Nijmegen vs Excelsior PREDICTION & BETTING TIPS - 9 August 2025

Gofferstadion will host Saturday’s football game between NEC Nijmegen and Excelsior, the two teams that were involved in some high-scoring games in the past. NEC were producing fine performances in preseason and they surely want to continue with good displays in the new Eredivisie campaign. Summer signing Tjaronn Chery is widely expected to help the team improve their game, while fellow new recruit Virgil Misidjan should start as a winger.

The newcomers, on the other hand, suffered a 3-2 loss to Cambuur in their last warm-up game and with NEC being a real force to be reckoned with at home, we do not believe that the visitors are capable of grabbing something from their season opener. In their last meeting in the Dutch top flight, Nijmegen defeated Excelsior 3-0 and we predict that history is going to repeat itself. Excelsior top scorer Lance Duijvestijn has joined Sparta Rotterdam in the summer transfer window.

This match will be played on 9 August 2025 at 15:30