PSV vs Excelsior Predictions

• PSV have won 5 of their last 7 Eredivisie matches.
• PSV’s last three Eredivisie home games have been victories with over 3.5 goals.
• Excelsior have lost their last five Eredivisie away games to nil.

PSV’s hunt for a top-two finish goes on

After putting together a nine-game unbeaten run in all competitions ahead of this clash, PSV should enter with supreme confidence as they welcome a less than impressive Excelsior side that have won just once across their last ten matches.

Currently level on points with Ajax, PSV know that if their Big Three rivals aren’t going to drop any points then Champions League qualification may end up coming down to goal difference. Ajax have a superior difference as it stands, but the gap ahead of the round is only six goals, so don’t expect the Eindhoveners to take their foot off the pedal when they go ahead.

No strangers to a heavy defeat themselves, five of Excelsior’s last six Eredivisie defeats came with a margin of at least three goals and it is for that and many other disappointing reasons that their top-flight status is at serious risk this season.

Stick with Ruud’s boys

We’re backing PSV to win this game handsomely, by a -2 handicap busting scoreline. The gulf in class between the sides is likely too great for Excelsior to pick up a result and when PSV get going, they can be very dangerous indeed.

Excelsior have already played the other two ‘Big Three’ sides away from home in the league and a 5-1 defeat against city rivals Feyenoord coupled with a 7-1 defeat away to Ajax can only spell trouble for them here. As such, we’re going for another bumper scoreline in favour of the big boys here with a small stakes play on a 4-0 home win in the correct score market.

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