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PSV vs Excelsior Prediction & Betting tips
PSV races at the championship in the Eredivisie at a steady pace. Excelsior will be in Eindhoven on Wednesday evening. Can the Rotterdammers make PSV difficult?
PSV :
Rarely will a leader who has won 18 of the first 21 win so much criticism as PSV this season. The game is not to see, and PSV speculates a lot on the counter, that’s the criticism. In Eindhoven she will be that sausage, since the club has a margin of seven points on the only remaining attacker Ajax and the national title is up for grabs. Also last Saturday, the team of coach Philip Cocu won his match. Against PEC Zwolle it was initially difficult, but in the second half they ran out against the dozen from Zwolle to a big 4-0 win.
In spite of this, Cocu was critical of his team afterwards, which in fact did not bother very much in the first half. It remains to be seen whether the trainer will rotate a lot next Wednesday. ‘Midweek races should not be a problem, you just have to pay more attention to your rest ratio,’ Cocu told the club site of the Eindhoven team. Marco van Ginkel is not entirely fit, and no risk is taken. The young Brazilian Mauro will probably replace him. In the Cup match of last Wednesday at Feyenoord (2-0) he did this too, and not without merit.
Excelsior:
Where PSV is on course for the national title, the third club of Rotterdam is still well on track for enforcement. Excelsior stands at 25 points after 21 matches, and if you continue with this average, the team from Kralingen will also play safe again this year. On Sunday, the red blacks played in the home match against FC Utrecht 2-2. Hicham Faik caused the Rotterdam side for the highlight by shooting nicely into the equalizer (2-2).
For defender Jordy de Wijs, who incidentally is hired from PSV, bad news came. He has to undergo surgery, so he is out of circulation for six to eight weeks. Only in the final phase of the season can he play again. For Excelsior this is a loss, because De Wijs played a strong season. Luigi Bruins and Jeffry Fortes, who had to watch a suspension from Utrecht, are back in Eindhoven. Captain Ryan Koolwijk was also missing from Utrecht, and behind his game in the match of Wednesday is a question mark.
PSV vs Excelsior head to head matches
26.11.17 ERE Excelsior PSV 1 : 2
14.01.17 ERE PSV Excelsior 2 : 0
24.09.16 ERE Excelsior PSV 1 : 3
27.01.16 ERE Excelsior PSV 1 : 3
17.10.15 ERE PSV Excelsior 1 : 1