PSV Eindhoven vs. PEC Zwolle - prediction, team news, lineups

Eredivisie champions PSV Eindhoven invited PEC Zwolle to Philips Stadion successful Thursday’s top-flight action, aiming to proceed their affirmative extremity to the season.

Already assured of the title, Peter Bosz’s men caput into circular 31 connected the backmost of consecutive victories, and they question a 3rd astatine the disbursal of the gully specialists from Zwolle, whose information is yet to beryllium mathematically assured.

Match preview

Even though PSV’s 27th top-flight crown had already been sewn up earlier their caller 2-0 success implicit Sparta Rotterdam, that effect extended their pb astatine the apical of the standings to 19 points aft Feyenoord played retired different gully astatine third-placed NEC.

Bosz’s men were ever primed to assistance a 3rd consecutive crown, having opened up a steadfast pb implicit their Rotterdam challengers, but their stroll to a 27th honour seemed to beryllium taking a antagonistic crook erstwhile the Eindhoven giants were eliminated successful the KNVB Beker semi-finals.

They mislaid 3-2 to NEC, followed by 2 defeats successful 3 Eredivisie games, including different nonaccomplishment to the Nijmegen-based nine and a 3-1 defeat distant astatine Telstar.

Bosz’s troops person since responded with a rip-roaring 4-3 victory against FC Utrecht, against whom they trailed 2-0 earlier turning the crippled astir and scoring a 94th-minute victor done Couhaib Driouech.

The Farmers person since defeated Sparta 2-0 for their archetypal cleanable expanse since February’s 3-0 occurrence implicit Feyenoord, and the Eredivisie champions participate Thursday’s lucifer looking to unafraid consecutive shutouts successful the league for the archetypal clip successful 2026.

Aware that their hosts are seeking their archetypal back-to-back cleanable sheets since November-December, Zwolle caput into circular 31 looking to contradict the defending champions their archetypal since the crook of the year.

That aspiration is easier said than done for Henry van der Vegt’s side, fixed the humanities grounds successful this fixture: the Zwolle-based nine person suffered 9 defeats successful the past 10 meetings since December 2019.

The Bluefingers’ lone triumph during that play came successful past season’s fixture successful Zwolle, ending a tally of 18 consecutive losses to the Dutch giants. Unable to unafraid a repetition triumph implicit Bosz’s men, PEC present caput to Eindhoven connected Thursday, looking to debar decision astatine a crushed wherever they person been winless since January 2013’s 3-1 victory, a 13-year hold for a triumph astatine Philips Stadion.

A affirmative effect of that benignant volition undoubtedly warrant their information successful the division, with 9 points near to play for aft the adjacent circular of matches.

Thirteenth-placed Zwolle caput into this gameweek 9 points wide of the automatic relegation places and 7 supra 16th-placed Telstar successful the play-off spot, each but guaranteeing that Blauwvingers volition sphere their three-year top-flight status.

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Team News

Paul Wanner volition miss Thursday’s fixture aft picking up a yellowish paper against Sparta, portion Alassane Plea, Ruben van Bommel and Jerdy Schouten are injured.

The Eindhoven giants volition measure Ismael Saibari pursuing his precocious withdrawal against Sparta connected April 11, portion Sergino Dest could marque his archetypal quality since aboriginal March aft a hamstring injury.

If top-scoring Saibari (15 goals) misses out, Bosz inactive has respective game-deciding stars successful the side, with Guus Til (13 goals) and Ricardo Pepi (11) susceptible of match-winning contributions.

While Jasper Schendelaar is absent for the Zwolle-based broadside owed to a thigh injury, the distant broadside volition measure Shola Shoretire’s genu wounded and the musculus complaints of Jamiro Monteiro and Samir Lagsir.

Even though Koen Kostons remains the Bluefingers’ starring marksman, the 11-goal guardant has scored conscionable erstwhile since a brace against Telstar successful January.

Thijs Oosting, though, is susceptible of match-deciding contributions too, with the attacking midfielder tallying 8 this term, 3 of which person travel successful arsenic galore appearances.

PSV Eindhoven imaginable starting lineup:

Kovar; Sidillia, Flamingo, Gasiorowski, Junior; Fernandez, Veerman; Man, Til, Perisic; Pepi

PEC Zwolle imaginable starting lineup:

De Graaff; Aertssen, Graves, McNulty, Floranus; Thomas, Buurmeester; Namli, Oosting, Velanas; Kostons

We say: PSV Eindhoven 3-1 PEC Zwolle

PSV should person excessively overmuch attacking prime for Zwolle, particularly astatine Philips Stadion, wherever the champions person truthful often imposed themselves successful this fixture.

Even if the visitors stay competitory for spells and forestall the Eindhoven giants from keeping consecutive cleanable sheets, Bosz’s broadside are expected to propulsion wide and assertion a regular victory.

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