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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS PSV Stadion - Eindhoven Wednesday 3 October 2018 21.00CET (21.00 local time) PSV Eindhoven Group B - Matchday 2 FC Internazionale Milano Last updated 02/10/2018 03:44CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 4 1 PSV Eindhoven - FC Internazionale Milano Wednesday 3 October 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit PSV Stadion, Eindhoven Match background PSV Eindhoven are looking to bounce back from a heavy opening defeat as Internazionale Milano visit the Netherlands buoyed by their own positive start to the new UEFA Champions League season. • While the Dutch champions were succumbing 4-0 at Barcelona in their first Group B fixture, their joint heaviest away defeat in the competition, late goals from UEFA Champions League debutants Mauro Icardi and Matías Vecino enabled Inter to turn a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 victory at home to Tottenham. Previous meetings • Inter were victorious in the clubs' only past fixtures, in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage. Two Zlatan Ibrahimović goals secured a 2-0 victory at San Siro, before Julio Cruz's effort gave Inter the points in the Netherlands. Form guide PSV • The Eindhoven club claimed their 24th Dutch league title in 2017/18 – the third time in four seasons they have lifted the Eredivisie crown. • This is PSV's 16th season in the group stage – more than any other Dutch side. They qualified by beating Belarusian champions BATE Borisov 6-2 on aggregate in the play-offs (3-2 away, 3-0 home). • The Eindhoven club failed to win a game in their last group appearance, in 2016/17 (D2 L4), and have not won in their last nine UEFA Champions League fixtures, group stage to final (D4 L5). • PSV's last home win in the competition proper was a 2-1 defeat of CSKA Moskva in December 2015. They won all three home games in that 2015/16 group stage; their record since then is D2 L2 with just one goal scored. • PSV's 2017/18 European campaign lasted only one tie – they lost 1-0 home and away to Croatian club Osijek in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. • European Cup winners in 1988, PSV have reached the UEFA Champions League knockout stage only four times – most recently in 2015/16, when they got to the last 16. • PSV are unbeaten in their last three games at home to Serie A sides (W1 D2), and boast the record W7 D2 L3 in home games with Italian clubs overall. Inter • Fourth in Serie A in 2017/18, Inter are the last Italian team to win the UEFA Champions League, in 2010 – their third European Cup triumph, and first in 45 years. • This is the 12th time Inter have been in the group stage – but the first since 2011/12. • Inter have progressed from their group in their last eight UEFA Champions League campaigns. • Inter did not take part in UEFA competition in 2017/18; their most recent European campaign came the previous season, when they failed to progress from their UEFA Europa League group. • The Nerazzurri last visited the Netherlands for a 2-2 draw at Twente in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League group stage, extending their unbeaten run away to Eredivisie clubs to six matches (W2 D4). • Home and away, Inter are unbeaten in nine matches against Dutch sides (W6 D3), since a 1-0 home loss against Feyenoord in the 2001/02 UEFA Cup semi-final first leg (2-3 aggregate). Links and trivia • PSV's Trent Sainsbury spent the second half of 2016/17 on loan at Inter, making one appearance to become the first Australian ever to play for the club. • Inter's Dutch international Stefan de Vrij scored seven goals in 135 Eredivisie matches for Feyenoord between 2009 and 2014. Latest news PSV Eindhoven • Summer transfers In: Denzel Dumfries (Heerenveen), Nick Viergever (Ajax), Ryan Thomas (PEC Zwolle)*, Angeliño (Manchester City), Trent Sainsbury (Jiangsu Suning), Aziz Behich (Bursaspor), Érick Gutiérrez (CF Pachuca) Out: Sam Lammers (Heerenveen, loan), Santiago Arias (Atlético), Joshua Brenet (Hoffenheim), Albert Gudmundsson (AZ Alkmaar) *Not in UEFA Champions League squad 2 PSV Eindhoven - FC Internazionale Milano Wednesday 3 October 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit PSV Stadion, Eindhoven • On 4 August PSV lost on penalties to Feyenoord in the Johan Cruijff Schaal after a goalless 90 minutes at their own ground in Eindhoven. • PSV have won ten of their 11 games in all competitions since then, the exception the matchday one loss at Barcelona, including all seven in the Eredivisie. They were 2-0 winners at NAC Breda on Saturday and have kept clean sheets in their last three Eredivisie matches, scoring 22 goals in their five most recent domestic outings. • Luuk de Jong has scored in PSV's last three Eredivisie matches. Donyell Malen also found the net against NAC, his first Eredivisie goal. • PSV have won their first five Eredivisie games for the sixth time; they won the title in each of the previous five campaigns. • The 7-0 defeat of Den Haag on 15 September was PSV's biggest win since 2 February 2013 – another success against Den Haag by the same scoreline. • Mark van Bommel's side reached the Dutch Cup round of 32 with a 4-0 win at amateur side Excelsior Maasluis on 26 September, Trent Sainsbury marking his first PSV start with his first goal for the club. • Summer signing Ryan Thomas suffered a cruciate knee injury in late August, two weeks after signing from Zwolle; he has not been included in the UEFA Champions League squad. Inter • Summer transfers In: Radja Nainggolan (Roma), Stefan de Vrij (Lazio), Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus), Lautaro Martínez (Racing Avellaneda), Matteo Politano (Sassuolo), Šime Vrsaljko (Atlético, loan), Keita Baldé (Monaco, loan) Out: Davide Santon (Roma), Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray, loan made permanent), Geoffrey Kondogbia (Valencia, loan made permanent), Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma), Éder (Jiangsu Suning), Jens Odgaard (Sassuolo), Davide Bettella (Atalanta), Andrea Pinamonti (Frosinone, loan), Yann Karamoh (Bordeaux, loan) • Inter had won only one of their first four Serie A matches before matchday one, but have won all three since – 1-0 at Sampdoria on 22 September, 2-1 at home to Fiorentina three days later and 2-0 against Cagliari on Saturday. • Lautaro Martínez had been sidelined since 26 August by an injury to his left calf, but recovered to score his first Inter goal at the weekend. • Luciano Spalletti's side have kept four clean sheets in their last 13 matches – Saturday's against Cagliari was the first at home. • Miranda missed the Fiorentina game with an ankle injury but returned against Cagliari. • Vrsaljko limped off with a knee injury 19 minutes into Croatia's 6-0 defeat in Spain on 11 September and has not figured since. 3 PSV Eindhoven - FC Internazionale Milano Wednesday 3 October 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit PSV Stadion, Eindhoven Legend ALL-TIME STATISTICS The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and European/South American Cup. Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are not included as they were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded. Match officials UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. Competitions Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off