Of the last 20 Premier League encounters in Utrecht's Galgenwaard stadium, PSV lost only two. This is offset by eleven victories and seven draws. However, PSV's last league victory in the Domstad dates back to November 7, 2010. Read all the facts and figures here.
Of the last 20 Premier League encounters in Utrecht's Galgenwaard stadium, PSV lost only two. This is offset by eleven victories and seven draws. However, PSV's last league victory in the Domstad dates back to November 7, 2010. Read all the facts and figures here.
Jan Heintze and Mark van Bommel duel with Tibor Dombi.
'The Miracle of Utrecht'
PSV has so far played FC Utrecht 43 times in competition in the Domstad. Nineteen times the game ended in a victory for PSV, fifteen times the encounter did not yield a winner and nine times FC Utrecht took the win. PSV's last league victory in the Domstad dates back to 7 November 2010. Then PSV won 1-2 thanks to two goals by Balázs Dzsudzsák, one from a penalty shot. Frank Demouge saved the honor for the home side nine minutes before time. Both teams ended this game with ten players after reds for Jonathan Reis and Jacob Lensky. On May 23, 1999, PSV recorded perhaps its most important victory over FC Utrecht. On the last match day of the competition, PSV won 2-3 after trailing 2-0. Despite the fact that PSV - after Luc Nilis' red card - had to continue with ten men, substitute Arnold Bruggink scored the winning goal in the 90th minute. As a result, the team miraculously finished as number three and was allowed to play in the preliminary round of the Champions League.
Timothy Derijck is playing on a rental basis for FC Utrecht.
Schaars, Bruma and Toivonen
Stijn Schaars made his Eredivisie debut on behalf of Vitesse against FC Utrecht on March 9, 2003. Schaars came into the field after 27 minutes for Aleksandar Rankovic and was replaced again at halftime by Didier Martel. Schaars is not deployable now because of his injury. Jeffrey Bruma returns to the matchday squad after a one-game suspension. Ola Toivonen can play his 200th official game for PSV against FC Utrecht. It could also be the 140th Eredivisie game for Toivonen. The Swede scored three goals against FC Utrecht so far, including once in the Domstad. Timothy Derijck is rented by PSV to FC Utrecht this season. Derijck has so far played 43 premier league matches for PSV in which he scored four times. Gevero Markiet made his premier league debut against PSV on August 30, 2008, on behalf of FC Utrecht. With four goals, Willem Janssen is the most accurate player from the current FC Utrecht selection in matches against PSV. Janssen already scored four goals against PSV, but is now recovering from a serious knee injury. Besides Dave Bulthuis, last season, only Timothy Derijck (twice) has scored once against PSV. The other players within the current FC Utrecht selection, who have already scored once against PSV, are in the sack.
Jan Wouters sat on the bench for eight premier league games as head coach at PSV in 2007.
Jan Wouters
FC Utrecht is unbeaten in its last fourteen home games in the Eredivisie, winning twelve of them. This is the longest running series of any current Eredivisie team. FC Utrecht is also the best performing Eredivisie team in home matches this calendar year. Jan Wouters' team gained 41 points in sixteen home games so far in 2013. Jan Wouters played three seasons at PSV. Between 1993 and 1996, Wouters reached 52 premier league matches in which he managed to score five goals. Jan Wouters was also on the bench for eight premier league games as head coach at PSV in 2007. Of those eight games, PSV won four, including the meeting with FC Utrecht (4-1). The KNVB has appointed Pol van Boekel to whistle the game between FC Utrecht and PSV. Van Boekel earlier this season whistled PSV's league match against FC Twente (2-2) and the cup match at home against Roda JC Kerkrade (1-3).