Heracles vs PSV Eindhoven prediction, odds & betting tips – 18/08/2024

Heracles take on Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven at the Asito Stadion in the Eredivisie on Sunday, 18 August. Read our betting tips for the clash below.

Heracles vs PSV Eindhoven prediction: Back champions to triumph

Key Stats

• PSV beat Heracles to nil twice last season, scoring eight times along the way.
• Luuk de Jong scored both home and away for PSV against Heracles last season.
• PSV won 2-0 in two of their last four league meetings with Heracles.
• Heracles failed to score in each of their final three home assignments of the previous campaign.

Correct score prediction: Heracles 0-2 PSV Eindhoven

PSV opened their Eredivisie title with a 5-1 win at home over RKC Waalwijk and a second victory on the spin at Heracles looks like a sure-fire bet to make. The champions beat Heracles 2-0 when the teams last met in February and a similar outcome could be worth backing on Sunday.

Pre-game odds and win probability: PSV Eindhoven odds-on favourites

• HOME: 12/1 (13.00) – 7.7%
• DRAW: 15/2 (8.50) – 11.8%
• AWAY: 1/6 (1.17) – 85.7%

*odds from Ladbrokes, subject to change

Despite

Heracles picked up a point last weekend at Sparta Rotterdam (0-0) in their campaign opener, though they failed to score and their lack of oomph in the final third could impact their chances of upsetting the odds against PSV. The champions are priced at a narrow 1/6 to win at Heracles, a team they beat home and away last term.  If you’re on the lookout for more Dutch football tips, head over to our latest football predictions page.

Most recent H2Hs: PSV have been dominant

PSV cruised to victory twice against Heracles last term and the Eindhoven giants have won each of three last five iterations of this fixture overall, scoring buckets of goals along the way.

Netherlands Eredivisie 16/02/24

PSV

2

Heracles

0

Club Friendly List 07/01/24

PSV

1

Heracles

1

Netherlands Eredivisie 04/11/23

Heracles

0

PSV

6

Netherlands Eredivisie 06/03/22

PSV

3

Heracles

1

Netherlands Eredivisie 14/08/21

Heracles

0

PSV

2

Heracles preview: Hosts could be depleted

Heracles have several issues to contend with at present and Stijn Bultman, Nikolai Laursen, Sava Cestic, Justin Hoogma, Jan Zamburek, Jizz Hornkamp, Kelvin Leedram, Luka Kulenovic, Lorenzo Milani and Shiloh T'Zand could all be absent on Sunday. Milani and T'Zand came off injured in last weekend's 0-0 draw at Sparta Rotterdam.

Predicted lineup: De Keijzer, Benita, Mirani, Mesik, Wieckhoff, Talvitie, De Keersmaecker, Van Kaam, Limbombe, Engels, Scheperman

Netherlands Eredivisie 09/05/25

W

Willem II

1

Heracles

2

Netherlands Eredivisie 03/05/25

L

Feyenoord

4

Heracles

1

Netherlands Eredivisie 23/04/25

L

FC Groningen

4

Heracles

1

Netherlands Eredivisie 13/04/25

W

AZ

0

Heracles

1

Netherlands Eredivisie 06/04/25

D

RKC

0

Heracles

0

PSV Eindhoven preview: Dest could miss out again

Ismael Saibari, Armando Obispo, Maruo Junior and Sergino Dest are in the treatment room for PSV and all four players are likely to sit out Sunday's game. PSV played like champions in their 5-1 rout of RKC Waalwijk last weekend.

Predicted lineup: Benitez (GK), Ledezma, Flamingo, Boscagli, Oppegard, Schouten, Veerman, Bakayoko, Tillman, Lang, De Jong

Netherlands Eredivisie 11/05/25

W

Feyenoord

2

PSV

3

Netherlands Eredivisie 03/05/25

W

Fortuna Sittard

1

PSV

4

Netherlands Eredivisie 24/04/25

W

FC Twente

1

PSV

3

Netherlands Eredivisie 12/04/25

W

Almere City FC

0

PSV

5

Netherlands Eredivisie 05/04/25

W

FC Groningen

1

PSV

3

Player to watch – Luuk de Jong

Luuk de Jong scored twice in the Dutch Super Cup a fortnight ago and though he was unable to follow that brace up with another goal-scoring impact against RKC last week, the veteran could open his Eredivisie account against Heracles.

De Jong has punished Heracles before

Centre-forward De Jong managed to score both home and away against Heracles last season and the 33-year-old could do some more damage against the minnows on Sunday.