Match Report
Before the match
PSV: three wins, one draw and one defeat over five games; 16 goals scored, seven conceded. Latest: a 3-2 defeat away to Twente on 20 September; their biggest win in that spell was 6-1 away to Utrecht on 30 August.
PSV visited Twente on 20 September (Eredivisie) and lost 2-3; their goals totalled two, compared with three conceded. Sparta travelled to face PSV (Eredivisie) on 13 September. For PSV, the score was 4-1: four goals scored, one allowed. 1-1 was PSV's result against Shaktar on 10 September (Champions League), playing at home; PSV drew, with one scored to one conceded. The 5 September fixture (Eredivisie) paired PSV with Ajax. PSV won 3-1 away from home, netting three goals while conceding one. Playing away from home against Utrecht (Eredivisie), PSV finished 6-1 on 30 August. Their score comprised six goals, against one from the opposition.
Before kickoff, Eredivisie's results-based standings placed PSV 3rd after seven matches and 16 points.
Heerenveen came into the game with one win, two draws and two defeats from their last five outings, scoring eight goals and conceding seven. On 19 September, Heerenveen recorded a 4-0 win visiting Sparta.
Heerenveen's away from home game on 19 September (Eredivisie) ended 4-0 against Sparta, with four goals for and zero against. On 13 September, Telstar faced Heerenveen in Eredivisie: Heerenveen drew 0-0 at home, having scored zero and conceded zero. Eredivisie, 6 September brought a home meeting with AZ; Heerenveen lost 2-3, a return of two goals scored and three conceded. Heerenveen visited Willem II on 30 August (Eredivisie) and drew 2-2; their goals totalled two, compared with two conceded. Zwolle travelled to face Heerenveen (Eredivisie) on 22 August. For Heerenveen, the score was 0-2: zero goals scored, two allowed.
Heerenveen: 10th, nine points, seven matches in the calculated Eredivisie standings at kickoff.
The last two recorded meetings were a 3-1 home win for PSV on 21 February and a 2-0 away win for PSV on 6 December 2025.
After the match
PSV beat Heerenveen 2-0 on 9 October 2026. Guus Til opened the scoring in the 29th minute for PSV to make it 1-0. Marcus Linday (an own goal) added to the tally 68 minutes into the game for PSV to make it 2-0. Armando Obispo (42'), Marcus Linday (60') and Sam Kersten (74') were booked. PSV: 68% to win this pairing in the model on current ratings; the match ended in their favour. The card tally for PSV was one yellow card. five changes were recorded for PSV. The card tally for Heerenveen was two yellow cards. Heerenveen made five changes. PSV finished with a clean sheet.