Previews · Eredivisie ·
PSV vs Feyenoord: can Filip Kostić hold Anis Hadj Moussa when the leaders come to Eindhoven?
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
A draw. Logged 22 Oct, 17:42 UTC, never edited.
What happened
PSV Eindhoven 1–1 Feyenoord. We said a draw, 2–2: Right result, wrong score, 10 points.
- Our full-time feed for this game holds the score only, with no scorers or goal minutes, so we name nobody. That leaves our duel, Anis Hadj Moussa v Filip Kostić, unjudged here. We said both sides would score and the points would be shared; that is how it ended, one goal each.
- We hold no shot or possession figures for this game either. What we got right: the draw, and a goal for each side. Where we were wrong: we expected four goals and there were two.
Before the match: our preview
In 30 seconds
- Feyenoord are top on 23 points, three clear of AZ and four ahead of PSV in third.
- Sven Mijnans is suspended and PSV are short of strikers, with Ricardo Pepi only a maybe.
- PSV's winning run against Feyenoord ends here, but Feyenoord do not win it either.
The story
Peter Bosz's PSV are the champions, and they have owned this fixture lately. But they start this one third in the table and short of forwards. Sven Mijnans, who has been playing up front while the strikers are injured, was sent off in the 2–1 defeat at ADO Den Haag on Sat 17 Oct and is suspended. Ricardo Pepi has been out since the defeat at Twente on Sun 20 Sep, and Bosz says only that he might be back for this game.
PSV did lift the mood on Tue 20 Oct. Guus Til, who had gone off at ADO with trouble with his sight after a knock to the head, started in Porto and scored the only goal, a tap-in that gave PSV their first Champions League win of the season. That game also ended a bad week: PSV had lost at RB Leipzig and at ADO before it.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst's Feyenoord come from Seville, where they lost 1–0 to Real Betis on Wed 21 Oct to an Isco penalty after the ball hit Jordan St. Juste's arm. Before that they had won five games in a row, including 2–0 at home to AZ, and in his first season back Van Bronckhorst has them top of the Eredivisie.
The table shows the gap. A Feyenoord win would put them seven points clear of PSV after ten games; a PSV win would cut the gap to a single point. This decides it: whether Filip Kostić can stop Anis Hadj Moussa going past him on Feyenoord's right. If he can, PSV have the edge; if not, Feyenoord score twice. Hadj Moussa has six goals in Feyenoord's last ten, and Gjivai Zechiël has five more from midfield.
Form
Three defeats in five, all of them away from Eindhoven.
The defeat in Seville was the first game in ten in which they did not score.
The games, with scores
| PSV Eindhoven | 20 Oct | at FC PortoUCL | W 1–0 |
| 17 Oct | at ADO Den HaagED | L 1–2 | |
| 13 Oct | at RB LeipzigUCL | L 0–1 | |
| 9 Oct | v HeerenveenED | W 2–0 | |
| 20 Sep | at TwenteED | L 2–3 | |
| Feyenoord | 21 Oct | at Real BetisUCL | L 0–1 |
| 17 Oct | at TelstarED | W 4–3 | |
| 14 Oct | v ComoUCL | W 3–2 | |
| 10 Oct | v AZ AlkmaarED | W 2–0 | |
| 20 Sep | v UtrechtED | W 5–0 |
Latest first. Latest on the left. ED = Eredivisie, UCL = Champions League. OddsIntel match database, read 21 Oct 2026.
Team news
Checked Thu 22 Oct 15:40 UTC: VI and NOS (PSV and Feyenoord). Reported = not yet confirmed by the club for this game. Line-ups: confirmed about an hour before kick-off; they go under Updates. We don't publish guessed XIs.
Guus Til is fit: he started and scored in Porto after his sight cleared. Feyenoord's striker Nacho Ferri started in Seville, and Jordan St. Juste played on there after being hit on the head by a shot early in the second half.
