On Wednesday night, PSV Eindhoven host BATE Borisov in the Champions League play-off round second leg, as both sides look to make it to the group stages of the competition.
The Dutch side recorded a 3-2 win in Belarus to take control of the tie, and the home side are favourites to progress to the group stages of Europe’s elite competition.
PSV’s win in the first leg of the competition ended an eight-game run without a win in the Champions league for the home side. The home side had also lost four of their previous six games in the competition, with their last appearance in the Champions League coming back in 2016.
PSV have a poor recent record at home in Europe’s elite competition, having failed to win in their last four outings on home soil. They have also scored just once in that four-game winless run while failing to score in three of the four matches.
Their recent home games in the Champions League have been relatively low scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in six of their last nine outings in the competition.
BATE Borisov have already seen off Qarabag and HJK in the Champions league this season. The first leg defeat ended a five-game unbeaten run in the competition for the Belarussian team. BATE have failed to score in only one of their last six games in the Champions League.
The visitors have won three of their last four away games in this competition, but those wins are their only away victories in 21 outings on their travels in the Champions league. Their recent away games in the competition have been relatively high scoring with over 2.5 goals scored in four of their last six games on their travels.
Forebet predicts that PSV will record a comfortable victory to progress to the group stages of the Champions League.