PSV Eindhoven vs Liverpool facts

Two former European champions meet in Netherlands to bring down the curtain on the league phase of the UEFA Champions League as PSV Eindhoven take on Liverpool.

Already through to the round of 16, Liverpool made sure of a top-two finish with a 2-1 defeat of LOSC Lille at Anfield on Matchday 7 – extending the only perfect record remaining in this season's competition.

PSV were also victorious last time out, 3-2 at Crvena Zvezda, and have 11 points having won three of their last four fixtures.

Previous meetings

Matches 6
PSV wins 0
Liverpool wins 5
Draws 1
PSV goals 2
Liverpool goals 12

2006/07 Champions League group stage
PSV 0-0 Liverpool
Liverpool 2-0 PSV
After a goalless Matchday 1 draw in Eindhoven, second-half strikes from Steven Gerrard and Peter Crouch gave Liverpool the points at Anfield on Matchday 5.

2006/07 Champions League quarter-finals
PSV 0-3 Liverpool
Liverpool 1-0 PSV
Liverpool's run to the final – which they would lose to AC Milan in Athens – brought them up against PSV again in the last eight. Rafael Benítez's side seized control with an away first-leg win thanks to goals from Gerrard, John Arne Riise and Crouch, the latter wrapping up the aggregate victory in Liverpool.

2008/09 Champions League group stage
Liverpool 3-1 PSV
PSV 1-3 Liverpool
Gerrard was again on target at Anfield, scoring Liverpool's third goal – his 100th for the club – after first-half strikes from Dirk Kuyt and Robbie Keane; Danny Koevermans got a late PSV consolation. The Dutch club struck first in Eindhoven, through Danko Lazović, but Netherlands international Ryan Babel levelled and second-half efforts from Albert Riera and David Ngog made it five wins in a row against PSV.

Form guide

PSV Eindhoven

Record vs English clubs: W11 D11 L18 F37 A49
Home record vs English clubs: W7 D7 L6

PSV were paired with Arsenal in last season's group stage, losing 4-0 in London on Matchday 1 before a 1-1 draw in Eindhoven on Matchday 6.

A 2-0 home win against Arsenal on Matchday 5 of the 2022/23 UEFA Europa League group stage is PSV's only victory in their last nine games against English clubs (D4 L4) and one of only four in the last 26 (D9 L13).

However, a 1-2 defeat by Leicester in the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-final second leg (1-2 aggregate) is PSV's only reverse in five home games against Premier League visitors (W2 D2).

This is PSV's 18th appearance in the Champions League proper – level with Ajax's Dutch record – and a second in succession.

The Eindhoven club returned to the group stage last season for the first time since 2018/19, finishing second behind Arsenal in Group B before losing to eventual finalists Borussia Dortmund in the round of 16 (1-1 h, 0-2 a).

That was PSV's first knockout appearance since 2015/16, and just the fifth time they had progressed beyond the initial Champions League group stage.

A 1-0 home victory against Lens on Matchday 4 last season ended PSV's 15-game run without a win (D6 L9) in the group stage, since a 2-1 defeat of CSKA Moskva on Matchday 6 in 2015/16.

The victories against Lens last season and Girona (4-0) and Shakhtar Donetsk (3-2) this, the latter in a game they trailed 0-2 until the 87th minute, are PSV's only successes in 14 Champions League home matches (D7 L4) since that defeat of CSKA.

Having finished second in the Eredivisie for three successive seasons, in 2023/24 PSV claimed their first league title since 2017/18. Peter Bosz's side won 29 of their 34 league games, losing only one, their final tally of 91 points eclipsing Ajax's record of 89 set in 1997/98.

Liverpool

Record vs Dutch clubs: W12 D5 L1 F29 A14
Away record vs Dutch clubs: W5 D3 L1

Liverpool's last games against Eredivisie opponents came in the 2022/23 Champions League group stage, when they beat Ajax 2-1 at home and 3-0 away.

That made it four successive wins against teams from Netherlands, with Ajax's goal at Anfield the only one Liverpool have conceded in their last six games (W4 D2).

Two 0-0 draws against Utrecht in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League group stage are the only matches in Liverpool's last 11 games against Dutch teams they have not won, and two of three in the last 15 (D3).

The Reds are unbeaten against Dutch clubs since losing 5-1 at Ajax in their first fixture, in the 1966/67 European Cup second round first leg (3-7 aggregate).

The Merseyside club have kept clean sheets in six of their last seven games in Netherlands, conceding one goal and winning five of those seven matches.

This is Liverpool's 16th Champions League campaign; they have reached the final five times, lifting the trophy in 2005 and 2019.

They last featured in 2022/23, finishing second in their section behind Napoli before elimination by Real Madrid in the round of 16.