Feyenoord 4-3-3 · at Real Betis, 21 Oct
- Ernst
- ReadSt. JusteMàrmolJavi López
- ZechiëlVanhoutteTarghalline
- Hadj Moussa (key battle)Nacho FerriValente
- Til
- PerišićMijnansBajraktarevic
- Mauro Jr.Sano
- Kostić (key battle)GasiorowskiGeertruidaDest
- Kovář
PSV Eindhoven 4-2-3-1 · at Porto, 20 Oct
Both last XIs on a pitch
Feyenoord 4-3-3 · at Real Betis, 21 Oct
- Ernst
- ReadSt. JusteMàrmolJavi López
- ZechiëlVanhoutteTarghalline
- Hadj Moussa (key battle)Nacho FerriValente
- Til
- PerišićMijnansBajraktarevic
- Mauro Jr.Sano
- Kostić (key battle)GasiorowskiGeertruidaDest
- Kovář
PSV Eindhoven 4-2-3-1 · at Porto, 20 Oct
Who to watch
The duel to watch: Anis Hadj Moussa against Filip Kostić. Hadj Moussa starts on the right of Feyenoord's front three; Kostić is PSV's left-back. Every time Kostić joins the attack, he leaves space behind him for Hadj Moussa. If PSV keep Kostić back, they lose width on the left.
Feyenoord
Anis Hadj Moussa
A Feyenoord winger who has scored six in their last ten.
- 6
- goals, Feyenoord's last 10
PSV Eindhoven
Guus Til
Scored the winner in Porto and can lead the line again.
- 6
- goals, PSV's last 10
Feyenoord
Gjivai Zechiël
Scores from midfield.
- 5
- goals, Feyenoord's last 10
PSV Eindhoven
Sergiño Dest
A right-back who scores; he will meet Luciano Valente on that flank.
- 3
- goals, PSV's last 10
Goals in each side's last ten games, all competitions. OddsIntel match database, read 21 Oct 2026.
Head-to-head
The last five of the ten meetings we hold, back to 2023. PSV won all five, three of them in Eindhoven.
All 5 meetings
Result for PSV Eindhoven. The last five of the ten meetings we hold, back to 2023. OddsIntel match database, read 21 Oct 2026.
Numbers that matter
Goals scored, last ten: PSV Eindhoven 25, Feyenoord 32 (higher is better)
Feyenoord scored five or more in three of their last ten.
Goals conceded, last ten · fewer is better: PSV Eindhoven 11, Feyenoord 16 (lower is better)
PSV are tighter, though they conceded in eight of their last ten.
Wins, last ten: PSV Eindhoven 6, Feyenoord 7 (higher is better)
Almost level: PSV lost three, Feyenoord two.
Last ten games each, all competitions. OddsIntel match database, read 21 Oct 2026.
Our call, explained
Our call: a draw, 2–2. Both sides scored in nine of their last ten, and both give chances away: Feyenoord conceded in seven of their last ten, PSV in eight. Feyenoord have more ways to score, with Hadj Moussa, Zechiël, Nacho Ferri and Luciano Valente all on the scoresheet in that run, so we expect them to score twice, most likely through Hadj Moussa getting past Kostić. PSV have won three and drawn one of their four home games in their last ten, and they have beaten Feyenoord in each of the last five meetings, so we think they find two as well, through Til and the runs of Dest from right-back.
Where this could go wrong. PSV's forward line is thin without Mijnans, and if Pepi is not fit, Feyenoord could win it by a goal. The other miss is a PSV win: Feyenoord played in Seville on Wed 21 Oct, a day after PSV were in Porto, and PSV are unbeaten at home in their last ten. We think a Feyenoord win is the likelier miss, because PSV are the side that has lost a scorer.
Updates
25 Oct, 18:45 CET
Full time: PSV Eindhoven 1–1 Feyenoord. Our 2–2 call: right result, wrong score. See What happened.
Next: nothing further; this match is finished.
Data note: results, scorers, the table and line-ups from our database, read 21 Oct 21:10 UTC, so the counts run to PSV's game at Porto on 20 Oct and Feyenoord's at Real Betis on 21 Oct. Team news and match details from VI and NOS; the referee from the KNVB appointments list.
Our call was timestamped by an independent service before kick-off, Thu 22 Oct, 17:50 UTC.
How the timestamp works
Timestamped before kick-off by an independent service (DigiCert, RFC 3161), Thu 22 Oct, 17:50 UTC. The call file is the exact version that was timestamped. The file with our call and its timestamp token: call file · timestamp. Its fingerprint (sha256):
5f4a115b73b8be4d35473d4e4ea1aff8d9f5eaa3b3356d2bec68e6f507ff8160
Our calls so far
- calls right
- 27/42
- home win every time
- 19/42