PSV vs Arsenal facts

Group B runners-up PSV Eindhoven will be looking to turn the tables on section winners Arsenal as the teams conclude their autumn European campaigns.

Both clubs guaranteed a place in the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds on Matchday 5, Arsenal – who beat PSV 4-0 in north London on Matchday 1 – putting six goals without reply past Lens while PSV came from two down to win 3-2 at Sevilla, substitute Ricardo Pepi scoring an added-time winner.

Previous meetings 

9 matches
2 PSV wins
4 Arsenal wins
3 draws
5 PSV goals
12 Arsenal goals

Arsenal marked their first Champions League match since 2017 with an emphatic win on Matchday 1, goals from Bukayo Saka (8), Leandro Trossard (20) and Gabriel Jesus (38) in the first half added to in the second by Martin Ødegaard (70) in a 4-0 victory that was PSV's heaviest defeat in England.

The teams were paired together in last season's Europa League group stage, Granit Xhaka's 71st-minute strike earning Mikel Arteta's Arsenal a 1-0 home win in their opening fixture. PSV, coached by Ruud van Nistelrooy, reversed the result a week later thanks to second-half strikes from Joey Veerman (56) and Luuk de Jong (63).

The English club went on to finish first in Group A on 15 points, two more than runners-up PSV; both sides were eliminated in their first knockout tie, PSV losing 3-2 on aggregate to eventual winners Sevilla in the knockout round play-offs and Arsenal going out on penalties to Sporting CP in the round of 16.

The clubs had met six times previously, all in the Champions League, Arsenal winning twice and PSV once with three games drawn. The last encounters before 2022/23 came in the 2006/07 round of 16 when Ronald Koeman's PSV overcame Arsène Wenger's Arsenal with a 1-0 home win followed by a 1-1 draw in London in which the Dutch club's Brazilian defender Alex scored at both ends, his 83rd-minute equaliser for the visitors bringing the curtain down on Arsenal's first European campaign in their new stadium.

The Gunners took four points off PSV in both the 2002/03 first group stage (4-0 a, 0-0 h) and the 2004/05 group stage (1-0 h, 1-1 a).

Form guide

PSV

Record vs English clubs: W11 D9 L17 F35 A46
Home record vs English clubs: W7 D6 L6

Last season's win against Arsenal is PSV's only success in eight matches against Premier League opponents, home and away (D3 L4).

PSV have lost four of their last seven home games against English visitors, winning two.

The most recent of PSV's 16 Champions League group campaigns came in 2018/19, when they finished fourth in their section having collected only two points.

The Eindhoven club have lost three times in qualifying since then, including play-off defeats at the hands of Benfica in 2021/22 (1-2 a, 0-0 h) and Rangers last season (2-2 a, 0-1 h).

PSV were second behind Arsenal in Europa League Group A in 2022/23 having transferred across from the Champions League, winning four of their six games, before eventual champions Sevilla ended their run in the knockout round play-offs despite a second-leg fightback (0-3 a, 2-0 h).

Second in the Eredivisie for the third season in a row in 2022/23, finishing runners-up to Feyenoord after two campaigns behind Ajax, PSV kicked off this European campaign in the Champions League third qualifying round, sweeping past Sturm Graz (4-1 h, 3-1 a) with De Jong scoring three goals in the tie.

Beaten by Rangers in the 2022/23 play-offs, PSV turned the tables at the same stage this season, another 2-2 away draw in the first leg preceding a 5-1 home second-leg success in Eindhoven.

De Jong's second-leg header against Rangers made him the first player in PSV's history to score in five consecutive European matches. Willy van der Kuijlen, Ralf Edström, Gerrie Deijkers, Romário and Balázs Dzsudzsák had all scored in four European games in a row.

PSV kicked off the group stage with a 4-0 loss at Arsenal; after drawing 2-2 at home to Sevilla, they picked up four points from their two games against Lens (1-1 a, 1-0 h) and then staged that comeback victory in Spain last time out.

The win at Sevilla took PSV into the round of 16 for the first time since 2015/16.

That Matchday 4 victory against Lens ended PSV's 15-game run without a win in the Champions League group stage, home and away, since a 2-1 defeat of CSKA Moskva on Matchday 6 in 2015/16; their record between those two results was D5 L9.

Victory against Lens was also PSV's first in nine Champions League home matches (D4 L4), since that defeat of CSKA.

The Matchday 2 draw with Sevilla is the only one of PSV's last seven home European matches they have not won, scoring 19 goals in those six victories; last season's defeat by Rangers is the only reverse in their last ten (W7 D2).

