RB Leipzig vs PSV Eindhoven Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting recent form

PSV Eindhoven's last 20 matches across all competitions read well on paper: 13 wins, 4 draws and just 3 losses, with 63 goals scored and 32 conceded. That run includes a comfortable 4-1 win over Sparta Rotterdam and a solid 1-1 draw away to Shakhtar Donetsk in this season's Champions League opener. Their most recent outing, though, was a 3-2 loss at Twente, a reminder that goals tend to flow at both ends for them.

RB Leipzig: 20 completed matches; PSV Eindhoven: 20 completed matches.

RB Leipzig

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

0% 0 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

43

Conceded

30

Difference

+13

PSV Eindhoven

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

63

Conceded

32

Difference

+31

RB Leipzig's record over the same stretch is more uneven: 12 wins and 8 losses, with no draws at all in the sample. They've scored freely too, 43 goals in 20 games, but they've also shipped 30, including a heavy 4-1 defeat away to Como in the Champions League. Recent Bundesliga form has picked up, with wins over Hamburger SV and Bayer Leverkusen, but that Champions League result suggests they're still finding their level against tougher opposition.

Neither side's domestic form guarantees control in Europe, especially with their continental results pulling in the opposite direction for both.

Comparative Team Statistics: RB Leipzig vs PSV Eindhoven

Contrasting starts to the league phase

In this season's Champions League league phase, PSV opened with a 1-1 draw at home to Shakhtar Donetsk, leaving them on one point from their first match. Leipzig, by contrast, lost 4-1 away to Como, so they sit without a point after their opener.

Those numbers only cover one match each, but they do suggest Leipzig arrive under a touch more pressure to get something from this game.

What to expect

Both teams have shown they can score goals this season, but neither has looked entirely watertight either. PSV's recent matches have swung between heavy wins and defeats where they've shipped goals too, and Leipzig have conceded in most of their recent losses.

That points to a game where goals at both ends wouldn't be a surprise, especially with both sides still searching for control in this season's Champions League.