PSV Eindhoven visit De Adelaarshorst on Saturday to face off against Go Ahead Eagles in matchday two of the 2022-23 Eredivisie season.
The sides suffered contrasting results in the opening round of matches, with the visitors claiming all three points, while the home side came away empty-handed.
Match preview
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PSV Eindhoven breezed past the threat of FC Emmen in their season-opener at the Philips Stadion on Saturday, which ended in a 4-1 victory.
Ruud van Nistelrooy's men took a commanding four-goal lead thanks to Cody Gakpo's brace, a Johan Bakayoko strike and Maikel Kieftenbeld's own goal before Ole Romeny pulled one back just past the hour mark.
Consequently, the Rood-witten are currently second in the Eredivisie standings, behind league leaders Feyenoord only on goals scored.
Awaiting them next is the challenge of an opposing side who have lost each of the last 12 meetings between the teams stretching as far back as 1995.
Off the back of a comeback 3-2 triumph over Monaco in Thursday's crucial Champions League qualifying tie, Saturday's visitors will head into this weekend's encounter with the wind in their sails.
Go Ahead Eagles got their league campaign off to a bad start as they fell to a 2-0 defeat against AZ Alkmaar at the AFAS Stadion on Sunday.
Rene Hake's men had their backs against the wall for the majority of the contest, where second-half goals from Vangelis Pavlidis and Myron van Brederode decided the game.
The pride of the IJssel Kowet are 16th in the table at the moment and will be keen to bounce back from their opening-day disappointment.
Having lost each of their last three league home outings of last season, Saturday's hosts set out to give their fans reason to cheer come the full-time whistle.
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Team News
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Olivier Boscagli remains ruled out with a knee injury, and the Frenchman is not expected to play any part for PSV Eindhoven this weekend.
Carlos Vinicius and Noni Madueke also miss out with hamstring and ankle injuries respectively, while Mauro Junior is yet to fully recuperate from a groin problem.
After coming off the bench in midweek to rescue his side from the jaws of defeat, Erick Gutierrez could be rewarded with a place in the starting lineup here.
Go Ahead Eagles' Martijn Berden recently suffered an ulnar fracture, which is set to keep him out of action for a considerable amount of time.
Thirty-year-old Gerrit Nauber has not featured since May when he was hauled off in the hosts' penultimate league game of last season, and the defender is still unavailable.
Go Ahead Eagles possible starting lineup:
De Lange; Kuipers, Fontan, Amofa, Deijl; Edvardsen, Linthorst, Llansana, Willumsson; Lidberg, Stokkers
PSV Eindhoven possible starting lineup:
Benitez; Hoever, Teze, Obispo, Max; Veerman, Gutierrez; Bakayoko, Simons, Gakpo; De Jong
We say: Go Ahead Eagles 1-3 PSV Eindhoven
PSV are in the ascendancy at the moment and will certainly take some stopping this weekend. We are expecting them to keep the juggernaut rolling by securing a comfortable victory at the end of the 90 minutes here.
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