody Gakpo struck first for PSV in the 75th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, SC Heerenveen couldn’t muster any offence and PSV ran away with the shutout win. PSV looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Zürich recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Winterthur. Neither Zürich nor Winterthur could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 3 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 4 points in their last 10 matches.
PSV and Zürich last played eachother at the Stadion Letzigrund on the 6th of October. PSV took the match by a score of 5 to 1 in front of almost 11000 dissapointed spectators. Yorbe Vertessen struck first for PSV in the 10th minute on a feed from Armando Obispo, then Yorbe Vertessen added another in the 15th minute.
Jonathan Okita has been the most prolific scorer on Zürich in the last five matches with three goals. PSV is glad to have Cody Gakpo in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals.