This should be an action-packed fixture as NEC have their expected home advantage, while PSV have an edge of 15 points in the Eredivisie table.
- NEC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- PSV have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Eredivisie
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Real Sociedad. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
NEC form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what NEC have to build on here at Goffertstadion in the Eredivisie.
NEC faced defeat in their previous match, away at RKC Waalwijk (1-2). Heartbreak for NEC in their last match as RKC Waalwijk's Kuijpers scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Souffian El Karouani, defender, was given a rating of 7.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Karouani hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against SC Cambuur that was lost 2-3.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for NEC as they are travelling to their away game against SC Cambuur in the KNVB Beker. That match is four days after this one.
NEC are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. 8 goals have been conceded.
PSV form and stats
4-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for PSV in their Eredivisie matches away.
There might be some fixture complaints from PSV as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Europa League match against Real Sociedad (0-3). Midfielder Bruma was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.14. Bruma hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 42 successful passes (of 47 total).
Before that, PSV secured a home win against FC Utrecht with the score 4-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fortuna Sittard in just three days.
PSV are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 7 away games so far. PSV have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
NEC-PSV H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: NEC zero wins, PSV nine wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Akman 5 goals |   A. Tué Na Bangna 5 goals |  J. Okita 4 goals |
NEC missing players
PSV missing players
| NEC | PSV | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 38 |
| 24 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 71% | 80% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 53% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 40% |
| 53% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 67% |
| 27% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 20% |
| 27% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 4.3 | 6.6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 15 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 16.6 | 17.6 |
| 4.4 | 5.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 6.1 | 6.9 |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 30% | 37% |
| 15.9 | 13.7 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 9.1 | 8.8 |
| 4.8 | 3.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
- All of PSV's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- NEC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- PSV have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Eredivisie
- PSV have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- PSV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 46 | 36 |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 24 | 35 |
| 3 | PSV | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | FC Utrecht | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | SC Cambuur | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 8 | AZ | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | SC Heerenveen | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | NEC | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Willem II | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Heracles Almelo | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 10 |
| 17 | Fortuna Sittard | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -23 | 9 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -19 | 6 |