PSV Eindhoven vs FC Rostov
UEFA Champions League – Group D
Date: Tuesday, 6th December 2016.
Kick-off at 19:45 UK.
Venue: Philips Stadion, Eindhoven.
PSV vs Rostov match is going to be held on 6th December at Philips Stadion. It’s an important football clash between Netherlands and Russia football clubs where Rostov will try to secure an away draw to finish at 3rd position of Group – D in UEFA Champions League 2016-17 and other side it’s must win game for PSV to confirm their progress in UEFA Europa League competition. PSV held a goalless away draw against Roda JC and Rostov held a goalless home draw against Zenit in their previous league matches.
At the moment, performance of PSV is not so good with 1 draw and 4 defeats along with bottom position in Group – D of UEFA Champions League 2016/17. In other side Rostov has performed medium with 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats in a row along with 3rd position in Champions League group table. PSV will start the match as favorite against Rostov in their crucial fixture of UEFA Champions League at Philips Stadion.
PSV Eindhoven vs FC Rostov: Head-to-head stats
The meeting on matchday 2 at Rostov-on-Don on 28th September 2016 is the only previous meeting between these two sides. Dmitri Poloz scored twice for Rostov, while Davy Propper and Luke de Jong found the net for PSV. Propper had a perfect chance to seal the match in second half from the penalty spot, which failed to hit the target.
PSV’s record against Russian clubs in UEFA competition is 4 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from 11 matches so far. While the record at home is 3 wins and 2 draws from 5 matches. Under similar circumstances, they defeated CSKA Moscow on matchday 6 of last season to earn a place in the knockout round of Champions League.
FC Rostov’s only other Dutch opposition in Ajax, whom they met during the qualifying rounds of the current season. The Russian earned a 1-1 draw at Amsterdam before thrashing Ajax 4-1 in the return leg at home. So they will go into this game with an unbeaten record against Dutch clubs, however it’s only three games.
PSV Eindhoven vs FC Rostov: Head-to-head stats
PSV are on a terrible run at the moment and been only able to register one win from their last 6 matches in all competitions. They were held to a 0-0 draw by Roda JC in the weekend’s league clash which summarizes their troubles in front of the goal. They are yet to win a game in the Champions League and will be low of confidence despite being the home team.
Rostov have shown good fighting spirit in each of their Champions League games so far. It can be clearly seen that the players are very relax and are coming here to play for the crowd. The can pull out another surprise result here, however their priority will be to secure a point and advance to the knockout stages of Europa League.
PSV Eindhoven vs FC Rostov: Bet Tips
Double Chance: Draw or FC Rostov at 13/10 (2.30).
