NEC Nijmegen v PSV Eindhoven prediction

Eredivisie · Sat, 21 Nov 2026 15:30 GMT · Goffertstadion

Updated 1 Nov 2026, 01:21 UK · refreshed continuously

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TACTIX’s free model pick for NEC Nijmegen v PSV Eindhoven, Eredivisie on Sat, 21 Nov 2026 15:30 GMT posts shortly before kick-off. Form, head-to-head and league standing for both sides are below.

Match preview, in numbers

The match

NEC Nijmegen host PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie on Saturday 21 November (kick-off 15:30 UK).

The key numbers

PSV Eindhoven have scored 35 goals, the most of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 11 games). Both teams scored in 12 of PSV Eindhoven’s last 15 results in all competitions (80%).

Form and the table

11 of NEC Nijmegen’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (73%). Both teams scored in 11 of NEC Nijmegen’s last 15 results in all competitions (73%). At home, NEC Nijmegen have one win, five draws and two defeats in their last 8 home matches in all competitions — 1.00 points per game, scoring 1.63 and conceding 1.88. NEC Nijmegen have scored 17 goals, the sixth-fewest of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 11 games). NEC Nijmegen have conceded 19 goals, the eighth-fewest of the 18 clubs.

10 of PSV Eindhoven’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (67%). Away from home, PSV Eindhoven have four wins, no draws and three defeats in their last 7 away matches in all competitions — 1.71 points per game, scoring 2.14 and conceding 1.29. PSV Eindhoven have conceded 13 goals, the third-fewest (shared) of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 11 games).

NEC Nijmegen (13th) and PSV Eindhoven (third) are 12 points apart, 2026/27 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have PSV Eindhoven the stronger side, 364 rating points above NEC Nijmegen (PSV Eindhoven 1897, NEC Nijmegen 1533, after at least 186 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

The most recent meeting, on 14 March 2026, finished PSV Eindhoven 2–3 NEC Nijmegen.

Team news

Predicted NEC Nijmegen XI (3-4-2-1): G. Crettaz, A. Kaplan, P. Schuurs, G. Brás, D. Nejašmić, C. Bischoff, N. Lebreton, J. Monteiro, K. Kers, W. Willumsson, B. Linssen — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Darko Nejašmić (4.6 per match over 17 appearances, one goal and one assist) and Tjaronn Chery (4.3 per match over 17 appearances, seven goals and three assists) have been NEC Nijmegen’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for NEC Nijmegen (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), Darko Nejašmić averages 1.2 key passes per 90 over 1445 minutes, with a key pass in nine of the last 10 appearances. Tjaronn Chery averages 2.5 shots per 90 over 1809 minutes, with a shot in nine of the last 10 appearances.

Predicted PSV Eindhoven XI (4-2-3-1): M. Kovář, S. Dest, L. Geertruida, A. Obispo, F. Kostić, K. Sano, M. Júnior, I. Perišić, G. Til, S. Mijnans, M. Hansen — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Sergiño Dest (5.0 per match over 14 appearances, three goals and three assists) and Mauro Júnior (4.6 per match over 14 appearances, two goals and two assists) have been PSV Eindhoven’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for PSV Eindhoven (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), Sergiño Dest averages 1.5 tackles per 90 over 1763 minutes, with a tackle in eight of the last 10 appearances. Mauro Júnior averages 2.4 tackles per 90 over 1290 minutes, with a tackle in nine of the last 10 appearances.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sat, 21 Nov 2026 15:30 GMT · Eredivisie · Goffertstadion
Head-to-head (last 6): NEC Nijmegen 3 · draws 1 · PSV Eindhoven 2 · 5 goals/game
Recent form: NEC Nijmegen 2W 2D 1L · PSV Eindhoven 1W 1D 3L

NEC Nijmegen v PSV Eindhoven (Eredivisie): the key numbers are on this page — and TACTIX’s live, market-by-market track record is one click away (as of 1 November 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1.75 / 1.5

