Roger Schmidt has announced PSV’s line-up for the away match against Fortuna Sittard. Due to a laundry list of injured players, the German coach cannot have a large number of players at his disposal, which is one of the reasons why he has included two youth players in the selection. With a win, PSV can call itself the leader of the Eredivisie for a while. List leader Ajax will play at home against Go Ahead Eagles at 8 p.m. The meeting with the Limburgers starts at 2.30 pm and is led by referee Pol van Boekel.
With Mario Götze (sick), Noni Madueke (hamstring), Cody Gakpo (ankle), Ryan Thomas (knee) and Davy Pröpper (ankle), there was already one missing from the away match against AS Monaco (0-0) in the Europa League on Thursday. large number of players. To make matters worse, Yorbe Vertessen and Carlos Vinícius were added, who had to stop the fight early. “Yorbe already got a tap on his ribs on Saturday and again today,” said Schmidt after the draw. Vinicius was suffering from a convulsion, Schmidt added.
However, Vinicius is fit enough to start and forms an attacking duo with Eran Zahavi. PSV seems to be playing in the well-known 4-2-2-2 formation, in which Ibrahim Sangaré, Érick Gutiérrez, Mauro Júnior and Phillipp Mwene play between the defense and the attackers. That means that Marco van Ginkel again has to settle for a place on the reserve bench. In contrast to the duel in Monaco, Götze is there, but also starts on the bench. Vertessen has not turned out to be fit enough and is not part of the selection. Armando Obispo is also not there.
In contrast to the duel in Monaco, there is therefore one change to the kick-off of PSV. Mauro Júnior takes the place of the injured Vertessen. Schmidt has added two youth players to the selection with Johan Bakayoko and Ismael Saibari. With the home team it is a special game for Nigel Lonwijk. The defender, who is hired from Wolverhampton Wanderers, is about to make his basic debut. Lonwijk went through the entire youth academy of PSV, before moving to England in 2020.
PSV line-up: drum; Teze, Ramalho, Boscagli, Max; Sangare, Gutierrez; Mauro Junior, Mwene; Vinicius, Zahavic