THE final two places in the Betway Premier League play-offs could be confirmed tonight, with Raymond van Barneveld and Gary Anderson aiming to end Phil Taylor's amazing record in the tournament.

Six-time Premier League champion Taylor has never missed out on the play-offs since the event was introduced in 2005, but sits three points adrift of the top four with two league nights remaining.

Heading to Newcastle, league leader Michael van Gerwen and the impressive Dave Chisnall have already secured their semi-final places, with Newcastle's Week 14 to be followed by the final league night in Brighton next Thursday.

Van Barneveld's double of wins in Birmingham last week took him into the top four, level on 16 points with Anderson - with the pair crucially three points ahead of fifth-placed Taylor and four clear of Adrian Lewis.

That leaves Taylor and Lewis both needing to win their final two games, and hope for van Barneveld and Anderson to lose their matches, if they are to snatch play-off places.

Taylor takes on Anderson in Newcastle in a must-win clash as he bids to preserve his amazing record of having competed in the play-offs in every one of the previous ten seasons since the Premier League was introduced in 2005.

"I'll be giving it everything," said Taylor. "If I can get the win then that's great and I'll move on to the last game, but if I miss out then it's not the be-all and end-all.

"I've been playing well but it's the closest season we've ever had and I've come up against some fantastic performances as well as thrown away some points in games I should have won.

"I'm looking forward to playing Gary because they're always great matches, and I've been practising really well this week."

The rematch of January's World Championship final also sees Anderson looking to complete a Premier League double over Taylor, but he said: "I know what I'm up against playing Phil and I've got to be at the top of my game.

"Even though he's not got the results recently he's still been playing really well, and the standard's so high now that the line between winning and losing is so fine. I know that it's still in my hands for the Play-Offs but I can't get too far ahead of myself and I can only focus on Phil."

Van Barneveld has moved into the top four for the first time this season after winning his last five matches, and takes on 2009 Premier League champion James Wade in Newcastle.

"I'm not in the semi-finals yet and I've got to focus on playing James this week," said van Barneveld. "There are no easy matches and I'm still playing finals every week. Anything can still go wrong if I don't show up, but the form is there, the belief is there and I feel comfortable. Before judgement night I was thinking about not getting eliminated and after four more weeks I'm third - it's been an amazing time and I'm so happy."

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