Feyenoord welcome PSV Eindhoven to De Kuip in a heavyweight Dutch Eredivisie clash on Sunday. With both teams still with an outside chance for the title, a fiercely contested high-scoring matchup can be expected.
Feyenoord arrive in red-hot form, having won their last seven matches, including a 4-1 victory over Heracles in their previous fixture. That result highlights their electric attack as they have netted an impressive 24 goals in this run, scoring in both halves in five of those games.
Although their title hopes are slim, sitting nine points off the pace, this run has kept them still in with a fighting chance. With three matches left to play, Robin van Persie's men will be hoping for a miracle in the final weeks of the season.
PSV Eindhoven come into this fixture off the back of a confident 4-1 home league victory over Fortuna Sittard, extending their winning run to four matches. They are much closer to leaders Ajax, sitting four points off the pace.
Peer Bosz's men have also shown plenty of attacking quality, scoring 15 goals in those four matches. They have also won their last three Eredivisie away matches, scoring nine goals in that run.
How the bookies view it: Evenly matched rivals
The bookies appear split on this one, with a victory for Feyenoord priced at 11/8 by BoyleSports, who are also offering 13/10 for a PSV Eindhoven win. A draw is set at odds of 14/5.
Head to head: Nothing to separate them
Feyenoord and PSV have picked up 30 wins each and played out 16 draws from 70 previous matches. The visitors have claimed home victories in two meetings this season, winning 3-0 in the reverse fixture before a 2-0 in the KNVB Beker.
Players to watch: Home favourite Paixao
Igor Paixao is the leading scorer for Feyenoord with 14 goals and will be the one to watch on Sunday. The striker also has eight goals in the last seven matches and is priced at 2/1 by BoyleSports to score anytime.
PSV Eindhoven have a prolific striker of their own, with Luuk de Jong scoring 13 league goals this season. He could be worth keeping an eye on to score anytime at 7/5 with BoyleSports.
Probable line-ups
Feyenoord will be without Facundo Gonzalez, Quinten Timber and Julian Carranza due to several knocks. However, Paixao, Moussa and In-Beom Hwang are all expected to keep their spots in the line-up.
Lucas Perez, Ricardo Pepi and Rick Karsdorp are unavailable for PSV Eindhoven due to injuries. Nonetheless, de Jong, Til and Ivan Perisic are fit, available and expected to start.
Feyenoord: Wellenreuther, Read, Beelen, Hancko, Bueno, Hwang, Milambo, Moder, Moussa, Ueda, Paixao
PSV Eindhoven: Benitez, Junior, Boscagli, Flamingo, Ladezma, Tillman, Veerman, Til, Lang, de Jong, Perisic
Anything else catch the eye?
PSV's last four matches have produced over 3.5 goals, which is priced at evens with BoyleSports. Feyenoord have scored first in their last seven matches and could be set for a repeat at 10/11 with BoyleSports.
PSV Eindhoven's last four matches have produced over 1.5 goals in the first half and a repeat is expected at 21/20 with BoyleSports.
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