Goals

against 1.38 / 1.25 · 4 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

6.63 / 6.13

Corners

against 3.25 / 4.75 · 3 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

5.88 / 5.38

Shots on target

against 4.25 / 5.5 · 4 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

1.13 / 1.88

Cards

against 1.63 / 1.75 · 1 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 5 November 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 5 November 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	NEC Nijmegen for / against	Line	PSV Eindhoven for / against
Goals scored	1.75 for · 1.38 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.5 for · 1.25 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	6.63 for · 3.25 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	6.13 for · 4.75 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	17.88 for · 10.5 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	18.13 for · 14.38 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	5.88 for · 4.25 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	5.38 for · 5.5 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	11.38 for · 10.13 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	10.75 for · 10.38 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	1.13 for · 1.63 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	1.88 for · 1.75 against n 8 Last 5

NEC Nijmegen

NEC Nijmegen Goalkeeper

NEC Nijmegen — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
G. Crettaz	13	871125 min	302.4 /90	110.9 /90	00 /90
N. Polster	5	80400 min	184.1 /90	81.8 /90	00 /90

NEC Nijmegen — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for NEC Nijmegen before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
G. Crettaz n 8	84.4	2.7 4/3
N. Polster n 5	80	4.1 4/3

NEC Nijmegen Defensive

NEC Nijmegen — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
T. Storm	14	841178 min	251.9 /90	100.8 /90	30.2 /90	655 /90	191.5 /90	30.2 /90
Deveron Fonville	10	78777 min	192.2 /90	161.9 /90	30.3 /90	576.6 /90	101.2 /90	00 /90
P. Schuurs	9	53474 min	112.1 /90	112.1 /90	20.4 /90	163 /90	50.9 /90	00 /90
A. Kaplan	7	64449 min	112.2 /90	71.4 /90	30.6 /90	367.2 /90	61.2 /90	00 /90
Gabriel Brás	6	77464 min	132.5 /90	71.4 /90	00 /90	285.4 /90	61.2 /90	10.2 /90
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NEC Nijmegen — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for NEC Nijmegen before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
N. Lebreton n 8	84.1	0.8 4/2	2 6/6	—
B. Linssen n 8	87.3	1.8 6/5	0.3 2/0	—
D. Nejašmić n 8	90	0.5 3/1	1 6/2	—
T. Chery n 8	86.3	0.1 1/0	0.7 3/1	—
T. Storm n 8	82.3	1.2 6/2	0.5 4/0	—
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NEC Nijmegen — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for NEC Nijmegen before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
N. Lebreton n 8	84.1	2.4 6/3
B. Linssen n 8	87.3	0.4 2/1
D. Nejašmić n 8	90	2.4 7/5
T. Chery n 8	86.3	0.5 3/1
T. Storm n 8	82.3	1.8 7/4
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NEC Nijmegen Attacking

NEC Nijmegen — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
B. Linssen	16	761209 min	30.2 /90	10.1 /90	261.9 /90	100.7 /90	110.8 /90	20.1 /90
T. Chery	15	831241 min	60.4 /90	20.1 /90	362.6 /90	191.4 /90	342.5 /90	60.4 /90
Dušan Tadić	12	74893 min	00 /90	30.3 /90	111.1 /90	50.5 /90	202 /90	40.4 /90
Adam Tahaui	7	45316 min	10.3 /90	00 /90	41.1 /90	10.3 /90	72 /90	30.9 /90
K. Sierhuis	7	44307 min	10.3 /90	00 /90	144.1 /90	30.9 /90	51.5 /90	10.3 /90
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NEC Nijmegen — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for NEC Nijmegen before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
N. Lebreton n 8	84.1	2.7 7/5	0.7 4/1
B. Linssen n 8	87.3	2.2 7/5	0.9 5/1
D. Nejašmić n 8	90	0.6 3/2	0.1 1/0
T. Chery n 8	86.3	3 8/7	1.3 7/2
T. Storm n 8	82.3	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
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NEC Nijmegen — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for NEC Nijmegen before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
N. Lebreton n 8	84.1	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0
B. Linssen n 8	87.3	0.4 2/1	0.1 1/0
D. Nejašmić n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
T. Chery n 8	86.3	0.5 3/1	0.3 2/0
T. Storm n 8	82.3	0 0/0	0 0/0
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PSV Eindhoven

PSV Eindhoven Goalkeeper

PSV Eindhoven — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
M. Kovář	14	901260 min	433.1 /90	141 /90	00 /90

PSV Eindhoven — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for PSV Eindhoven before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
M. Kovář n 8	90	3.8 7/6

