PSV take on the visitors Arsenal in the round 5 match of UEFA Europa League group stage. The match will be played on Thursday, October 27th at Philips Stadion (Eindhoven).
PSV started the 2022/2023 season with a major overhaul. This, in general, is customary both for Eindhoven and for the Netherlands as a whole, which are oriented "for export" in football. But this time, not only the players left, but also the coach, Roger Schmidt. Van Nistelrooy was appointed to the post, who worked in the structure of the project. And for Ruud, a great striker in the relatively recent past, this is the first independent experience as a coach. In general, the results are quite contradictory, including in European competition. It was not possible to get into the main round of the Champions League due to the defeat in the decisive home match to the modest Rangers. And in the Europa League, the Dutch beat only Zurich, albeit scoring 5 goals in both meetings. Before the defeat to Arsenal, in the 1st round, there was only a home draw with Bodo/Glimt. And it is already possible to predict that it is in the head-to-head confrontation with the Norwegians, in a week, that the fate of the pass to the playoffs will be decided.
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Arsenal’s priority remains the English Premier League. Moreover, there they gave out an incredibly, unexpectedly successful start, leading alone so far. Obviously, the best footballers play there, mostly relaxing in the Europa League. And the bench players are puffed up in it, up to the goalkeeper Turner from the United States. The Gunners gave a 100% result in the europcup. First, they pulled out a victory in Switzerland, over Zurich. Then quite confidently dealt with Bodo/Glimt twice: 3-0 at home, 1-0 in Norway. And last week, finally, a match of the 2nd round was held in London. There, as Mikel Arteta himself admitted, it was extremely difficult for his wards in the confrontation with the Dutch. But, most importantly, in the 70th minute, Xhaka scored the only goal. It meant that the British had finally formalized for themselves a passage to the playoffs of the tournament.
Due to 1-0 last week, Arsenal improved the statistics of head-to-head matches. Now they already have 3 wins in 7 duels with only 1 defeat of PSV. Bookmakers give quite a noticeable advantage to visitors even in Eindhoven. But Arsenal doesn't need anything at all. So we bet on the victory of PSV with a "zero" handicap.
Prediction for the match: PSV to win with 0.0 handicap.
