PEC Zwolle W v PSV/Eindhoven W — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Vrouwen Eredivisie (W) · Sunday, 16 August 2026 · 15:45. Final score 0–2 (half-time 0–0). Before kick-off we rated it 63% over 2.5 goals — the match finished with 2, so that call missed. That rating was frozen into a version-controlled ledger before the game and has not been touched since.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals59%41%Over
Over 3.5 goals35%65%no pick
Both teams to score44%56%No

The result model puts PEC Zwolle W at 44%, the draw at 23% and PSV/Eindhoven W at 33%, from expected goals of 1.78 and 1.51.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Vrouwen Eredivisie (W) has produced over 2.5 goals in 65% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. PEC Zwolle W have 0 in 0 this season, PSV/Eindhoven W 0 in 0. Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 32 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 65% and 65%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 0 and 0 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 14 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. That moves the two figures to 59% and 64%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 62%.

Head to head. These sides have met 6 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 50%. That nudges the number 10% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 61%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 64%, from expected goals of 1.78 for PEC Zwolle W and 1.51 for PSV/Eindhoven W. Folding in 30% of that view gives 62%.

Season opener. One of these sides has not played a league game yet. Openers run about 2.5 points under their league's norm, measured across 2,727 of them, so the rating is docked to 59%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
PEC Zwolle W0
PSV/Eindhoven W0

Head to head

15 Feb 26PSV/Eindhoven W 3–0 PEC Zwolle WO2.5
18 Jan 26PEC Zwolle W 0–2 PSV/Eindhoven WU2.5
8 Feb 25PEC Zwolle W 0–1 PSV/Eindhoven WU2.5
19 Oct 24PSV/Eindhoven W 4–0 PEC Zwolle WO2.5
3 Feb 24PSV/Eindhoven W 3–1 PEC Zwolle WO2.5
6 Oct 23PEC Zwolle W 2–0 PSV/Eindhoven WU2.5

Things worth knowing

More: PEC Zwolle W season stats · PSV/Eindhoven W season stats · Vrouwen Eredivisie (W) table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.