PSV Eindhoven vs. Groningen - prediction, team news, lineups

A week aft ending their winless streak and claiming their archetypal competitory triumph of the 2026-27 season, defending Eredivisie champions PSV Eindhoven instrumentality to Philips Stadion connected Sunday, aiming to unafraid their archetypal location success.

Peter Bosz’s men defeated SBV Excelsior 2-1 successful Rotterdam to drawback their two-match winless commencement to the caller campaign, and present look to unafraid consecutive league successes against a Groningen broadside they usually fare good against.

Match preview

PSV person arguably been weakened since lifting a 3rd consecutive Eredivisie rubric astatine the backmost extremity of the 2025-26 season, with Ismael Saibari leaving for Bayern Munich successful the off-season and Joey Veerman exiting to Borussia Dortmund successful caller days.

Both departures permission Bosz’s ambition to assertion 4 consecutive top-flight titles up successful the air, adjacent if the Farmers stay favourites to unafraid the league crown.

Their attack remains the same: people importantly much than the opponent, an all-or-nothing attack favoured by the ultra-attacking manager, who is chasing past this term.

They person done commendably to rectify their mendacious commencement to the caller word — they were handed a 4-0 decision by AZ Alkmaar successful the Johan Cruyff Shield and drew 2-2 against Fortuna Sittard successful the league opener — by beating Excelsior 2-1 past clip out.

Entering this play connected 4 points from six, supporters volition present backmost their broadside to assertion a archetypal triumph successful Eindhoven this word arsenic they invited Groningen to the Brabant province, aiming to bushed De FC again.

Indeed, Dick Lukkien volition undoubtedly beryllium alert of his side’s humanities disadvantage successful this fixture, having fallen to 5 consecutive losses against PSV and suffering 9 defeats successful the past 10 meetings.

Groningen’s lone triumph during this 10-match spell came successful October 2022, a 4-2 occurrence that has since proved an anomaly successful the FC’s miserable grounds successful this fixture.

Nonetheless, starting the play winning 2 from 2 — a affirmative stat shared with AZ — the Pride of the North purpose to assertion 3 consecutive victories astatine the disbursal of the defending champions.

For that to happen, Groningen indispensable drawback a seven-match losing tally successful Eindhoven, wherever they are winless since March 2014, a 12-year spell lasting 11 matches, during which they person failed to people successful six visits.

Those numbers marque for grim speechmaking up of Sunday, adjacent if Lukkien volition backmost his players to stun champions whose brushed underbelly ever makes them vulnerable.

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Team News

While Jerdy Schouten is decidedly absent this play owed to a superior genu injury, Filip Kostic, Alassane Plea, Couhaib Driouech (thigh) and Noah Fernandez (knock) volition beryllium assessed.

Ruben van Bommel, backmost aft missing astir of past play with a superior genu issue, was backmost among the goals against Excelsior, portion Ricardo Pepi was besides connected people to unfastened his relationship for the season.

With Veerman and Saibari nary longer astatine the club, Ivan Perisic and Guus Til indispensable instrumentality up adjacent much final-third work for Boeren, with Perisic already assisting successful the league opener against Fortuna a fortnight back.

The visitors volition measure Marco Rente, but Tyrique Mercera, Ryan Metu, Oskar Zawada (knock) and Malcolm Jeng (Achilles) are absent.

Thom van Bergen has been Groningen’s standout performer astatine the commencement of 2026-27, with the attacking midfielder scoring 2 and assisting 1 heading into Sunday’s travel to Philips Stadion.

Two-goal guardant Brynjolfur Darri Willumsson and wide menace David van der Werff person besides had pleasing starts to the caller campaign, and they person the prime to wounded the Lightbulbs this weekend.

PSV Eindhoven imaginable starting lineup:

Kovar; Dest, Flamingo, Obispo, Fernandez; Junior, Wanner; Perisic, Til, Van Bommel; Pepi

Groningen imaginable starting lineup:

Vaessen; Schreuders, Blokzijl, Van der Laan, Prins; De Jonge, Land; Van der Werff, Van Bergen, Clement; Willumsson

We say: PSV Eindhoven 3-2 Groningen

Despite the caller departures of cardinal originative figures similar Veerman, Bosz’s ultra-attacking attack guarantees chances volition beryllium created against an unbeaten Groningen side.

The visitors person the attacking momentum to origin genuine problems connected the counter, but the sheer prime of the hosts’ beforehand quartet — Perisic, Til, Van Bommel and Pepi — should yet borderline a fiercely contested brushwood successful favour of the champions.

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