Match Report
85 points separated the sides: PSV 1st on 91, Vitesse 18th on 6. Vitesse had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 8th in the league over the last five rounds against 18th overall. Against a league average of 1.62 goals per team per game, PSV ran at 3.26 scored and 0.62 conceded, Vitesse at 0.88 and 2.18.
Vitesse had been beaten in three straight games. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for PSV against 1/15 for Vitesse.
GioScore's database holds 29 meetings between the two: 21 for PSV, 3 for Vitesse and 5 drawn, at 2.9 goals per meeting.
Philips Stadion in Eindhoven staged the fixture, a ground that holds 35,119. Half-time and full-time told different stories: PSV led 3-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 6-0.