Arsenal

Record vs Dutch clubs: W8 D7 L4 F27 A12
Away record vs Dutch clubs: W3 D3 L3

Last season's defeat in Eindhoven is Arsenal's only loss in their last eight against Dutch clubs (W5 D2).

The Gunners have not won in the Netherlands since a 2-0 victory at Twente in the 2008/09 Champions League third qualifying round first leg (6-0 aggregate) – they have since drawn one game and lost the other.

This is Arsenal's 20th Champions League group stage campaign – second only to Manchester United's 25 among English clubs – but a first since 2016/17, their 19th in a row, all under Wenger.

In that 2016/17 campaign, the Gunners lost in the round of 16 for the seventh season running, going down 5-1 away and at home against Bayern München.

Arsenal's most successful European campaign in recent years came in 2018/19 when, with Unai Emery in charge, they reached the Europa League final only to lose 4-1 to London rivals Chelsea in Baku.

In 2022/23, now coached by Arteta, Arsenal finished first in their Europa League section to earn direct passage to the round of 16, where they lost 5-3 on penalties to Sporting CP in the home second leg (2-2 a, 1-1 h aet).

This season, after beating PSV Arsenal went down 2-1 at Lens but have won the last three, against Sevilla (2-1 a, 2-0 h) and Lens (6-0 h) – in the latter match, Arsenal became the first side to have five different scorers in the first half of a Champions League game.

Arsenal have won 12 of their last 19 away European matches, losing only three – although those defeats have come in their last seven fixtures.

The Matchday 4 win at Sevilla was just the Gunners' fourth in their last ten away Champions League matches, with five defeats.

Champions League runners-up in 2006, when they lost 2-1 to Barcelona at the Stade de France, Arsenal were second in the Premier League last season, five points behind Manchester City. It was their highest final league position since also finishing as runners-up, to Leicester, in 2015/16.

Links and trivia

In 2016/17 Arsenal defender Oleksandr Zinchenko made 12 Eredivisie appearances on loan at PSV, where his team-mates included De Jong.

Arsenal winger Reiss Nelson spent 2021/22 on loan at Feyenoord, playing in 21 Eredivisie matches and making a further ten appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League as the Rotterdam club reached the final.

Have played in England:
Patrick van Aanholt (Chelsea 2009–14, Coventry 2009 loan, Newcastle 2010 loan, Leicester 2011 loan, Wigan 2011 loan, Sunderland 2014–17, Crystal Palace 2017–23)
Armel Bella-Kotchap (Southampton 2022/23)
Luuk de Jong (Newcastle 2014 loan)

Have played together:
Walter Benítez & William Saliba (Nice 2020/21)
Jordy Schouten & Takehiro Tomiyasu (Bologna 2019–21)
Noa Lang, Sergino Dest & Jurriën Timber (Ajax 2018–20)
André Ramalho & Kai Havertz (Leverkusen 2017)
Guus Til & Reiss Nelson (Feyenoord 2021/22)

PSV coach Peter Bosz was in charge of Havertz at Bayer Leverkusen between 2018 and 2020, when the latter joined Chelsea.

Latest news

PSV

PSV maintained their 100% record in this season's Eredivisie with a 2-0 victory at home to Heerenveen on 7 December.

Goals from Guus Til and Ricardo Pepi ensured Peter Bosz's side stayed ten points clear of second-placed Feyenoord.

That gap was established on 3 December, when second-half goals by Ismael Saibari and Oliver Boscagli gave PSV a 2-1 win away to champions Feyenoord in Rotterdam.

PSV have won their first 15 Eredivisie matches. They are two short of the all-time record of 17, set by Guus Hiddink's team in 1987/88.

Til's strike against Heerenveen was his seventh in his last 11 Eredivisie appearances.

PSV's 4-0 home victory against PEC Zwolle on 12 November made them the first Eredivisie side ever to score three or more goals in 11 consecutive matches. They stretched that to 12 with a 3-0 win at Twente on 25 November before the run ended at Feyenoord.

The Eindhoven club have scored 52 goals in 15 Eredivisie games.

Luuk de Jong is PSV's top scorer this season with 17 goals in all competitions.

PSV were 5-2 victors at home to Ajax on 29 October in a game in which they twice went behind and trailed 1-2 at half-time despite Hirving Lozano's equaliser. However, second-half goals by Ismael Saibari, De Jong and two more from Lozano wrapped up another win for Peter Bosz's side.

