Betfair Live Video: The PSV goal-machine to run riot in Eindhoven

16Mar 2013

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Betfair Live Video offers you up a selection of live football this weekend from across the globe. Whether it's an A-League clash or a Eredivisie scrap you are after, we have it covered...

PSV vs RKC Waalwijk

Saturday 18:45

After last weekend's shock defeat at the hands of Heereveen, Dick Advocaat's men will have to get straight back on the horse as they welcome a struggling Waalwijk side to the Philips Stadion knowing that anything other than three points will spell disaster in Eindhoven.

Losing two of their last three games and giving top spot to Ajax has been seen as some what of a crisis in Eindhoven. After taking the division by storm for a majority of the season so far (scoring 81 goals), it has left fans and players alike scratching their heads as to what has gone so wrong. Coach Advocaat has reacted to his teams performance last week by saying; "We had no answer to the pace and penetration of Heerenveen in the first-half" - something that will no doubt worry the PSV faithful.

With eight games remaining this season this mini-blip couldn't have come at a worse time, and considering Ajax take on PSV in four games time, this fixture has the making of a title decider.

Visitors Waalwijk have struggled to find any form this campaign. After finsihing ninth last season improvement was expected, but languishing in thirteenth spot and only one win and thirteen games has seen them in a tussle to stay in the division. Apart from Willem II who have been cut adrift at the bottom of the league, it is a scrap for survival for around six teams, who will dread the thought of the end of season relegation play off.

Goals have been a real problem for the visitors this year. Averaging a goal a game, they have hardly set the league alight and have relied too heavily on the Dutch pairing of Jozefzoon and Chevalier upfront.

Waalwijk stunned PSV on the opening day of this season with a well deserved 3-2 victory at the Mandemakers Stadion, but a repeat of these heroics is highly unlikely on Saturday evening. Expect PSV to get their title hunt back on track with a comfortable win in Eindhoven relying on their incredible strike force with options aplenty.

Recommended Bet:

Back over 3.5 goals @ 1.9

Back PSV/PSV HT/FT @ 1.66

Standard Liege vs Lokeren

Saturday 19:00

Les Rouches welcome the visiting Lokeren to the Stade Maurice Dufrasne for a fifth vs sixth clash at the top end of the Belgian Bro League.

It's the final week of the regular season in Belgium and this final match day is the team's last chance to grab as many points as they can going into the end of season playoff. With Standard and Lokeren both secured of their places in the playoff, this fixture is all about the bragging rights of who finishes the higher of the two - and who takes the all important extra points through with them.

The hosts are in a decent vein of form. Two wins in their last three, collecting seven points and three clean sheets is defiantly the sort of form that manager Mircea Rednic will want his team to be taking into the closing stages of this year's Championship.

Standard made a rotten start to this year's campaign and were struggling to make any headway up the table until the turn of the year. Since then however the team have shown a degree of consistency grinding out wins largely thanks to the goal scoring prowess of Nigerian Imoh Ezekiel. The fourteen goals he has bagged this year have all come at crucial times seeing him flourish in leading the line in Liege.

The visitors Lokeren are in a strange run of form. Consistency is one thing, but with five draws in a row (four of them finishing 1-1) coach Peter Maes will be looking to re-ignite the fire of the Tricolores which shined very brightly for the majority of this campaign.

With more away wins than home wins this season, Lokeren will travel to Liege full of expectancy and in with a chance of pipping Liege to fifth spot, however with both sides more than focused on the start of the playoffs this fixture could well prove to be a case of each manager testing the waters, and trying to gain a psychological edge over their opponent.

Lokeren have had the better of this fixture in recent meetings but expect this to be a tightly run affair. Few goals will be expected at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne with both sides unwilling to risk injuries to key players.

Recommended Bet:

Back the Draw @ 3.9

Central Coast Mariners vs Brisbane Roar

Sunday 06:00

With only three match days remaining in the Aussie A-League, things are hotting up down under as we reach crunch time in the regular season. Everyone wants a slice of the Final Series in April, but with only six places up for grabs, a scrap for those places is coming to an exciting climax.

The Mariners are showing signs of burnout as we approach 'squeaky bum time' of this year's campaign. Winless in four and losing their last three matches, Graham Arnold's men will be looking to hit some form as the Final Series approaches - but with involvement in the AFC Champions League acting as a distraction at the moment, fatigue is proving a real issue.

With 43 goals this season, until now goal-scoring hasn't proved an issue for the hosts. Clinical marksman Daniel McBreen has contributed to a third of those goals but along with the Mariners they have hit a slight drought over the last fortnight. With one goal being scored in the last 360 minutes of football, the Yellow Army will travel to the Bluetounge Stadium hopeful of a change in fortune against a Roar side that have proved stubborn defensively this season.

The visitors and defending champions Brisbane Roar have had a mixed season. Yo-yoing at the foot of the table the Roar haven't been higher than sixth since match day three this season, but by taking three points at the Bluetounge Stadium on Sunday morning they could leap frog Sydney and Newcastle Jets into a more comfortable looking fifth spot.

Albanian striker Besart Berisha has contributed again this season. Last year's top goal scorer has netted nearly half of the Roar's goals this campaign begging the question where they would be without his constant flood of goals.

Stakes are very high for the visitors but don't expect the Mariners to roll over without a fight. A tired Mariners side will struggle to cope with the intensity of the Roar but should have enough quality to take a point from this clash - possibly not enough for the visitors.

Recommended Bet:

Back the draw @ 3.6

Back 1-1 @ 7.4

Kayserispor vs Galatasaray

Sunday 14:30

After Tuesday night's heroics in Germany, Gala turn their attention to their bread and butter this Sunday with a trip to one of the form sides of the Turkish Super League - Kayserispor.

The hosts welcome the reigning champions to the Kadir Has Stadium in an impressive run of form. Unbeaten in seven outings and accumulating seventeen points in the process has seen them shoot up the table into a very respectable seventh spot, which has pleased manager Robert Prosinecki greatly.

After last year's 11th placed finish, the boys from Kayseri would have seen an improvement on that position as a success, but with the side pushing towards the European places a continuation in this run of form could see them making a last minute siege on the sides stuttering above them - including the forces of Besiktas and Bursaspor.

In Brazilian striker Bobo, they have certainly made a worthwhile signing. With twelve goals this season to his name, he has proved responsible in scoring important goals at important times in games this campaign.

Galatasaray are still high on the fumes from Tuesday night. After securing themselves a place in the last eight of the Champions League they will be confident of making further strides in this year's tournament as the rest of Europe looks on at their star studied line up.

With Yilmaz, Bulut and Drogba spear heading their attack, it's no surprise they sit top of the league clear of rivals Fenerbache by four points, and with a favourable season run-in in terms of fixtures - anything but another title going Gala's way will be seen as a shock in Turkey.

This fixture won't be a stroll in the park for the visitors - anything but. With Galatasaray's league loss last weekend in the forefront of the Kayserisport player's minds, pressure will be put on the visitors defence early to see if they have sobered up from their Champions League hangover.

Expect an away win, but by a single goal in a game lacking any real fireworks with two stubborn defences coming out on top.

Recommended Bet:

Back 0-1 Galatasaray win @ 7.8