PSV Eindhoven vs. Sparta Rotterdam - prediction, team news, lineups

PSV Eindhoven could determination to the apical of the Eredivisie table with a triumph implicit Sparta Rotterdam astatine Phillips Stadion connected Sunday. 

The matchday six opening comes aft AZ Alkmaar could lone gully with Willem II connected Friday night, giving the Eindhoven heavyweights their changeable if they decision a broadside they person historically dominated. 

Match preview

A week aft their De Topper occurrence implicit Ajax, PSV instrumentality to league action, aiming to regenerate AZ atop the standings, albeit connected extremity difference. 

While their 3-1 triumph astatine the Johan Cruyff Arena was marred by Ruben van Bommel's horrific situation connected Aaron Bouwman, which near the teenage defender hospitalised, the main communicative was ending their five-match winless tally against their fierce rivals. 

Although their winning streak crossed each competitions was ended by Shakhtar Donetsk connected Thursday, Peter Bosz's broadside instrumentality to league play looking to widen their series of victories astatine Sparta's expense. 

Indeed, that anticipation seems understandable, fixed that the Peasants person won 4 top-flight matches connected the trot, scoring 3 oregon much goals successful 3 of those games contempt conceding successful each win. 

Given their inclination to often overwhelm teams with their attack, fans successful Philips Stadion volition expect the aforesaid against a squad they person defeated successful 8 consecutive matches. 

Their Rotterdam opponents past avoided decision successful this fixture erstwhile they someway held their Eindhoven opponents to a goalless crippled successful January 2023, ending a five-match losing tally astatine the time. 

Since that draw, though, the Castle Lords person been connected the receiving extremity of defeats successful 8 meetings, 7 of which person travel successful the Eredivisie. 

That presents an absorbing situation to Rogier Meijer, who takes his squad to the four-peat-chasing heavyweights whom Sparta person not defeated since a KNVB Beker contention successful October 2016, past bushed successful the league successful November 2001 and person not defeated successful Eindhoven since December 1995.

Their chances of occurrence look adjacent bleaker considering that the Rotterdam outfit person not had immoderate early-season momentum nether their caller boss, whose lone occurrence successful complaint came successful matchday two's 3-1 occurrence astatine Telstar, but that triumph astatine BUKO Stadion has not been built on. 

Nonetheless, De Kasteelheren's goalscoring imaginable astatine slightest gives them a changeable astatine troubling the hosts, who competed successful Europe during the week and could endure immoderate hangover this weekend. 

With Sparta scoring 2 oregon much goals successful 3 of their past 4 matches, hitting 3 astatine Telstar and successful a thrilling 3-3 gully against FC Utrecht, a high-scoring matter could beryllium connected the cards successful Eindhoven connected matchday six.

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Team News

Van Bommel faced nary retrospective enactment aft his situation connected Bouwman past week, and the wide attacker aims to proceed his good tally successful the Eredivisie, wherever helium has scored oregon assisted successful 4 consecutive matches, netting 2 and mounting up two.

Ricardo Pepi, though, heads into the gameweek arsenic the team's starring scorer with three, 1 much than Van Bommel and amazingly Sergino Dest, who is tied with the winger connected 2 assists.

On the wounded front, Bosz's broadside are apt without Alassane Plea, Sam Lammers, Sami Ouaissa (hamstring), Mikkel Bro Hansen, Kiliann Sildillia and Jerdy Schouten (ACL) for Sunday's contest. 

The visitors person a overmuch healthier squad, with Robin van Cruijsen to beryllium assessed up of their travel to Eindhoven. 

Anything the Castle Lords execute connected Sunday volition hinge connected Milan Zonneveld continuing his beardown form, having scored successful 3 consecutive appearances for the visitors and assisted successful past week's 2-2 gully with PEC Zwolle.

Shunsuke Mito has already assisted 2 goals this season, and Mitchel van Bergen poses a wide menace for the distant side, giving PSV overmuch to interest about.

PSV Eindhoven imaginable starting lineup:

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

Sparta Rotterdam imaginable starting lineup:

Bednarek; Martes, Young, Martins Indi, Kuipers; Baas, Hatenboer; Terho, Mito, Van Bergen; Zonneveld

We say: PSV Eindhoven 4-2 Sparta Rotterdam

Bosz's all-or-nothing attack means PSV are acceptable up to people a surfeit of goals, but besides to concede some.

Sparta person shown their imaginable successful the attacking 3rd and are backed to find the people successful Eindhoven connected Sunday.

Yet PSV's attacking prime should beryllium acold excessively beardown for the Castle Lords, who are apt to endure a ninth consecutive decision successful this fixture.

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