PSV top spot in Enschede | Changing of the guard? ‘His figures are impressive’

PSV faces a tough away match in Enschede, but we shouldn’t make more of it than that.

The profit is within reach for PSV in the East, as has been the case for several years in a row. PSV's most recent defeat in Enschede dates back to the era of Roger Schmidt at PSV. In any case, it will be interesting to see how Peter Bosz will set his team up to start against FC Twente.

The Tukkers are expected to start sharply and aggressively, but being impressed by that right now also goes a bit too far. At De Telegraaf, they point Peter Bosz at Sven Mijnans. The newspaper is therefore firm when it comes to the striker position. Valentijn Driessen in the lead, because the critic has become convinced after Mijnans’ Sunday hat-trick: 'The choice doesn’t seem difficult to me,' begins Driessen.

Ricardo Pepi seems to be struggling with his form, something that was evident in the Champions League match against Shakhtar Donetsk. For Valentijn Driessen, however, the choice is clear and Myans will appear at kickoff against FC Twente.

"Pepi might be a great finisher, but if he doesn’t finish and it turns out that Til and Mijnans are going to start showing traits of the Saibari/Til combination, then it doesn’t seem like a difficult choice to me. You have a lot of movement and at the same time a lot of scoring power", Driessen says in the Kick-off podcast of the newspaper.

The critical journalist therefore prefers to start by going after Mijnan at the point of attack rather than Pepi. According to Driessen, the most important difference lies in the fact that Mijnan can also create chances on his own.

"Mijnans scores easily, and Til does too. Pepi scores very difficultly if he isn’t brought into position. It seems to me very simple. I think that with the quartet Perisic, Van Bommel, Mijnans and Til you’ll have more goals than if you replace one of them with Pepi", Driessen thinks.

Mijnans started against Sparta for the first time since August 8 and immediately paid off that trust. In total, the midfielder already found the net four times and added one assist to his name. Mijnans missed a penalty against FC Utrecht but scored a few minutes later anyway, in stunning fashion.