PSV recovers a 0-1 deficit to prevail over Fortuna Sittard 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

EINDHOVEN. PSV was able to reverse the score against Fortuna Sittard to win 2-1.

May 15, 2023

EINDHOVEN. PSV managed to reverse the scoreline against Fortuna Sittard to win 2-1. It was Fortuna Sittard to strike first with an early goal of Paul Gladon at the 4′. Then it was a goal in the 25′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, X. Simons gave the win to PSV in the 82′ minute. PSV was truly better in terms of ball possession (72%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Philips Stadion stadium in Eindhoven on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Jochem Kamphuis who was helped by Freek Vandeursen and Halis Murat Kucukerbir. The 4th official was Robin Hensgens. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.1 degrees Celsius or 59.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.

Match Statistics

PSV

2 - 1

Fortuna Sittard

! 72 Ball Possession 28

Shots

24 Total 5
10 On Target 2
15 Off Target 4
3 Shots blocked 1

164 Attack 84
97 Dangerous attack 33
94 Ball safe 85

0 Penalties 0
14 Corners 1

Fouls

9 Total 9
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

PSV had a strong ball possession 72% while Fortuna Sittard was struggling with a 28% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

PSV was more pushing with 97 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why PSV won the match.

PSV shot 24 times, 10 on target, 15 off target. Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Sittard shot 5 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

PSV received 1 yellow card (J. Bakayoko). On the opposite side, Fortuna Sittard received 4 yellow cards (Deroy Duarte, Ivor Pandur, George Cox and Dimitrios Siovas).

Match Timeline

P. Gladon(goal)

Johan Bakayoko- Yellow

10'

Luuk de Jong(goal)J. Teze

25'

30'

Deroy Duarte- Yellow

45'

46'

60'

66'

72'

Arianit Ferati- sub ->Iñigo Córdoba

72'

Rémy Vita- sub ->Tijjani Noslin

76'

82'

84'

87'

Dimitrios Siovas- Yellow

87'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

PSV

NEC

After this encounter, PSV will have 71 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Fortuna Sittard will stay with 35 points to hold in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, PSV will host SC Heerenveen on the 21st of May with a 16-6 head to head record in favor of PSV (14 draws).

Fortuna Sittard will play away agasint Excelsior on the 21st of May with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Excelsior (4 draws).

PSV – Formation

PSV

Walter Benítez 1.Argentina

6.4

Patrick van Aanholt 30.Netherlands

7.0

André Ramalho 5.Brazil

7.4

J. Teze 3.Netherlands

7.6

46'

Jarrad Branthwaite 22.England

6.5

Ibrahim Sangaré 6.Ivory Coast

7.6

Guus Til 20.Netherlands

6.7

46'

Joey Veerman 23.Netherlands

8.2

84'

Xavi Simons 7.Netherlands

8.2

82'

Johan Bakayoko 27.Belgium

6.6

46'

10'

Luuk de Jong 9.Netherlands

7.2

60'

25'

Substitutes

Boy Waterman 24.Netherlands

Joël Drommel 16.Netherlands

Olivier Boscagli 18.France

Fedde Leysen 48.Belgium

Phillipp Mwene 29.Austria

6.8

46'

J. Seelt 53.Netherlands

Érick Gutiérrez 15.Mexico

6.6

84'

T. Land 54.Netherlands

Fábio Silva 10.Portugal

7.0

60'

Thorgan Hazard 11.Belgium

6.8

46'

Anwar El Ghazi 21.Netherlands

6.8

46'

J. van Duiven 44.Netherlands

PSV adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ruud van Nistelrooy decided to play with the following team: Walter Benítez (6.4), Jordan Teze (7.6), André Ramalho (7.4), Jarrad Branthwaite (6.5), Patrick van Aanholt (7.0), Joey Veerman (8.2), Ibrahim Sangaré (7.6), Johan Bakayoko (6.6), Guus Til (6.7), Xavi Simons (8.2) and Luuk de Jong (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Olivier Boscagli, Fedde Leysen, Phillipp Mwene (6.8), Fábio Silva (7.0), Érick Gutiérrez (6.6), Tygo Land, Thorgan Hazard (6.8), Anwar El Ghazi (6.8), Boy Waterman, Joël Drommel, Jason van Duiven and Jenson Seelt.

PSV could not rely on the presence of Thorgan Hazard (injured).

Substitutions

PSV made 5 changes: J. Bakayoko for Anwar El Ghazi (46′), J. Teze for Phillipp Mwene (46′), Guus Til for Thorgan Hazard (46′), Luuk de Jong for Fábio Silva (60′) and Joey Veerman for Érick Gutiérrez (84′).

Best player: Xavi Simons

The player that probably impressed the most for PSV was Xavi Simons.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 49 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.

Fortuna Sittard – Formation

Fortuna Sittard

Ivor Pandur 31.Croatia

7.4

45'

Dimitrios Siovas 33.Greece

6.6

87'

Ivo Pinto 12.Portugal

7.0

George Cox 5.England

6.6

87'

66'

Rodrigo Guth 14.Brazil

6.4

Doğan Erdoğan 21.Turkey

6.5

Iñigo Córdoba 7.Spain

6.2

72'

Deroy Duarte 6.Cape Verde

6.8

87'

30'

Úmaro Embaló 85.Portugal

6.4

76'

Tijjani Noslin 77.Netherlands

6.8

72'

P. Gladon 11.Netherlands

7.2

Substitutes

Tom Hendriks 22.Netherlands

Yanick van Osch 1.Netherlands

Rémy Vita 61.Madagascar

6.0

72'

Mike van Beijnen 18.Netherlands

R. Janssen 4.Netherlands

Stipe Radic 55.Croatia

87'

Arianit Ferati 19.Kosovo

6.1

72'

K. Bistrović 8.Croatia

Tunahan Tasci 34.Turkey

87'

G. Cangiano 74.Italy

6.3

76'

Also Fortuna Sittard adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Julio Velázquez Santiago played with: Ivor Pandur (7.4), Ivo Pinto (7.0), Rodrigo Guth (6.4), Dimitrios Siovas (6.6), George Cox (6.6), Doğan Erdoğan (6.5), Deroy Duarte (6.8), Tijjani Noslin (6.8), Iñigo Cordoba (6.2), Úmaro Embaló (6.4) and Paul Gladon (7.2).

They had on the bench: Rémy Vita (6.0), Arianit Ferati (6.1), Mike van Beijnen, Tom Hendriks, Kristijan Bistrović, Muhammet Tunahan Tasci, Roel Janssen, Yanick van Osch, Gianmarco Cangiano (6.3) and Stipe Radić.

Substitutions

Fortuna Sittard made 5 changes: Iñigo Córdoba for Arianit Ferati (72′), Tijjani Noslin for Remi Vita (72′), Úmaro Embaló for Gianmarco Cangiano (76′), George Cox for Stipe Radić (87′) and Deroy Duarte for Muhammet Taşçı (87′).