In this 15th week match, on Sat Dec 4th, PSV hosts FC Utrecht at Philips Stadion in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eredivisie teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. PSV is fresh off their 1-1 draw against SC Heerenveen. Carlos Vinícius struck first for PSV in the 13th minute, then Rami Hajal tied it up for SC Heerenveen in the 73rd minute squeezing out at least the one point for SC Heerenveen. With 19 points in their last 10 matches PSV should be reasonably happy with their performance, while fC Utrecht sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Heracles. Mats Knoester struck first for FC Utrecht on an own goal in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Heracles couldn’t manage to score, and FC Utrecht took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches FC Utrecht should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season PSV won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Bart Ramselaar has been the most prolific scorer on FC Utrecht in his last five matches with three goals. PSV is glad to have Bruma in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals
Cody Gakpo, Philipp Max, Ryan Thomas, Noni Madueke, Jordan Teze, Richard Ledezma, Eran Zahavi and Maximiliano Romero are unavailable to play for PSV, while Sander van de Streek is unavailable to play for FC Utrecht.