The quarterfinals of the UEFA Europa Conference League will see PSV Eindhoven take on Leicester City at the Philips Stadion on Thursday evening. Kickoffs at 19:45 EAT.
PSV Eindhoven heads into this game in the 2nd place with 68 points in the domestic league. They head into fixture in their best form of the season, putting together a 15-match unbeaten streak in all competitions. They are now four points adrift of of Ajax the table leaders, their best chance of silverware now lies in other competitions. In their last five matches they have for wins and a draw.
Eindhoven gets into this fixture following 2-0 Eredivisie win to beat RKC Waalwijk in their last encounter. In that mgame, PSV Eindhoven managed 62% possession, 18 shots with eight of them on target and goals scored by Joey Veerman (38′) and Jordan Teze (69′). RKC Waalwijk got 10 shots with two on target.
Meanwhile, Leicester currently sits ninth in the league with 40 points from 29 games. Leicester are on a four-game unbeaten run across all competitions. They won and lost 11 games each and need at least 12 points to secure an ECL qualification. Although they remain down in the table, there is a feeling that they will be back on an upward trajectory during the season ending. In their last five matches, they have three wins a draw and a loss.
Leicester City will come into the meeting following on from a 2-1 Premier League win to beat Crystal Palace in their last match. In that game, Leicester City had 50% possession, 12 shots with three of them on target and goals by Ademola Lookman (39′) and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (45′). Crystal Palace got 11 shots with three of them on target and a goal by Wilfried Zaha (66′).
PSV Eindhoven vs Leicester City head to head
Last week’s game was the first-ever meeting between these two sides. The game ended goalless, marking the Foxes’ first-ever European goalless draw at the King Power Stadium.
- Leicester 0-0 Eindhoven 07/04/22
Home
- Eindhoven 2-0 Waalwijk
- Leicester 0-0 Eindhoven
- Enschede 3-3 Eindhoven
- Eindhoven 5-0 Sittard
- Copenhagen 0-4 Eindhoven
Away
- Leicester 2-1 Crystal Palace
- Leicester 0-0 Eindhoven
- Man Utd 1-1 Leicester
- Leicester 2-1 Brentford
- Rennes 2-1 Leicester
PSV Eindhoven team news
Manager Roger Schmidt will not be able to call upon the services of Ryan Thomas and Phillipp Mwene through injuries.
Leicester City team news
Brendan Rodgers will be without the services of Jamie Vardy, Danny Ward and Wilfred Ndidi who are sidelined with injuries.
Prediction and odds
PSV Eindhoven is in great form at the moment going unbeaten in their last 15 games across all competitions while Leicester City are unbeaten in their last four games, picking up two draws and two wins.
- PSV Eindhoven Win
- Draw
- Goals over 2.5
