Lionel Messi and Barcelona are on a mission to redeem themselves for last season’s embarrassing Champions League exit to Roma.
Barcelona vs PSV Bet365 Odds
Date: Tuesday, September 18
Kick-off: 18:55 CET
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona
Barcelona vs PSV Preview
If 2017 will always be remembered as the year when Barcelona came back from the largest ever Champions League deficit to eliminate PSG, 2018 will always be remembered for a similar accomplishment made against them. Beating Roma 4-1 at home should’ve been enough, but it wasn’t, as Dzeko, De Rossi and Manolas ensured Barca were knocked out in the quarter-finals. The Catalans learned a devastating lesson and will be looking to make amends this season, in which they are second-favorites to lift the coveted trophy behind Manchester City.
They are off to a perfect start this season, winning the Super Cup against Sevilla (2-1) and defeating all four rivals to top LaLiga with 12 points. PSV are in fine form as well, having blasted 13 goals in their last two Eredivisie matches – a 6-1 win against Willem II and a 7-0 thrashing of Den Haag over the weekend. Led by Mexican young star Hirving Lozano, Uruguayan midfielder Gaston Pereiro, 20-year-old winger Steven Bergwijn and experienced Dutch striker Luuk de Jong, PSV Eindhoven are the only perfect team in the Netherlands’ first division. Their visit to Nou Camp will not be easy but based on recent results, Mark van Bommel’s team is not without chances.
Barcelona vs PSV H2H
Both of their group matches in the 1997/98 edition of the Champions League finished in 2-2 draws. Those were the last two meetings between these teams. Overall, Barcelona has won two, lost one and drawn three out of the six matches played against tomorrow’s opponent.
Barcelona vs PSV Bet365 Odds
Barcelona 1.11 (1/9)
Draw 12 (11/1)
PSV 26 (25/1)
PSV will most likely not win, but there’s a good chance they will manage to find the net.
Both teams to score – 2 (1/1)
Barcelona vs PSV Team News
Sergio Busquets and Philippe Coutinho didn’t play in the 2-1 road win against Real Sociedad on Saturday, which means they’ll probably start versus PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday. Malcom is dealing with an ankle injury and won’t feature. Most of the visitors’ injury worries involve players outside the starting eleven