Lozano's hat-trick was PSV's first against Ajax since Mark van Bommel in March 2005.

De Jong has now scored in six successive matches against Ajax, the first player ever to do so; Spitz Kohn and Dirk Kuyt both struck in five games in a row.

Jordan Teze missed the game against Heerenveen after suffering a head injury against Feyenoord four days earlier.

Jordy Schouten, who was also injured in the match in Rotterdam, also sat out the game against Heerenveen.

Noa Lang has not played since suffering a hamstring injury in a 4-0 victory at Sparta Rotterdam on 8 October.

Lozano was substituted against Sevilla on Matchday 5 due to a leg injury and has not played since.

A shoulder injury has kept Armel Bella-Kotchap on the sidelines since 8 October.

Mauro Júnior came on as a late substitute against Heereveen, his first appearance of 2023/24 due to a knee injury.

Armando Obispo is still to play this season, also due to a knee injury.

Midfielder Saibari has signed a new contract until 2028. The Moroccan international broke through into the first team last season after two years in the PSV youth set-up.

PSV's 4-0 defeat at Arsenal on Matchday 1 is their only reverse so far this season. Their record otherwise in all competitions is W21 D3.

The only matches they have failed to win have been in Europe, the defeat at Arsenal and 2-2 draws against Rangers in the play-offs and Sevilla on Matchday 2 plus the 1-1 draw at Lens.

Bosz's first match at the helm ended in a first trophy, his new side defeating Dutch champions Feyenoord 1-0 in the Johan Cruyff Schaal on 4 August thanks to a goal by Lang.

Walter Benítez is the only player not to have missed a minute of PSV's 25 matches so far this season.

Arsenal

Arsenal's record in this season's Premier League is W11 D3 L2.

Mikel Arteta's side lost the league leadership at the weekend, going down 1-0 at Aston Villa on Saturday evening.

That was Bukayo Saka's 150th Premier League game; aged 22 years 95 days, he is the fifth youngest player to reach that mark.

The north London club needed a 97th-minute winner from Declan Rice to snatch a 4-3 victory at Luton on 5 December.

Kai Havertz, who had made it 3-3, has scored three goals in his last five games for Arsenal in all competitions, as many as in his previous 32 club appearances combined.

Saka made his 200th Arsenal appearance at Luton.

On 2 December early goals from Saka and Martin Ødegaard helped Arsenal to a 2-1 home win against Wolves.

The Gunners went top of the table on 25 November with a 1-0 win at Brentford, substitute Havertz scoring an 89th-minute winner.

That was Arteta's 200th game as Arsenal manager, and his 116th win, a new club record; Arsène Wenger held the previous best with 111 wins.

The Gunners' only other league defeat this season is a 1-0 loss at Newcastle on 4 November.

On 28 October Arsenal were 5-0 winners at home to Sheffield United, their biggest win of the season.

Eddie Nketiah scored a hat-trick, the 22nd player to do so in the Premier League for Arsenal – a competition record. Nkietiah was also the first Englishman to score a Premier League hat-trick for Arsenal since Theo Walcott in May 2015.

Nketiah is Arsenal's joint top scorer in this season's Premier League on five goals, level with Saka. Ødegaard has four, one more than Havertz, Rice and Leandro Trossard.

The Gunners were knocked out of the English League Cup by a 3-1 loss at West Ham in the last 16 on 1 November.

Arteta's side kicked off the season by lifting the Community Shield for the 17th time – and the fifth in the last decade – by beating Premier League champions and FA Cup holders Manchester City 4-1 on penalties at Wembley on 6 August.

Takehiro Tomiyasu is expected to be out "for a while" with a calf injury suffered against Wolves.

On 28 November Arteta confirmed Fabio Vieira had had groin surgery that is likely to keep him out until next year.

On 1 November, Emile Smith Rowe was ruled out "for weeks" with a knee injury.

Thomas Partey has been out with a muscle injury since 23 October.

Jurriën Timber suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury on his first Premier League appearance, Arsenal's 2-1 home win against Nottingham Forest on the opening weekend of the season on 12 August.

On 16 November Gabriel Martinelli scored his first Brazil goal in a 2-1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying defeat in Colombia.

On 30 October Saka finished 24th and Ødegaard 28th in the voting for the 2023 Ballon d'Or. Aaron Ramsdale was eighth in the poll for the Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper.

Ramsdale, Saka, Ødegaard and William Saliba were all included in the Professional Football Association's team of the year for 2022/23, which was announced on 29 August. Saka won the young player of the year award.