Highlighted PSV vs Feyenoord: the best home and away teams of 2024
This weekend promises an exciting finale to the 2024 Eredivisie season. The final matchday is on the schedule, with the standout clash being PSV versus Feyenoord on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 PM. While PSV is already guaranteed to go into the winter break as league leaders, their recent defeat in Heerenveen offers hope for Feyenoord. Who will sit down to Christmas dinner next week with the better feeling?
PSV's strong home record
PSV’s defeat against Heerenveen came as a surprise to many. With two losses already this season, the Eindhoven side has surpassed their total defeats from the entire 2023/24 campaign. Another tough test awaits on Sunday: Feyenoord. Under manager Peter Bosz, however, PSV has yet to drop points in two consecutive Eredivisie matches.
PSV can also rely on their formidable home record. The Eindhoven club remained unbeaten at the Philips Stadion in all competitions throughout 2023 and 2024 (49 matches: 41 wins, 8 draws). Only in the 1984-85 and 1987-88 seasons did the club achieve two consecutive calendar years of home invincibility. In the Eredivisie, PSV won 15 of their 16 home matches in 2024. The sole exception? A 2-2 draw against Sunday’s opponent, Feyenoord, back in March. That result proved to be a crucial step in PSV’s journey toward last season’s championship.
Feyenoord: best away team in 2024
That Feyenoord was the only team to take a point in Eindhoven comes as no surprise. The Rotterdam side remained unbeaten in all 23 away matches across all competitions in 2024 (15 wins, 8 draws). Among Eredivisie clubs with at least ten away matches in a single calendar year, only Ajax has matched this feat: they went unbeaten in 1995 (22 matches) and 2021 (26 matches).
This weekend, the best home team and the best away team of the 2024 Eredivisie season will go head-to-head—a clash to look forward to! Check the table below for the Eredivisie clubs' records in the 2024 calendar year, with the left column showing the best home teams and the right column the best away teams.
| Team | Points home | Team | Points away |
|---|---|---|---|
|
PSV |
46 |
Feyenoord |
41 |
|
FC Twente |
42 |
PSV |
39 |
|
Feyenoord |
40 |
AZ |
31 |
|
Ajax |
39 |
FC Utrecht |
31 |
|
FC Utrecht |
38 |
Ajax |
28 |
Six draws
A draw might well be the most likely outcome this weekend. Of the last eight matches between PSV and Feyenoord in Eindhoven, no fewer than six ended in a draw, with each team managing just one win.
It’s unlikely to be dull, though. In addition to the 2-2 draw back in March, the thrilling Johan Cruijff Schaal clash in August also delivered fireworks, finishing in a dramatic 4-4. Can PSV and Feyenoord once again provide a spectacle and bring 2024 to an spectacular finale?
Statistics
- Luuk de Jong scored a hat-trick in his very first Eredivisie encounter with Feyenoord on December 17, 2014 (4-3). However, he has since gone goalless against them in the league, marking the longest current drought of his Eredivisie career against any club—10 years and 5 days as of matchday.
- The top five players for open-play chances created in the Eredivisie this calendar year all play for PSV or Feyenoord: Luuk de Jong (51), Malik Tillman (51), Igor Paixão (48), Quinten Timber (41), and Johan Bakayoko (41).
- Feyenoord (12.1) and PSV (13.6) has the lowest Expected Goals against (xG against) in the Eredivisie this season, underlining their defensive strength.
- Among players with at least 500 minutes played, PSV’s Ricardo Pepi leads the league in shots on target per 90 minutes (2.3). Feyenoord striker Santiago Giménez (1.98) narrowly edges out PSV’s Ismael Saibari (1.97) for second place.
- Santiago Giménez has scored in just 2 of his 11 Eredivisie away matches in 2024 (3 goals), including a goal at the Philips Stadion on March 3. Will he find the net again this Sunday?
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