About Match
The table reads 2nd (PSV, 13 pts) against 11th (Sparta Rotterdam, 5 pts), 8 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: PSV 3.6 scored and 1.2 conceded per game, Sparta Rotterdam 1.8 and 1.8, with the league averaging 2.02. Three points here take PSV to 16 and up to 1st, assuming other results stand.
PSV have won four straight. The five-game form split reads 13/15 points for PSV against 5/15 for Sparta Rotterdam.
20 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — PSV 17, draws 3, Sparta Rotterdam 0, at 3.15 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 35% of the wins in this matchup. 60% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 60%. 4.4 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 3.15.
The venue is Philips Stadion, with room for 36,500 spectators.