Arsenal vs PSV match facts

UEFA Europa League group rivals in 2022/23, Arsenal and PSV Eindhoven meet again at the same stage of the UEFA Champions League as both teams return to the competition proper after an absence of several years.

This opener in Group B – which also includes Sevilla and Lens – brings together the English club, who have not featured in the group stage since 2016/17, with opponents who are back for the first time in five seasons – although the Dutch side have suffered three qualifying eliminations since their most recent appearance.

Both clubs earned a home victory against their opponents in last season's Europa League, although it was Arsenal who came out on top in their section.

Previous meetings 

8 matches
3 Arsenal wins
2 PSV wins
3 draws
8 Arsenal goals
5 PSV goals

The teams were paired together in last season's Europa League group stage, Granit Xhaka's 71st-minute strike earning Mikel Arteta's Arsenal a 1-0 home win in their opening fixture. PSV, coached by Ruud van Nistelrooy, reversed the result a week later thanks to second-half strikes from Joey Veerman (56) and Luuk de Jong (63).

The English club went on to finish first in Group A on 15 points, two more than runners-up PSV; both sides were eliminated in their first knockout tie, PSV losing 3-2 on aggregate to eventual winners Sevilla in the knockout round play-offs and Arsenal going out on penalties to Sporting CP in the round of 16.

The clubs had met six times previously, all in the Champions League, Arsenal winning twice and PSV once with three games drawn. The last encounters before 2022/23 came in the 2006/07 round of 16 when Ronald Koeman's PSV overcame Arsène Wenger's Arsenal with a 1-0 home win followed by a 1-1 draw in London in which the Dutch club's Brazilian defender Alex scored at both ends, his 83rd-minute equaliser for the visitors bringing the curtain down on Arsenal's first European campaign in their new stadium.

The Gunners took four points off PSV in both the 2002/03 first group stage (4-0 a, 0-0 h) and the 2004/05 group stage (1-0 h, 1-1 a).

Form guide

Arsenal

Record vs Dutch clubs: W7 D7 L4 F23 A12
At home vs Dutch clubs: W4 D4 L1

Arsenal are unbeaten in their last eight home matches against Dutch clubs, last season's win against PSV making it three successive victories.

This is Arsenal's 20th UEFA Champions League group stage campaign – second only to Manchester United's 25 among English clubs – but a first since 2016/17, their 19th in a row, all under Wenger.

In that 2016/17 campaign, the Gunners lost in the round of 16 for the seventh season running, going down 5-1 away and at home against Bayern München.

Arsenal's most successful European campaign in recent years came in 2018/19 when, under Unai Emery, they reached the Europa League final only to lose 4-1 to London rivals Chelsea in Baku.

In 2022/23, now coached by Arteta, Arsenal finished first in their Europa League section to earn direct passage to the round of 16, where they lost 5-3 on penalties to Sporting CP in the home second leg (2-2 a, 1-1 h aet).

Arsenal have won seven of their last ten home European matches, losing only one.

Champions League runners-up in 2006, when they lost 2-1 to Barcelona at the Stade de France, Arsenal were second in the Premier League last season, five points behind Manchester City. It was their highest final league position since also finishing as runners-up, to Leicester, in 2015/16.

PSV

Record vs English clubs: W11 D9 L16 F35 A42
Away vs English clubs: W4 D4 L11

PSV have managed only one win in their last 12 games away to English clubs.

Last season's win against Arsenal was PSV's first in seven matches against Premier League opponents, home and away (D3 L3).

The most recent of PSV's 16 Champions League group campaigns came in 2018/19, when they finished fourth in their section having collected only two points.

The Eindhoven club have lost three times in qualifying since then, including play-offs defeats at the hands of Benfica in 2021/22 (1-2 a, 0-0 h) and Rangers last season (2-2 a, 0-1 h).

The Eindhoven club were second behind Arsenal in Europa League Group A in 2022/23 having transferred across from the Champions League, winning four of their six games, but eventual champions Sevilla ended their run in the knockout round play-offs despite a second-leg fightback (0-3 a, 2-0 h).

Second in the Eredivisie for the third season in a row in 2022/23, finishing runners-up to Feyenoord after two campaigns behind Ajax, PSV kicked off this European campaign in the Champions League third qualifying round, sweeping past Sturm Graz (4-1 h, 3-1 a) with Luuk de Jong scoring three goals in the tie.

Beaten by Rangers in the 2022/23 play-offs, PSV turned the tables at the same stage this season, another 2-2 away draw in the first leg preceding a 5-1 home second-leg success in Eindhoven.

De Jong's second-leg header against Rangers made him the first player in PSV's history to score in five consecutive European matches. Willy van der Kuijlen, Ralf Edström, Gerrie Deijkers, Romário and Balázs Dzsudzsák had all scored in four European games in a row.

Links and trivia

In 2016/17 Arsenal defender Oleksandr Zinchenko made 12 Eredivisie appearances on loan at PSV, where his team-mates included Luuk de Jong.

Arsenal winger Reiss Nelson spent 2021/22 on loan at Feyenoord, playing in 21 Eredivisie matches and making a further ten appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League as the Rotterdam club reached the final.

