Crystal Palace vs Shakhtar Donetsk - prediction, team news, lineups

Crystal Palace play big to Shakhtar Donetsk connected Thursday nighttime looking to unafraid their spot successful the Conference League final.

After a 3-1 victory successful the archetypal limb of their semi-final past week, Palace are looking to advancement done to a European last for the archetypal clip successful their history.

Match preview

Although Palace tin inactive execute European qualification for adjacent play done the Premier League, it has go evident that Oliver Glasner is starting to prioritise this competition.

The Austrian selected a beardown broadside for past week's first-leg success, with Ismaila Sarr, Daichi Kamada and Jorgen Strand Larsen each getting connected the scoresheet.

Sarr's aboriginal effort was his eighth successful this season's Conference League, making him the joint-top goalscorer successful the competition.

Palace volition present effort to grounds a 4th successive Selhurst Park cleanable expanse successful the knockout phase, the astir caller coming successful a 3-0 triumph implicit Fiorentina successful the past eight.

Nevertheless, the London outfit person mislaid 3 of their past 5 games successful each competitions, including the 3-0 reverse astatine Bournemouth connected Sunday.

As for Shakhtar, they person recorded six wins and 2 defeats from their astir caller 9 matches successful each competitions, their lone reverse coming versus Palace.

On Sunday, Arda Turan's broadside recorded a 2-1 triumph astatine Dynamo Kiev to determination 10 points wide astatine the apical of the Ukrainian top-flight table.

After past season's third-placed finish, their run stands to beryllium a large success, but determination volition beryllium vexation having fixed Palace a sizeable vantage successful the necktie erstwhile attempting to triumph their archetypal European trophy since the 2008-09 UEFA Cup.

When his broadside are trailing by a two-goal margin, Turan volition beryllium acrophobic that Shakhtar person lone kept 1 cleanable expanse successful their past 7 matches.

Shakhtar person besides not defeated English absorption since overcoming Manchester City by a 2-1 scoreline successful the 2017-18 Champions League.

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Team News

Glasner could revert backmost to the Palace XI that started the archetypal leg, with the likes of Adam Wharton, Sarr and Jean-Philippe Mateta successful enactment for recalls.

Chris Richards and Tyrick Mitchell should besides instrumentality successful antiaircraft areas. Chadi Riad, Jefferson Lerma, Justin Devenny, Brennan Johnson and Strand Larsen could beryllium the 5 players to driblet out.

Cheick Doucoure, Evann Guessand and Eddie Nketiah volition each stay connected the sidelines.

Lucas Ferreira and Lassina Traore are some pushing for opportunities successful the Shakhtar last 3rd aft scoring the goals that bushed Dynamo Kiev connected Sunday.

However, having rested immoderate of his cardinal players astatine the weekend, Turan could inactive prime the aforesaid squad from the archetypal leg.

Centre-back Marlon suffered an wounded successful the Dynamo Kiev fixture and is simply a large uncertainty for the visitors.

Crystal Palace imaginable starting lineup:

Henderson; Canvot, Richards; Lacroix; Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Sarr, Mateta, Pino

Shakhtar Donetsk imaginable starting lineup:

Riznyk; Tobias, Bondar, Matvienko, Henrique; Ocheretko, Gomes, Pedrinho; Alisson, Elias, Eguinaldo

We say: Crystal Palace 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk (Crystal Palace to triumph 5-2 connected aggregate)

Although Shakhtar are successful a presumption wherever they tin propulsion caution to the wind, precise fewer teams question to Selhurst Park and travel distant with a two-goal victory. While determination volition inevitably beryllium immoderate nervy moments for the Eagles, we are backing them to travel done 1 of the biggest matches successful their history.

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