2026/2027 season

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PSV Eindhoven

Head coach: Peter Bosz · 4-2-3-1

Rank

2nd

Pts

19

P

9

Form

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The essentials at a glance

The summary of this page: estimated level of play, form trend and qualitative verdict. For the details, head to the other tabs.

Editors' ratings

9/10

Attack

7/10

Defence

6/10

Form

7/10

Confidence / mood

Current risk:Very high

2nd with 19 pts from 9 matches: 6 wins, 1 draw, 2 defeats.

27 goals scored, 12 conceded.

FC Porto continues to prepare the duel of the third round of the Champions League in front of the PSV and again trained on Sunday morning.

zerozero · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

The match between FC Porto and PSV, counting on the Champions League, will be directed by Daniel Siebert. The German referee has already whistled several European matches of Portuguese teams.

zerozero · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

Only PSV picked up points more often after it got behind. In Scoreboard journalism, Bart Frouws and Sjoerd Keizer discuss the figures behind the resilience of the team from Enschede.

Voetbal International · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

The red card that Sven Mijnans received today in the match between ADO Den Haag and PSV was the match to the defeat of his team... Sven Mijnans reacts to red card against ADO Den Haag First, the midfielder made the 0-1 for the Eindhovens on indicating Guus Til, but in the 38th minute [...] Continue reading... The post Mijnans: I had a lot of trouble today.

Soccernews · 17 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

How the team has played recently

Match-by-match results, record and rhythm of the current season.

Latest matches

Lvs ADO Den Haag (A) · 1-2

Wvs SC Heerenveen (H) · 2-0

Lvs FC Twente '65 (A) · 2-3

Wvs Sparta Rotterdam (H) · 4-1

Wvs AFC Ajax (A) · 3-1

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27 scored / 12 conceded over 9 matches played

Rest: 1 day since the last match · 2 matches played in the last 15 days

Home form

3W - 1D - 0L

Away form

3W - 0D - 2L

Statistics

Computed from this season's scores, every time the page is shown.

Goals scored per match

2.4

Goals conceded per match

1.4

At home

6 scored · 1 conceded in 2 matches

Away

6 scored · 6 conceded in 3 matches

Over 2.5 goals

4 of 5

Both teams score

4 of 5

Clean sheets

1 of 5

Failed to score

0 of 5

Cumulative points vs league average

Not enough matchdays recorded yet for this curve — history builds up with every standings refresh.

How PSV Eindhoven play

System, playing identity, and what sets the team apart at both ends of the pitch.

Playing identity

Preferred system

4-2-3-1

Philosophy

Peter Bosz has PSV playing very high up the pitch: intense pressing, dominance of the ball and constant rotations between the attacking players, with an aggressive, front-footed defence. The stated aim is to pin the opponent in their own half.

Attacking strengths

Fifteen goals in four matchdays, with a 5-1 against Groningen and then a 6-1 at Utrecht on 30/08 in which five different scorers stood out: Ruben van Bommel, Guus Til (brace), Mauro Júnior, Sven Mijnans and Sergiño Dest. Attacking depth has been strengthened by Mijnans and, on 30/08, by Sami Ouaissa.

Defensive solidity

Five goals conceded in four league matchdays, but defensive balance remains Bosz's work in progress: PSV conceded 45 goals last season despite the title, and lost the Super Cup 0-4 to AZ on 02/08/2026.

Pressing

High pressing and “front-foot” defending: PSV look to win the ball back very early and keep the opponent in their own half, at the cost of real exposure when the first line of pressure is bypassed.

Transitions

StrengthA title-winning squad largely retained after three consecutive titles, supplemented by Sven Mijnans, Kodai Sano, Filip Kostić, Matěj Kovář and Sami Ouaissa. PSV finished last season 19 points clear, the widest margin ever achieved by an Eredivisie champion.

WeaknessDefensive solidity: 45 goals conceded in 2025-26 and a 0-4 conceded against AZ in the Super Cup, with organisational weaknesses already visible in pre-season (1-3 against Villarreal). Ismaïl Saibari's departure to Bayern Munich for €55m deprives the midfield of a major creator.

