Match Report
9 points for PSV (2nd), 8 for Lens (3rd): a 1-point gap. Lens had been under-performing their position — 15th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, PSV were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.67, Lens 1 and 1.83, against a competition average of 1.54 goals per team per game.
PSV carried a 9-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Lens's unbeaten run stood at 9. PSV had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Lens, 7.
Philips Stadion in Eindhoven staged the fixture, a ground that holds 35,119. On the scoreboard, PSV led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.