Roger Schmidt has announced the line-up of PSV for the home game against sc Heerenveen on Sunday afternoon. There is no room for Eran Zahavi in the point of the striker in the home team. Mario Götze will operate shortly behind the vanguard of the number two in the Eredivisie. It is a spicy duel for Joey Veerman, given his recent switch from Heerenveen to PSV. In the Philips Stadium, the first whistle sounds at 4.45 pm.
Schmidt will probably give Zahavi a rest with a view to Thursday’s second game with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the intermediate round of the Conference League. The striker starts on the bench. Ibrahim Sangaré and Olivier Boscagli were suspended for the first meeting with the club from Israel, but are now returning to the starting lineup. Veerman made the switch from Heerenveen to PSV in the winter transfer period and the midfielder seems to be increasingly becoming a fixture on the middle line of Schmidt’s team. It looks like he will have to play an attacking role on Sunday. Furthermore, PSV will play with trusted names in the home game against the Frisians.
Eran Zahavi starts on the bench at PSV against sc Heerenveen.
With a win over Heerenveen, PSV is five points behind leader Ajax, which won 0-1 against Willem II on Saturday evening. Earlier this season, Schmidt’s formation had a point (1-1) left over from the visit to the Abe Lenstra Stadium. Vinicius did open the score in the thirteenth minute. With seventeen minutes left on the clock, Rami Al Hajj tied the score on behalf of the Frisians. Heerenveen lost the last five matches in the Eredivisie and in 2022 the PSV opponent has never won.
PSV line-up: drum; Teze, Boscagli, Max, Mauro Junior; Gutierrez, Sangare, Veerman; Gotze; Madueke, Gakpo.
SC Heerenveen line-up: Mulder; Van Ewijk, Van Beek, Dresevic, Woudenberg; Madsen, Haye, De Jong, Halilovic; Van Hooijdonk, Sarr.