The mood around the club, and who is missing

Internal climate, relationship with the supporters, and known absences before the next match.

Mood

Squad confidence

Very high: PSV have scored fifteen goals in four matchdays and have just put six past Utrecht.

Coach / players / board relationship

The board was aggressive to the last minute, with four further signings completed on deadline day and a contract extension offered to an eighteen-year-old.

Mood with the supporters

PSV have the most expensive season ticket in the league, €347.50 for the cheapest option, a price set in consultation with a panel bringing together different supporter factions (NLTimes, 7 Aug 2026).

Pressure on the head coach

Bosz is targeting a fourth consecutive title, a feat only Ajax and PSV have achieved in the league's history, while needing to cut the number of goals conceded sharply. He begins his Champions League campaign on 10 September against Shakhtar Donetsk, with the knockout phase as the stated target.

Club objectives

A fourth Eredivisie title in a row — Opta gives them a 48.6% chance — a sharp reduction in goals conceded and qualification for the Champions League knockout phase.

Recent internal tensions

No internal tension reported at this stage.

Absences

InjuredAlassane Pléa — Seriously injured in training in mid-August, he is announced as out at least until the international break on 21 September; Peter Bosz had stopped the session on the spot, overcome by emotion.

Before kick-off

What to know before the next match: statistical form, qualitative analysis, and a computed estimate of the 1/X/2 probabilities.

Next match

PSV Eindhoven — Feyenoord

At homeSunday 25 October at 14:30Matchday 10

In 7 days. Kick-off time confirmed by the league. Paris time · football-data.org fixtures.

What the press says

No preview found for this fixture. The press mostly covers the big games, and usually the day before.

Prediction

EstimatePSV Eindhoven — Feyenoord

34 %

1 · PSV Eindhoven

19 %

X · draw

47 %

2 · Feyenoord

In-house calculation, from this page's standings data alone: 9 matches played by PSV Eindhoven, 9 matches by Feyenoord. Confidence: fair

The formula, in plain words — with this match's figures

League average. 292 goals scored over 154 team-matches played (18 teams taken into account), i.e. μ = 1.90 goal scored per team per match. This is the reference point: everything that follows is expressed relative to it.
Attacking and defensive strengths. Goals scored (or conceded) per match, divided by μ. 1.00 = exactly average; in defence, above 1.00 means “concedes more than average”.
TeamGoalsRawKept
PSV Eindhoven — attack27 in 9 matches1.581.35
PSV Eindhoven — defence12 in 9 matches0.700.82
Feyenoord — attack31 in 9 matches1.821.49
Feyenoord — defence10 in 9 matches0.590.75
The “Kept” column is the result of shrinkage towards the mean: weight = P / (P + 6), i.e. 0.60 for PSV Eindhoven and 0.60 for Feyenoord. The rest of the weight goes to the league average. This is what stops a lone 5-0 from producing an attack at 3.3 times the average — and hence a 95% probability.
Home advantage (γ). Measured on the league itself: 1.89 goal scored on average by the host against 1.77 by the visitor, over the 46 fixtures present in each team's last 5 matches. Raw ratio 1.07; shrunk towards 1 (weight 0.42, on the log of the ratio) then capped at 1.25 → γ = 1.03. Shrinkage goes towards 1, i.e. no advantage at all: while the sample is small, the model does not assert a home advantage it cannot measure.
Venue correction, specific to each team. Drawn from the home/away split: points per match at the venue concerned are compared to points per match over all fixtures, with stronger shrinkage (weight = P / (P + 8)) and a bound of ±12%.
PSV Eindhoven at home: 2.50 pts/match versus 2.11 overall over 4 matches → ×1.061
Feyenoord away: 3.00 pts/match versus 2.56 overall over 5 matches → ×1.067
Expected goals. One side's attack is set against the other's defence. γ applies to the host only: applying it the other way round too would count the home advantage twice.
λ_{PSV Eindhoven} = 1.90 × 1.35 × 0.75 × 1.03 × 1.061 = 2.10
λ_Feyenoord = 1.90 × 1.49 × 0.82 × 1.067 = 2.48
Poisson grid. Probability of every exact score from 0-0 to 8-8, assuming the two goal totals are independent, then adding up the cells: home win 33.7%, draw 19.0%, away win 47.3% — displayed rounded to whole numbers so that they add up to exactly 100. Most likely exact score in the grid: 2-2 (only 7.0%, which says enough about how unpredictable an exact score is).

