EINDHOVEN. PSV demolishes Fortuna Sittard 5-0 with goals of P. Max (10′), R. Doan (39′), E. Zahavi (41′), Bruma (77′) and Carlos Vinicius (82′). PSV was vastly better in terms of ball possession (66%) 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 4:45 pm local time. The referee was Allard Lindhout assisted by Richard Polman and Don Frijn. The 4th official was Martin Perez. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.7 degrees Celsius or 49.39 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

PSV

5 - 0

Fortuna Sittard

  • ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
  • 23 Total 6
  • 14 On Target 0
  • 9 Off Target 6
  • 2 Shots blocked 2
  • 166 Attack 58
  • 109 Dangerous attack 6
  • 88 Ball safe 95
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 11 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 5 Total 3
  • 0 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

PSV had a strong ball possession 66% while Fortuna Sittard was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

PSV was putting more pressure with 109 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 14 were on target. This is one of the reasons why PSV won the match​.

PSV shot 23 times, 14 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Sittard shot 6 times, 0 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Match Timeline

10'
39'
41'
64'
65'
65'
66'
66'
Richie Musaba- sub ->B. Rienstra
66'
66'
Arianit Ferati- sub ->M. Tirpan
77'
A. Obispo- sub ->J. Teze
78'
82'
84'
84'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Ajax
83
34
PSV
81
34
Feyenoord
71
34
FC Twente
68
34
AZ
61
34
Vitesse
51
34
FC Utrecht
47
34
SC Heerenveen
41
34
SC Cambuur
39
34
RKC Waalwijk
38
34
NEC
38
34
FC Groningen
36
34
Go Ahead Eagles
36
34
Sparta Rotterdam
35
34
Fortuna Sittard
35
34
Heracles Almelo
34
34
Willem II
33
34
PEC Zwolle
27
34

After this match, PSV will have 64 points to hold in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Sittard will stay with 22 points to hold in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, PSV will play away with FC Twente on the 2nd of April with a 13-5 head to head record in favor of PSV (16 draws).

Fortuna Sittard will host Heracles Almelo on the 3rd of April with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Heracles Almelo (1 draw).

PSV – Formation

PSV
G
Joël Drommel 16.Netherlands
7.1
D
Philipp Max 31.Germany
7.7
10'
D
Olivier Boscagli 18.France
7.6
D
J. Teze 3.Netherlands
7.1
78'
D
Mauro Júnior 17.Brazil
8.1
M
Mario Götze 27.Germany
7.8
65'
M
Érick Gutiérrez 15.Mexico
7.1
84'
M
Ibrahim Sangaré 6.Ivory Coast
8.4
M
Joey Veerman 23.Netherlands
8.2
M
Ritsu Doan 25.Japan
7.1
64' 39'
F
Eran Zahavi 7.Israel
8.7
65' 41'
Substitutes
G
Maxime Delanghe 21.Belgium
G
Yvon Mvogo 38.Switzerland
D
A. Obispo 4.Netherlands
6.2
78'
M
Marco van Ginkel 8.Netherlands
6.8
84'
M
R. Ledezma 37.United States
F
Bruma 19.Portugal
7.4
65' 77'
F
Maximiliano Romero 20.Argentina
F
Yorbe Vertessen 32.Belgium
F
Carlos Vinícius 9.Brazil
7.5
65' 82'
F
Noni Madueke 10.England
7.0
64'

PSV started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Roger Schmidt decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

PSV made 5 changes: R. Doan for N. Madueke (64′), E. Zahavi for Carlos Vinicius (65′), M. Gotze for Bruma (65′), J. Teze for A. Obispo (78′) and E. Gutierrez for M. van Ginkel (84′).

Fortuna Sittard – Formation

Fortuna Sittard
G
Yanick van Osch 1.Netherlands
7.6
D
Dimitrios Siovas 33.Greece
6.2
66'
D
Ivo Pinto 12.Portugal
6.1
D
Mickaël Tirpan 25.Belgium
6.5
66'
D
Nigel Lonwijk 18.Netherlands
6.8
M
Andreas Samaris 22.Greece
6.1
84'
M
Ben Rienstra 23.Netherlands
6.6
66'
M
Mats Seuntjens 10.Netherlands
6.3
M
Deroy Duarte 6.Cape Verde
6.2
M
Zian Flemming 8.Netherlands
6.2
66'
F
Lisandro Semedo 7.Cape Verde
6.8
Substitutes
G
Michael Verrips 34.Netherlands
G
Felix Dornebusch 32.Germany
M
J. Botaka 17.DR Congo
6.3
66'
M
Richie Musaba 29.Netherlands
6.5
66'
M
Arianit Ferati 19.Kosovo
6.4
66'
F
Ryan Johansson 28.Luxembourg
6.8
84'
F
P. Gladon 11.Netherlands
F
Charlison Benschop 9.Curaçao
6.4
66'
F
Tijjani Noslin 77.Netherlands

Fortuna Sittard started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

Sjors Ultee played with: .

Fortuna Sittard could not rely on the presence of J. Botaka (injured).

Substitutions

Fortuna Sittard made 5 changes: D. Siovas for J. Botaka (66′), B. Rienstra for R. Musaba (66′), Z. Flemming for C. Benschop (66′), M. Tirpan for A. Ferati (66′) and A. Samaris for R. Johansson (84′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.​