Liverpool have won 16 of their last 21 away Champions League matches (D1 L4) including 11 of the last 13; they have been victorious at AC Milan (3-1), Leipzig and Girona (both 1-0) this season.

Jürgen Klopp's team took part in the Europa League in 2023/24, finishing first in their section before overwhelming Sparta Praha in the round of 16 (5-1 a, 6-1 h) but came up short against eventual winners Atalanta in the last eight (0-3 h, 1-0 a).

Liverpool were third in last season's Premier League. That was Klopp's last season in charge after nine years at Anfield; Arne Slot came in from Feyenoord to replace the German.

Links and trivia

Cody Gakpo was born in Eindhoven and joined PSV in 2007. He made his first-team debut in February 2018, going on to score 55 goals in 159 appearances in all competitions and featuring in the 2021/22 Dutch Cup success before joining Liverpool in January 2023.

Have also played in Netherlands:
Virgil van Dijk (Groningen 2011–13)
Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax 2010–22)
Kostas Tsmikias (Willem II 2017/18 loan)

Slot represented Zwolle (1995–2002), NAC Breda (2002–07), Sparta Rotterdam (2007–09) and Zwolle again (2009–13) as a player, taking charge of Cambuur (2016/17), AZ Alkmaar (2019–20) and Feyenoord (2021–24), winning the Eredivisie in 2022/23 and the Dutch Cup in 2023/24 with the latter. His record as a coach against PSV is W3 D3 L4.

Has played in England:
Luuk de Jong (Newcastle 2014 loan)

Have played together:
Alisson Becker & Rick Karsdorp (Roma 2017/18)

International team-mates:
Noa Lang, Guus Til, Jerdy Schouten, Joey Veerman & Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenberch (Netherlands)
Walter Benítez & Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina)

Latest news

PSV

PSV recorded their first win in three league games on Saturday, Guus Til's double helping to secure a 3-2 victory at home to NAC Breda.

The Dutch champions won their first ten Eredivisie games this season and 14 of the first 15 (L1) but a 3-0 home win against Feyenoord on 22 December is their only other victory in the last five (D1 L2).

Peter Bosz's team went down 3-1 at Zwolle on 18 January, making it two losses in their last five Eredivisie matches – as many as in the previous 65 (W55 D8).

A 1-0 loss at Heerenveen on 14 December ended PSV's run of scoring in 65 successive Eredivisie matches – a total of 209 goals – surpassing their own league record of 54 between October 2014 and March 2016.

PSV have won 22 of their last 27 league games (D2 L3).

A 2-2 draw at home to AZ Alkmaar on 11 January is the only one of PSV's last 21 league matches to end all square.

The Eindhoven club launched a stunning comeback to beat Excelsior in the last 16 of the Dutch Cup on 14 January, a match they trailed 1-3 after 86 minutes; they ultimately prevailed 5-4 after extra time and will play Feyenoord in the last eight.

Couhaib Driouech has not played since 23 November with an ankle problem, although he was an unused substitute on Matchday 7.*

Malik Tillman is facing a spell on the sidelines having suffered "a serious ankle injury" against Excelsior.

Adamo Nagalo (out since 25 October, shoulder) has also been sidelined while Sergiño Dest has not played since suffering a knee injury in May.

Liverpool

Liverpool maintained their six-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 4-1 home win against Ipswich on Saturday, Cody Gakpo scoring twice to make it five goals in his last seven games.

Mohamed Salah scored his 19th Premier League goal of the campaign, one more than in the whole of last season; he is the English top flight's top scorer in 2024/25. Saturday's strike was his 176th in the Premier League, one more than Thierry Henry.

On 18 January Darwin Núñez came off the bench to score twice and earn a 2-0 win at Brentford.

Arne Slot's side have suffered a single Premier League defeat this season – 0-1 at home to Nottingham Forest on 14 September.

Diogo Jota came off the bench to rescue a 1-1 draw in the reverse fixture at Forest on 14 January.

The Portuguese international had also scored in Liverpool's previous game, a 4-0 win at home to fourth-tier Accrington Stanley in the FA Cup third round on 11 January in which substitute Federico Chiesa got his first goal for the club.

The Reds will be away to Championship club Plymouth in the FA Cup fourth round on the weekend of 8 February.

Liverpool's 24-match unbeaten run in all competitions (W20 D4) was ended by a 1-0 loss at Tottenham in the League Cup semi-final first leg on 8 January; the return is at Anfield on 6 February.

Slot's side have drawn four of their last nine Premier League matches, winning the other five.

Curtis Jones went off at half-time on Matchday 7 with a thigh injury and was absent on Saturday.

Jota has missed the last three games with a muscle injury.

Joe Gomez has not played since going off with a thigh injury in the first half of a 5-0 win at West Ham on 29 December.