Limits of this model — they are not anecdotal.

It only knows goals and a venue. Neither absences, suspensions, line-ups, fatigue, stakes, weather nor club context enter the calculation — while the other tabs of this page show that they matter.
The assumption that the two goal totals are independent is false in reality: it slightly underestimates tight scores, hence the draw.
γ is measured over a rolling window (each team's last 5 matches), not over the whole season.
The shrinkage constants (6, 60, 8) and the bounds are choices, not measurements. They were tuned to be cautious early in the season; they were not calibrated on a results history, as none is available here.
No after-the-fact evaluation has been made: at this stage, nobody knows whether this model is better or worse calibrated than another.

What other sources say

No external source has been collected for this match. That is the normal state: readings are taken by hand, and an empty box is better than an unverified figure.

This block shows probability estimates, not predictions, and carries no advisory value. The in-house estimate is the result of a formula applied to a small sample; the figures from external sources are reproduced as they were collected, without their method having been verified.

The full squad

The professional squad by position, captain marked with an armband.

Goalkeepers

Matěj Kovář
N. Olij
T. Smolenaars
K. Ngom

Defenders

Sergiño Dest
L. Geertruida
Mauro Júnior
Ryan Flamingo
Yarek
K. Sildillia
Filip Kostić
A. Obispo
Fabian Merién
Adamo Nagalo
E. Bassey

Midfielders

Jerdy SchoutenC
Guus Til
Sven Mijnans
Kodai Sano
Paul Wanner
J. van den Berg
Isaac Babadi
N. Fernández

Forwards

Ivan Perišić
Ruben van Bommel
Dennis Man
Ricardo Pepi
A. Pléa
E. Bajraktarevic
A. Bouhamdi
Sami Ouaissa

This team's current captain could not be confirmed with certainty at the last check — no armband is shown above until the information is reliable.

Squad last verified on 1 Sep 2026 — source: BeSoccer (2026-27 squad), supplemented by the NOS for the arrival of Sami Ouaissa.

What has been said recently

Chronological feed of verified information about the club.

rss18 Oct 2026

UEFA appoints good memory referee in the Dragon for the Porto-PSV FC

Source: Notícias ao Minuto — Desporto

rss18 Oct 2026

FC Porto prepares duel with the PSV with two absences

Source: zerozero

rss18 Oct 2026

German referee directs duel between FC Porto and PSV in the Champions League

Source: zerozero

rss18 Oct 2026

Bosz predicts a bright future: 'This is going to be very good players for PSV'

Source: Voetbalprimeur

rss18 Oct 2026

PSV in trouble? They're missing that extra quality

Source: Soccernews

rss18 Oct 2026

FC Twente fights for points: 'Only PSV more successful after disadvantage'

Source: Voetbal International

Transfers1 Sep 2026

The reigning champions have completed the signing of winger Sami Ouaissa, prised from NEC Nijmegen for €9m and signed for five seasons, and that of attacking midfielder Ayoni Santos, bought for €5m from Sparta Rotterdam.

Source: NOS

Transfers1 Sep 2026

Sam Lammers has returned to Eindhoven from FC Twente in the very last hours of the window.

Source: Voetbal International

Result30 Aug 2026

PSV thrashed FC Utrecht 6-1 at the Galgenwaard and remain unbeaten, two points behind AZ Alkmaar.

Source: Wanneerspeelt

Club27 Aug 2026

In the draw for the 2026-27 Champions League league phase, PSV Eindhoven will face Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, among others, as part of their eight opponents.

Source: NL Times

News last verified on 18 Oct 2026. Sources: sports press (L'Équipe, Le Parisien, Foot Mercato, regional press…) and official club websites — see the link on each item.

Editorial content (playing style, mood, absences, external prediction sources) last verified on 3 Sep 2026. The standings/form data above are refreshed automatically — as is the 1/X/2 estimate, recomputed on every view.