Although this season has been very important for PSV, he will have to settle for a place on the bench in the possible championship match against Sparta Rotterdam on Sunday afternoon. It expects that Algemeen Dagblad at least. Saibari made his return to the team more than a week ago when he visited SC Heerenveen after being sidelined for a long time due to an injury.
The Morocco international already made regular appearances in PSV’s main squad last season, but had his definitive breakthrough in the current year. Although he certainly did not always have to count on a starting place, he has been very important for PSV in the hunt for the first national title since 2018. Saibari was good for five goals and four assists in seventeen competition matches. He made two of these against Ajax and Feyenoord. In the home match against Ajax on October 29, Saibari started on the bench, but after being 1-2 behind at half time, he, like Guus Til, made an appearance immediately after the break.
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With Til and Saibari in the team, the Eindhoven team turned the 1-2 deficit into a big win. Saibari made the important 3-2, after which Hirving Lozano completed his hat trick with two goals and set the final score at 5-2. In the Champions League, Saibari played an important role in the memorable comeback at Sevilla, after which he was again very important for his team a few days later. He opened the score in the cracker against Feyenoord, a match that PSV would eventually win 1-2, increasing the lead over the reigning national champions to ten points.
In the second half of the season in the Eredivisie, Saibari only played against Ajax (February 3), FC Volendam (February 11) and last week for half an hour against SC Heerenveen. Peter Bosz sees no reason to fill out his midfield differently in the possible championship match against Sparta. The expectation is that he will ‘just’ choose Jerdy Schouten, Joey Veerman and Guus Til on Sunday at 12.15 pm. In goal is of course Walter Benítez, with Jordan Teze, André Ramalho, Olivier Boscagli and Mauro Júnior in front of him. The vanguard consists of Johan Bakayoko, Luuk de Jong and Malik Tillman. Hirving Lozano will most likely have to hope for a substitute appearance again.
Possible PSV line-up: Benitez; Teze, Ramalho, Boscagli, Mauro; Schouten, Veerman, Til; Bakayoko, De Jong, Tillman.
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