Have played in England:
Patrick van Aanholt (Chelsea 2009–14, Coventry 2009 loan, Newcastle 2010 loan, Leicester 2011 loan, Wigan 2011 loan, Sunderland 2014–17, Crystal Palace 2017–23)
Armel Bella-Kotchap (Southampton 2022/23)
Luuk de Jong (Newcastle loan)

Have played together:
William Saliba & Walter Benítez (Nice 2020/21)
Takehiro Tomiyasu & Jordy Schouten (Bologna 2019–21)
Jurriën Timber & Noa Lang, Sergino Dest (Ajax 2018–20)
Kai Havertz & André Ramalho (Leverkusen 2017)
Reiss Nelson & Guus Til (Feyenoord 2021/22)

PSV coach Peter Bosz was in charge of Havertz at Bayer Leverkusen between 2018 and 2020, when the latter joined Chelsea.

Latest news

Arsenal

Summer signings
In: Kai Havertz (Chelsea), Declan Rice (West Ham), Jurriën Timber (Ajax), David Raya (Brentford, loan)
Out: Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon), Pablo Marí (Monza), Granit Xhaka (Leverkusen), Auston Trusty (Sheffield United), Matt Turner (Nottingham Forest), Marquinhos (Nantes, loan), Rúnar Rúnarsson (Cardiff, loan), Kieran Tierney (Real Sociedad, loan), Folarin Balogun (Monaco), Nuno Tavares (Nottingham Forest, loan), Arthur Okonkwo (Wrexham, loan), Albert Sambi Lokonga (Luton, loan), Rob Holding (Crystal Palace), Nicolas Pépé (Trabzonspor)

Arsenal continued their unbeaten start to the Premier League season with a 1-0 victory at Everton on Sunday, substitute Leandro Trossard scoring the only goal.

The Gunners have won four of their first five league matches this season, drawing the other 2-2 at home to Fulham on 26 August.

Rice scored his first Arsenal goal in a 3-1 home victory against Manchester United on 3 September.

Martin Ødegaard had scored Arsenal's first goal in that game and is one of three players who has two for the club in this season's Premier League, alongside Bukayo Saka and Eddie Nketiah.

Mikel Arteta's side kicked off the season by lifting the Community Shield for the 17th time – and the fifth in the last decade – by beating Premier League champions and FA Cup holders Manchester City 4-1 on penalties at Wembley on 6 August.

On 9 September Oleksandr Zinchenko scored Ukraine's goal in a 1-1 UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying draw against England.

Ødegaard got Norway's winner in a 2-1 EURO 2024 qualifying victory against Georgia on 12 September. The same day, Trossard got Belgium's second in a 5-0 defeat of Estonia.

Gabriel Martinelli limped off midway through the first half at Everton on Sunday.

Timber suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury on his first Premier League appearance, Arsenal's 2-1 home win against Nottingham Forest on the opening weekend of the season on 12 August.

Thomas Partey has been sidelined since going off with a groin injury in the draw against Fulham.

Mohamed Elneny has been out since undergoing knee surgery in January.

Saka and Ødegaard have been included on the 30-shortlist for the Ballon d'Or, which will be announced in Paris on 30 October. Aaron Ramsdale has been nominated for the Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper.

Ramsdale, Saka, Ødegaard and William Saliba were all included in the Professional Football Association's team of the year for 2022/23, which was announced on 29 August. Saka won the young player of the year award.

PSV

Summer signings 
In: Noa Lang (Club Brugge), Jerdy Schouten (Bologna), Ricardo Pepi (Augsburg), Malik Tillman (Bayern, loan), Sergiño Dest (Barcelona, loan), Hirving Lozano (Napoli), Armel Bella-Kotchap (Southampton, loan)
Out: Érick Gutiérrez (CD Guadalajara), Xavi Simons (Paris), Maximiliano Romero (Racing), Philipp Max (Frankfurt), Philipp Mwene (Mainz), Timo Baumgartl (Schalke), Anwar El Ghazi (released), Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest)

PSV made it successive 4-0 Eredivisie victories – and three straights wins by a four-goal margin in all competitions – with a home win against NEC Nijmegen on Saturday.

Luuk de Jong scored twice to make it 112 Eredivisie goals for the club, overtaking Luc Nilis to move into outright third place in PSV's all-time scoring charts behind Willy van der Kuijlen (308 goals) and Coen Dillen (120).

Captain De Jong has nine goals in all competitions this season.

Noa Lang was also on target on Saturday, meaning the summer signing has found the net in all three league appearances for PSV.

PSV are undefeated in all nine matches since Peter Bosz took over in the summer (W8 D1).

Bosz's first match at the helm ended in a first trophy, his new side defeating Dutch champions Feyenoord 1-0 in the Johan Cruyff Schaal on 4 August thanks to a goal by Lang.

PSV have picked up maximum points from four Eredivisie matches.

Jordan Teze missed the 4-0 win at RKC Waalwijk on 2 September after picking up a knock, returning as a substitute on Saturday.

Armando Obispo is still to play this season due to injury.

Walter Benítez and Joey Veerman have played every minute of PSV's nine matches this season.