📏 Form Guide

NEC

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NEC will be hoping for a better result after a 1-0 Eredivisie defeat in their last game at the hands of FC Utrecht.

In that game, NEC had 54% possession and 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. FC Utrecht had 14 shots on goal with 4 on target. Sam Lammers (61') scored for FC Utrecht.

Over their prior 6 games, Rogier Meijer's NEC have found the net 13 times - an average number of goals per match of 2.17.

Pre-game facts show that NEC:

• haven't beaten PSV Eindhoven in their last 20 league matches. They'll surely be desperate to put an end to that run.
• have not been beaten in their last 5 league matches at home.

PSV Eindhoven

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PSV Eindhoven head into the meeting following on from a 1-0 Eredivisie win with the downing of FC Twente in their most recent match.

In that match, PSV Eindhoven managed 63% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for PSV Eindhoven was Ricardo Pepi (96'). FC Twente had 11 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

Peter Bosz's PSV Eindhoven have seen their efforts on goal rewarded a total of 12 times throughout their latest sextet of matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during that same period equals 6.

Their previous form shows that PSV Eindhoven:

• remain undefeated by NEC in games played away from home for the previous 9 league games. It really has been a happy hunting ground for them.
• have not been beaten in their last 21 league matches away from home. What a run it has been.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head results going back to 18/02/2017 shows that these fixtures have been pretty painful for NEC. They’ve not been able to get themselves any victories whatsoever while PSV Eindhoven have managed to find a way, running out winners in 100% of those games where they have faced each other.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 25 in total at an average of 4.17 goals per match.

The previous league contest featuring the two was Eredivisie match day 7 on 16/09/2023 which finished with the scoreline of PSV Eindhoven 4-0 NEC.

The referee was Joey Kooij.

📰 Team News: NEC

Bas Dost (heart problems), Kas de Wit (unknown injury) and Nils Rossen (unknown injury) won’t be able to feature for NEC gaffer Rogier Meijer.

In all likelihood, NEC look set to opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation and select Jasper Cillessen, Bart van Rooij, Philippe Sandler, Bram Nuytinck, Calvin Verdonk, Mees Hoedemakers, Lasse Schoene, Roberto Gonzalez, Kodai Sano, Sontje Hansen and Koki Ogawa.

📰 Team News: PSV Eindhoven

PSV Eindhoven boss Peter Bosz has some current player fitness concerns. Ismael Saibari (unknown injury) and Noa Lang (Hamstring injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We are inclined to think that Rood-witten seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting the game with Walter Benitez, Jordan Teze, Andre Ramalho Silva, Olivier Boscagli, Sergino Dest, Jerdy Schouten, Joey Veerman, Johan Bakayoko, Guus Til, Hirving Lozano and Luuk de Jong.

💡 Prediction

We feel that in this game, PSV Eindhoven will, in all probability, be in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of their chances.

However, NEC will be up against it finding the net themselves but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be being dangerous at times.

Accordingly, we see a 1-3 winning margin for PSV Eindhoven after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 15:03 30/03/2024