Cambuur welcome PSV Eindhoven to the Cambuur Stadion on Saturday evening aiming to avoid a sixth Eredivisie defeat on the bounce.
Meanwhile, PSV come into this one on a high having picked up their second trophy of the season last time out.
Match preview
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PSV Eindhoven saw off the threat of Ajax in a thrilling 2-1 victory at De Kuip on Sunday to be crowned champions of this year's KNVB-Beker.
Roger Schmidt's men trailed to Ryan Gravenberch's opener midway through the opening 45 minutes before hitting back in the second through quickfire goals from Erick Gutierrez and Cody Gakpo.
The Rood-witten recently suffered a disappointing Conference League exit at the hands of Leicester City but remain within touching distance of Ajax at the top of the Eredivisie table courtesy of a 2-0 win over RKC Waalwijk last Sunday.
Lying in store next is the challenge of an opposing side yet to win any of the previous 16 encounters between the teams, losing each of the most recent six.
Unbeaten away from home since December, Saturday's hosts are huge favourites to get the job done and continue their already-established dominance in this weekend's fixture.
Cambuur's downward spiral continued following a narrow 1-0 defeat at the hands of Vitesse two Sundays ago when the teams faced off.
Lois Openda's strike three minutes shy of half time was sufficient to put Henk de Jong's men to the sword at GelreDome.
Having come away empty-handed from each of their five outings, the Yellow-Blues currently sit 12th in the league table but a top-half finish remains feasible.
Saturday's hosts have let in the most goals on home turf so far and will need to tighten up at the back to avoid being on the receiving end of a thrashing.
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Team News
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The duo of Shurandy Sambo and Ryan Thomas are both down with knee injuries and will not feature for the away side.
Yorbe Vertessen is set to miss Saturday's contest through a slight knock which the Belgian sustained last time out.
Noni Madueke and Olivier Boscagli are major doubts as they continue to nurse muscle injuries, while Philipp Mwene remains without an appearance since February.
Twenty-year-old Maxim Gullit is unavailable for Cambuur as he is yet to recover from a knee injury.
In the absence of first-choice goalkeeper Sonny Stevens, Pieter Bos will continue to deputise between the sticks.
Cambuur possible starting lineup:
Bos; Bangura, Schouten, Mac-Intosch, Tol; Paulissen, Ter Heide, Jacobs; Kallon, Uldrikis, Joosten
PSV Eindhoven possible starting lineup:
Mvogo; Max, Ramalho, Teze, Mauro; Sangare, Gutierrez; Veerman, Gotze, Gakpo; Zahavi
We say: Cambuur 1-3 PSV Eindhoven
Buoyed by their cup triumph, PSV will be brimming with confidence heading into this one, and we are backing them to come away with all three points at the end of the 90 minutes.
Top tip
Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a PSV Eindhoven win with a probability of 77.14%. A draw had a probability of 13.5% and a win for Cambuur had a probability of 9.34%.
The most likely scoreline for a PSV Eindhoven win was 0-2 with a probability of 9.02%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-3 (8.7%) and 1-2 (8.52%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (5.89%), while for a Cambuur win it was 2-1 (2.78%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with an 8.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that PSV Eindhoven would win this match.
