- 20/10/2022
- Emirates Stadium, London
- The only time the two teams met was in 2007 in the Champions League: Arsenal – Eindhoven 1-1, Eindhoven – Arsenal 1-0
Arsenal vs PSV Eindhoven
The match Arsenal vs PSV Eindhoven was postponed in mid-September due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. This is a first round – week 2 match. Arsenal and Eindhoven will meet again next Thursday (27/10) in the Netherlands.
Arsenal
They are moving forward in England and Europe and here they want to “seal” the qualification since with a win they will be +5 from their Dutch opponent. They currently have a 3/3 perfect record in the group so far, the most recent being a 1-0 win over Bodo Glimt in Norway.
In the same “professional” way they got past Leeds in the Premier League on Sunday. It was a tough win. Leeds even missed a penalty and could have taken a point, but in the end it was all good for Arteta’s side (0-1), who remain top of the table.
Elneny, Smith Rowe and Zinchenko are out of action.
PSV Eindhoven
They had that opening day points loss, the 1-1 draw with Bodo Glimt in the Netherlands. They followed up with two emphatic wins over Zurich, 5-1 away and 5-0 at home, that keep them in contention for 1st place in the group. Everything is likely to be decided in the matches against Arsenal, where great concentration and freshness is needed.
In the Eredivisie, they crushed by 6-1 a decent Utrecht side, who had conceded 12 goals in their previous 9 matches. In great shape offensively, they will try to take advantage of it to get the desirable result here.
There are quite a few injuries: Mandueke, Boscagli, Mauro Junior, De Jong, Van Ginkel and Vertessen.
Arsenal vs PSV Eindhoven prediction
Arsenal showed some signs of shifting towards a more defensive approach to certain games, but there was also a fair amount of luck in not conceding goals in the last two. Eindhoven have proven to be sharpshooters in their recent games and are capable of scoring in London. So we expect both tesma to do so, with the scoreline likely to reach a high level.
We predict: GG & Over 2,5 @ 1,90
