Match Report
PSV edged past Excelsior 2-1 on 15 August 2026. Ruben van Bommel opened the scoring inside the first 5 minutes for PSV to make it 1-0. Casper Widell levelled it 54 minutes into the game for Excelsior, set up by Irakli Yegoian, to make it 1-1. PSV regained the lead through Ricardo Pepi 56 minutes into the game, set up by Sergiño Dest, to make it 2-1. Jan Plug (88') was booked. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have PSV 224 points stronger than Excelsior. On current ratings the model favours PSV at 60.2% in this pairing, and PSV won this one.