PSV vs. Lens: Preview and betting tips

PSV Eindhoven’s match against Lens is also worth mentioning in a balanced group along with Arsenal and Sevilla. What to expect from the confrontation of the Dutch and French vice-champions and what to bet on?

Eindhoven is absolutely dominant in the domestic competition, with a full 33 points after 11 rounds and a seven-point lead over second-placed Alkmaar. However, they have not yet confirmed this in the Champions League, with just two points from draws against Lens and Sevilla.

Lens have finally made a run in the league, but still have only six points from the last four rounds. From tenth place, however, they are only two points behind the top 6 in the cup. In the Champions League they are second behind Arsenal with five points.

PSV’s key figures

Luuk de Jong is having an incredible year, at 33 years old the team captain is on 15 goals and eight assists. Midfielder Joey Veerman has not been in the Dutch national team for nothing, striking four times and assisting ten goals.

Key figures of Lens

The visitors are led by 20-year-old striker Elye Wahi, the under-21 international has struck three times and assisted twice so far. Brice Samba, one of the team’s captains and a member of the French national team’s wider squad, reigns between the three sticks.

PSV is a forward and back machine, with a goal difference of a whopping +36 in the Eredivisie, specifically they have the best offensive (41 goals)and defensive (5 goals). Feyenoord – the second best in goal difference is on a 35:9 record.

Moreover, Lens is weak offensively, scoring more than once in only one of the last five games. Dutch teams don’t have 100% defences in the cups, yet riskier punters can try a bet on PSV to keep a clean sheet.

However, it is much more comfortable to pick a home win for the favoured Eindhoven. PSV are strong in their own arena, the fans are used to goal bombs, moreover the inexperienced Lens are still not used to the English.

Betting tip: PSV Eindhoven wins