Helsingborg look for Dutch magic touch

Helsingborgs IF will be encouraged by results earlier in this season's UEFA Cup as they visit Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven in the Round of 32.

• The Swedish club met a Dutch side for the first time in European competition in the first round of this season's UEFA Cup, losing 5-3 at SC Heerenveen but winning 5-1 at home to progress to the group stage.

• Henrik Larsson – who previously played in the Netherlands with Feyenoord – scored two goals in the first leg and one in the second, and said afterwards: "It was a fantastic display and we finally showed what we are capable of. We were much more compact than we have been previously this season and when we scored the fourth goal it felt as though victory was at hand. I've been a pro for a long time so I know what can happen but at four goals we virtually killed them off."

• The two sides have never met in UEFA club competition.

• PSV have played two games against Swedish opponents, losing to IFK Göteborg both home and away in the 1992/93 UEFA Champions League group stage.

•Helsingborg's English coach Stuart Baxter resigned at the end of the UEFA Cup group stage, with the club saying he felt he had taken them as far as he could. "I don't want to go into detail about why I have resigned," said Baxter. "I've done my very best and now I will have a chat with the players, and after that I will take a holiday with my family for the first time in ages. After that I don't know what will happen." He was subsequently named as the new coach of the Finland national team.

• Helsingborg sporting director Bo Nilsson has taken temporary charge of the club. He coached Helsingborg between 1987 and 1994, leading them into the top division in 1992 after 34 years in the lower tiers.

• Helsingborg received great news in the winter break with veteran striker Larsson and midfielder Andreas Jakobsson both agreeing to stay on at the club despite being due to retire.

• Larsson, 36, has agreed a new one-year contract, saying: "I took the decision because I feel motivated. If you don't have the motivation it's not worth continuing. I feel I can still deliver at the top level."

• Jakobsson, now 35, was due to become the player-coach of lower league Svalövs BK but has agreed to extend his deal to 21 February, the day of the second leg against PSV. He said: "I feel that I can still perform at the highest level and therefore I've decided to continue playing for Helsingborg."

• PSV goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes will celebrate his 27th birthday on 15 February.

• PSV qualified for the Round of 32 after finishing third in UEFA Champions League Group G. Helsingborg finished second in UEFA Cup Group H.

• Helsingborg will host the second leg in Sweden on 21 February. The aggregate winners will meet the victors of the tie between SK Slavia Praha and Tottenham Hotspur FC in the Round of 16 on 6 and 12/13 March, playing the second leg at home.

• Winter UEFA Cup registrations
PSV: In - Balázs Dzsudsák.
Out – Manuel Da Costa, Kenneth Perez.
Helsingborg: In - Mike Sserumaga, Tobias Holmqvist.
Out – Andreas Dahl, Olivier Karakezi.