There have been times during this campaign when Leicester have looked a shadow of the team which have performed consistently to a high level since Brendan Rodgers’s arrival, but the signs are there that the Foxes have well and truly turned the corner.
Six wins and just two defeats have been recorded from their last 10 fixtures, the most recent triumph coming on Sunday as they defeated Crystal Palace by a 2-1 scoreline.
That result was achieved even with Rodgers making numerous changes to his starting lineup, highlighting that the Northern Irishman is prioritising this competition in order to achieve another season of European football.
Although Rodgers and his squad would have wanted to be travelling to the Netherlands with an advantage, they will be relatively accepting of a goalless draw being recorded at the King Power Stadium.
However, with just two away victories to their name in eight attempts since the turn of the year, there is an argument that the East Midlands outfit are marginal outsiders to progress through to the last four.
That particularly rings true when you consider that PSV are on a 15-match unbeaten streak in all competitions, 11 of those outings ending in victory.
The recent 3-3 draw at FC Twente, where PSV found themselves three goals adrift, appears to be a blip, and they have since kept clean sheets at Leicester and against RKC Waalwijk at the weekend.
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Five shutouts have come in six outings, while the only time that at least two goals have not been scored in a match during a five-game period was in the first leg of this tie.
Although Roger Schmidt has already been replaced by Ruud van Nistelrooy from 2022-23 onwards, the German knows that there are still three opportunities to claim silverware before his departure.
The KNVB Beker final against Ajax comes three days after this fixture, but that will not stop Schmidt from going all out for victory in this tie with the club targeting a first European trophy since 1988
