📏 Form Guide

PSV Eindhoven

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PSV Eindhoven will be looking for another win after the 1-2 Eredivisie triumph against FC Utrecht.

In that match, PSV Eindhoven had 57% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. For PSV Eindhoven, the scorers were Ricardo Pepi (52') and Ivan Perišić (76'). On the other side, FC Utrecht had 16 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Mike van der Hoorn (31') scored for FC Utrecht.

PSV Eindhoven haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.

They have hit an aggregate of 16 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 7. We will have to find out if that trend will be continued on here.

Going into this encounter, PSV Eindhoven have not been beaten in their last 5 league matches at home.

Excelsior

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Excelsior come into this game following a 2-1 Eredivisie win to defeat FC Zwolle in their most recent match.

In that game, Excelsior managed 48% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Excelsior, the scorers were Noah Naujoks (20') and Irakli Yegoian (78'). At the other end, PEC Zwolle got 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Ryan Thomas (48') scored for FC Zwolle.

The stats tell the story, and Excelsior have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 8 goals in all. Defensively, Excelsior have not been doing too well.

↔️ Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head results stretching back to 28/08/2022 reveals that these encounters have not been happy ones for Excelsior. They have not been able to get themselves any victories whatsoever whereas PSV Eindhoven have managed to find a way, finishing as winners in 100% of those matches played.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 29 in total which averages out at 4.83 goals per match.

The last league clash between these clubs was Eredivisie match day 7 on 27/09/2025 and the score finished Excelsior 1-2 PSV Eindhoven.

In that game, Excelsior managed 36% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Szymon Włodarczyk (13').

PSV Eindhoven got 18 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Joey Veerman (19') and Ismael Saibari (72') scored.

The referee was Dennis Higler.

📰 Team News: PSV Eindhoven

It’s our opinion that Rood-witten could use the 4-2-3-1 formation in the match and select Matej Kovar, Sergino Dest, Armando Obispo, Yarek Gasiorowski, Mauro Junior, Paul Wanner, Joey Veerman, Dennis Man, Guus Til, Ivan Perisic and Ricardo Pepi.

ℹ️ Team News: Excelsior

We believe Roodzwarten might utilise a 4-3-3 formation using Stijn van Gassel, Ilias Bronkhorst, Rick Meissen, Casper Widell, Arthur Zagre, Noah Naujoks, Lennard Hartjes, Irakli Yegoian, D. Sanches Fernandes, Jerolldino Bergraaf and Gyan de Regt.

✨ Prediction

PSV Eindhoven will, in all likelihood, stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

However, Excelsior could well struggle to score a goal of their own although we do reckon that they could well end up seeing enough of the ball to score, too.

We’re therefore expecting to see a pretty comfortable 3-1 margin for PSV Eindhoven at the conclusion of the game.

Peter Guest, 09:03 08/01/2026