With the Dutch crown already secured, PSV Eindhoven will look to break the 90-point mark in the Eredivisie when they make the trip to Fortuna Sittard on Sunday afternoon.
PSV were convincing winners over Sparta Rotterdam last time out, whereas a struggling Fortuna side played out a goalless draw with Go Ahead Eagles on home soil.
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Since their first-tier status was effectively sealed following a positive run of form at the beginning of March, Fortuna Sittard have endured a six-game winless streak in the Eredivisie as their campaign begins to seriously peter out heading into the penultimate weekend of the season.
Fortuna did manage to halt a run of three straight defeats last time out, though, with Sittard playing out a stalemate against Go Ahead Eagles on May 3, when both Luuk Koopmans and Jeffrey De Lange were able to add to their respective clean sheet tallies.
Having found the net on just three occasions in the last six matches - with two of those strikes arriving versus bottom side Vitesse - there are serious concerns for Danny Buijs's men in front of goal, with Sunday's hosts scoring just 36 goals during 32 league matches this term.
With six points left to fight for in the Eredivisie campaign, Fortuna currently occupy 11th position in the top-flight standings, and with eighth place seven points ahead, there is no chance of Sittard making an unlikely push for a berth in next term's Conference League.
That being said, Fortuna would be in the conversation for a spot on the continental stage if the division was determined purely on home form, with Buijs's troops collecting 26 of their 36 Eredivisie points at Fortuna Sittard Stadion, losing just four times in 16 contests at their base.
After their invincible status was wiped in unexpected circumstances by NEC at the end of March, first-placed PSV Eindhoven navigated their April Eredivisie schedule flawlessly with four straight wins before getting the better of Sparta Rotterdam last weekend to start May on a positive note.
With Brazilian midfielder Metinho breaching the net of Walter Benitez in the opening 10 minutes, it appeared as if the Dutch champions could be in for a difficult contest at Philips Stadion, but Boeren managed to rise above the challenge once again, with goals from Jerdy Schouten, Johan Bakayoko, Olivier Boscagli and Jordan Teze sealing a 4-2 win.
Heading into the final two matches of the Eredivisie season, PSV's nine-point gap to second-placed Feyenoord means that Peter Bosz's men will be lifting the title at their Eindhoven base on May 19, when the 25-time Dutch champions will host relegation-threatened RKC Waalwijk.
Although the majority of the European vultures are circling around AZ Alkmaar's Vangelis Pavlidis and Feyenoord's Santiago Gimenez ahead of the summer transfer window, Luuk de Jong has put up goalscoring numbers to rival the aforementioned duo this term, with the former Newcastle United striker netting 27 times in 32 league matches.
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Fortuna Sittard were dealt a major fitness blow at the beginning of this month, with 12-goal striker Kaj Sierhuis expected to be sidelined for the remainder of the campaign due to a knee injury.
The absence of the 30-year-old will leave a massive void in the Fortuna attack - one which Inigo Cordoba and Justin Lonwijk will aim to fill collectively.
The hosts are also short of options in their engine room, with midfielder Arianit Ferati still recovering from an injury sustained at the end of February.
With the league title already wrapped up, Isaac Babadi and Noa Lang will be sidelined for the rest of the season knowing that they have helped their side achieve a first Eredivisie crown in six years.
Sergino Dest has revived his faltering career since joining on loan from Barcelona last summer, but the American is currently out of action because of a knee injury.
Fortuna Sittard possible starting lineup:
Koopmans; Pinto, Guth, Siovas, Dijks; Rosier, Duarte, Peterson, Lonwijk, Cordoba; Belkheir
PSV Eindhoven possible starting lineup:
Benitez; Teze, Silva, Boscagli, Junior; Schouten, Veerman; Bakayoko, Lozano, Tillman; De Jong
We say: Fortuna Sittard 0-3 PSV Eindhoven
Having dropped points on just three occasions in 16 Eredivisie away matches this term, we are expecting PSV to breeze past a confidence-sapped Fortuna Sittard side.
The hosts are without their leading marksman, meaning that their attacking deficiencies are set to worsen this weekend, likely leading to a heavy defeat.
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Carter White
