Match Report
13 points for PSV (2nd), 8 for FC Groningen (9th): a 5-point gap. Per game in the league, PSV were scoring 3.6 and conceding 1.2, FC Groningen 2 and 2.17, against a competition average of 1.96 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with FC Groningen, winners of their last three.
The head-to-head ledger counts 33 games: 22 PSV wins, 4 for FC Groningen, 7 draws, at 3.33 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 64% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 58%. Goals have risen lately: 4.8 per game across the last five meetings, against 3.33 across the full history.
The referee was A. Lindhout, with 100 matches in our database and 2.1 yellows per game on average. The venue was Philips Stadion, with room for 36,500 spectators. On the scoreboard, PSV led 3-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 5-1.
Goal scorers
PSV: Thijmen Blokzijl (11' og), Ivan Perisic (35'), Ricardo Pepi (45'), Ivan Perisic (53'), Sergiño Dest (56') · FC Groningen: Brynjólfur Willumsson (9')
Key stats
Possession: PSV 62% · FC Groningen 38% · Total shots: 24-7 · On target: 12-4 · Corners: 9-4