Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Utrecht
Match Time & Date:
13/03/2022
14:30
Prediction: 1-1
PSV
Following a routine 3-1 win over Heracles, PSV will look to put an extra pressure on league leaders Ajax when they take on Utrecht on Stadion Galgenwaard in the Eredivisie round 26. PSV are eyeing their fifth consecutive league win, but beating Utrecht on the road is easier said than done. Roger Schmidt can count on key players for Sunday’s game, and Israel international Zahavi should continue to lead the line for the title-chasing side.
The hosts, on the other hand, played out a 1-1 draw with Go Ahead Eagles in their last league match. Utrecht are tough to beat at home, which is probably the main reason why we are going to put our money on draw. Defender Marc van de Maarel serves a one-game ban, while both Arthur Zagre and Naoki Maeda are rated doubtful for the game.
Highlighted Player (Willem Janssen):
After starting his senior career at VVV-Venlo, Willem Janssen joined fellow Dutch club Roda JC in 2007. The 186-cm-tall centre-back scored 22 goals in 129 appearances for the Black and Yellows in the Eredivisie, and in 2011 he moved to Twente.
After ending his loan spell with Utrecht in 2014, he signed a permanent deal with the Stadion Galgenwaard outfit, and he has been playing for the club ever since. He scored his first league goal for Utrecht in a 1-1 draw with Zwolle on September 1, 2013. Willem Janseen was born in Nijmegen, Netherlands on July 4, 1986, but he has yet to earn a call-up for the national team. Janssen, though, has two caps with the Netherlands U21 team.
His main position is centre-back, but he is used as both defensive midfielder and central midfielder as well. His preferred foot is right. In the 2015/16 season he helped Utrecht make it to the Dutch Cup final, but Feyenoord proved to be a big catch for them in the title game.
Highlighted Team (PSV):
Based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, PSV is a professional football club competing the top flight of the Dutch football, Eredivisie. PSV play their home games at the Phillips Stadium which can accommodate 35,000 people. Over the course of its 100-year-old history, PSV has become one of the country’s Big Three clubs that has dominated Eredivisie along with Ajax and Feyenoord.
Known as a stepping stone for future world-class stars, PSV propelled the likes of Ruud Gullit, Ronald Koeman, Romario, Ronaldo, Ruud van Nistelrooy and most recently Arjen Robben. The Boeren (Peasants) as they call themselves take pride in Eindhoven’s status of being a provincial city and never hide their Brabantian heritage which allow them to enjoy their uniqueness in the company of more prominent clubs from Dutch big cities.
The Peasants boast 23 domestic league titles and 9 KNVB Cup trophies. They have also managed two major European titles – European Cup in 1987-88 and UEFA Cup in 1977-78.
