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The PSV vs Nijmegen prediction for Saturday, March 14, 2026 (kick-off 17:45 GMT) starts with a simple idea: PSV usually turn home games into long spells of pressure, while NEC Nijmegen often need a perfect plan (and a little luck) to breathe. Here are the latest updates, news, and key details for this Eredivisie match, with the focus on what matters for sports betting readers.
PSV come into this fixture as the expensive machine: a squad value around €272.00m compared to Nijmegen’s €39.65m. That gap does not guarantee goals, but it often explains who sets the rhythm. PSV at home usually play with high possession, quick wide play, and lots of arrivals in the box. Nijmegen are at their best when they stay compact, win second balls, and counter into space before PSV can reset.
The recent head to head also leans red-and-white: on 2024-09-14 PSV beat NEC 2-0, in a game where the market priced PSV as a heavy favorite. But Nijmegen have shown they can travel and hurt big teams, like that wild 4-2 away win at Feyenoord on 2025-11-23 at long betting odds. PSV have their own “remember that?” result too: beating Liverpool away on 2025-11-26, priced at 10.0, finishing 4-1. So yes, both sides know how to ruin a prediction party.
Now to the market and our numbers. The 1X2 betting odds are 1.45 for a PSV home win, 5.5 for the draw, and 6.75 for a Nijmegen away win. Our analysis makes PSV vs Nijmegen prediction straightforward in the result market: home win (1) is the most likely outcome, confidence 7.1/10, priced around 1.45. It fits the possession and shot forecasts, plus the overall squad strength gap.
NerdyTips’ AI-generated best tip is over 2.5 goals with a 7.2/10 trust level at 1.3 odds. The expected score is 2-1, with a 1-0 half-time lean, which lines up neatly: PSV start fast, Nijmegen still find moments to bite back. If PSV rack up 8 shots on target as projected, it only takes one well-timed counter (or one messy second ball) for NEC to help push this past two goals.
Final thought for smart sports betting: respect Nijmegen’s away upset history, but if PSV dominate the ball as forecast, the safest route is riding the goals rather than sweating a late equaliser.
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Nijmegen |
03-Mar-26
3:2
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Nijmegen |
13-Sep-25
3:5
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Nijmegen |
01-Feb-25
3:3
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PSV |
14-Sep-24
2:0
| Nijmegen ![]() |
Nijmegen |
30-Mar-24
3:1
| PSV ![]() |
PSV |
16-Sep-23
4:0
| Nijmegen ![]() |
Nijmegen |
01-Apr-23
2:4
| PSV ![]() |
PSV |
30-Oct-22
3:0
| Nijmegen ![]() |
PSV |
11-May-22
3:2
| Nijmegen ![]() |
Nijmegen |
12-Dec-21
1:2
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| 07 Mar | W |
PSV
| 2 |
AZ Alkmaar
| 1 |
| 03 Mar | L |
Nijmegen
| 3 |
PSV
| 2 |
| 28 Feb | W |
Heracles
| 1 |
PSV
| 3 |
| 21 Feb | W |
PSV
| 3 |
Heerenveen
| 1 |
| 13 Feb | L |
FC Volendam
| 2 |
PSV
| 1 |
| 08 Feb | W |
Groningen
| 1 |
PSV
| 2 |
| 04 Feb | W |
PSV
| 4 |
Heerenveen
| 1 |
| 01 Feb | W |
PSV
| 3 |
Feyenoord
| 0 |
| 28 Jan | L |
PSV
| 1 |
Bayern Munich
| 2 |
| 24 Jan | D |
PSV
| 2 |
NAC Breda
| 2 |
| 08 Mar | W | Nijmegen |
3 | FC Volendam |
0 |
| 03 Mar | W | Nijmegen |
3 | PSV |
2 |
| 28 Feb | L | Nijmegen |
2 | Sittard |
3 |
| 21 Feb | D | Ajax |
1 | Nijmegen |
1 |
| 17 Feb | D | S. Rotterdam |
0 | Nijmegen |
0 |
| 11 Feb | L | Nijmegen |
1 | Utrecht |
3 |
| 07 Feb | W | Nijmegen |
4 | Heracles |
1 |
| 04 Feb | W | Nijmegen |
1 | FC Volendam |
0 |
| 31 Jan | W | AZ Alkmaar |
1 | Nijmegen |
3 |
| 24 Jan | W | Nijmegen |
2 | Zwolle |
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Netherlands - Eredivisie| Team | Matches | Goals | Points | |
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| 1 |
PSV Eindhoven | 26 | 75-31 | 68 |
| 2 |
Feyenoord | 26 | 58-38 | 49 |
| 3 |
NEC Nijmegen | 26 | 64-43 | 46 |
| 4 |
Twente | 26 | 45-27 | 44 |
| 5 |
Ajax | 26 | 48-34 | 44 |
| 6 |
AZ Alkmaar | 26 | 43-42 | 39 |
| 7 |
Sparta | 26 | 33-43 | 38 |
| 8 |
Heerenveen | 26 | 44-44 | 37 |
| 9 |
Utrecht | 26 | 38-31 | 35 |
| 10 |
Groningen | 26 | 36-36 | 34 |
| 11 |
Fortuna | 26 | 40-49 | 32 |
| 12 |
GO Ahead | 26 | 39-43 | 29 |
| 13 |
PEC Zwolle | 26 | 35-51 | 29 |
| 14 |
FC Volendam | 26 | 29-44 | 27 |
| 15 |
Excelsior | 26 | 27-44 | 26 |
| 16 |
Telstar | 26 | 35-42 | 24 |
| 17 |
NAC Breda | 26 | 28-42 | 23 |
| 18 |
Heracles | 26 | 32-65 | 18 |