February 27th features a match where PSV will travel to Rotterdam to battle Sparta Rotterdam in a clash of the Eredivisie. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 17th placed Sparta Rotterdam, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Willem II. Younes Namli struck first for Sparta Rotterdam in the 59th minute on a feed from Vito van Crooy, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Willem II couldn’t muster any offence and Sparta Rotterdam ran away with the shutout win. Sparta Rotterdam looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while pSV is fresh off their 3-1 win against SC Heerenveen. Noni Madueke struck first for PSV in the 13th minute, then Tibor Halilović tied it up for SC Heerenveen in the 36th minute on a feed from Siem de Jong. PSV looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
Sparta Rotterdam and PSV last played eachother at the Philips Stadion on Oct 3rd. PSV was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Ibrahim Sangaré scored the first goal for PSV in the 82nd minute, then Ryan Thomas added another in the 86th minute.
Mario Götze has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for PSV. Sparta Rotterdam hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Vito van Crooy and Adrián Dalmau, and they each have 1 goal
Benjamin van Leer is unavailable to play for Henk Fraser’s team, while Roger Schmidt’s PSV squad will be without Ryan Thomas and Maximiliano Romero.