PSV Eindhoven Defensive

PSV Eindhoven — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
A. Obispo	14	821148 min	231.8 /90	131 /90	70.5 /90	675.3 /90	221.7 /90	50.4 /90
S. Dest	13	901169 min	251.9 /90	50.4 /90	80.6 /90	735.6 /90	90.7 /90	20.2 /90
Mauro Júnior	13	851100 min	272.2 /90	141.1 /90	10.1 /90	645.2 /90	70.6 /90	20.2 /90
L. Geertruida	9	87780 min	111.3 /90	121.4 /90	40.5 /90	293.3 /90	91 /90	20.2 /90
Filip Kostić	9	62554 min	101.6 /90	30.5 /90	30.5 /90	223.6 /90	50.8 /90	20.3 /90
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PSV Eindhoven — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for PSV Eindhoven before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
M. Kovář n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0	—
G. Til n 8	80	0.8 5/1	0.8 6/0	—
A. Obispo n 8	77.6	2.2 5/4	0.4 3/0	—
S. Dest n 8	90	0.5 4/0	1.8 6/6	—
Mauro Júnior n 8	85.3	0.8 5/1	1.5 5/4	—
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PSV Eindhoven — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for PSV Eindhoven before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
G. Til n 8	80	0.6 4/0
A. Obispo n 8	77.6	1.6 6/4
S. Dest n 8	90	1.9 7/4
Mauro Júnior n 8	85.3	2.5 8/6
K. Sano n 8	88.3	2 8/6
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PSV Eindhoven Attacking

PSV Eindhoven — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
R. Pepi	8	66529 min	30.5 /90	00 /90	183.1 /90	71.2 /90	50.9 /90	10.2 /90
E. Bajraktarevic	7	51356 min	10.3 /90	20.5 /90	92.3 /90	30.8 /90	92.3 /90	41 /90
A. Bouhamdi	5	37186 min	00 /90	00 /90	62.9 /90	10.5 /90	73.4 /90	73.4 /90
D. Man	3	2884 min	00 /90	00 /90	33.2 /90	11.1 /90	00 /90	00 /90
Mikkel Bro Hansen	1	5050 min	00 /90	00 /90	35.4 /90	23.6 /90	00 /90	00 /90
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PSV Eindhoven — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for PSV Eindhoven before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
M. Kovář n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
G. Til n 8	80	2 6/6	1 5/2
A. Obispo n 8	77.6	1 3/3	0 0/0
S. Dest n 8	90	1.1 4/2	0.6 3/1
Mauro Júnior n 8	85.3	1.1 5/3	0.3 2/0
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PSV Eindhoven — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for PSV Eindhoven before kick-off, to 5 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
M. Kovář n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
G. Til n 8	80	0.7 4/1	0.1 1/0
A. Obispo n 8	77.6	0 0/0	0 0/0
S. Dest n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
Mauro Júnior n 8	85.3	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind NEC Nijmegen v PSV Eindhoven — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

NEC NijmegenDWDLW

Last 5: 2W 2D 1L · 2.2 scored / 1.6 conceded per game

PSV EindhovenLLWDL

Last 5: 1W 1D 3L · 0.8 scored / 1.2 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

NEC Nijmegen 3 · 1 draw · PSV Eindhoven 2 · 5 goals/game

2026-03-14 PSV Eindhoven 2–3 NEC Nijmegen
2026-03-03 NEC Nijmegen 3–2 PSV Eindhoven
2025-09-13 NEC Nijmegen 3–5 PSV Eindhoven
2025-02-01 NEC Nijmegen 3–3 PSV Eindhoven
2024-09-14 PSV Eindhoven 2–0 NEC Nijmegen
2024-03-30 NEC Nijmegen 3–1 PSV Eindhoven

League standing · 2026/27

NEC Nijmegen#13 pos11 pts11 pl-2 GD

PSV Eindhoven#3 pos23 pts11 pl+22 GD

Goals per game

NEC Nijmegen scored1.55

PSV Eindhoven scored3.18

NEC Nijmegen conceded1.73

PSV Eindhoven conceded1.18

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the head-to-head record between NEC Nijmegen and PSV Eindhoven?: In their last 6 meetings, NEC Nijmegen won 3, PSV Eindhoven won 2 and there was 1 draw, averaging 5 goals per game.
What is the recent form of NEC Nijmegen and PSV Eindhoven?: Recent form — NEC Nijmegen 2W 2D 1L; PSV Eindhoven 1W 1D 3L.

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