Famalicao vs Crystal Palace - prediction, team news, lineups

Crystal Palace volition proceed their Como Cup affable run with a showdown against Primeira Liga broadside Famalicao astatine Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium connected Tuesday evening.

The Famalicenses are unbeaten successful pre-season truthful far, portion the Eagles are looking to bounce backmost from decision nether their caller manager. 

Match preview

Carlos Carvalhal's Famalicao narrowly missed retired connected qualifying for European shot successful 2025-26, finishing conscionable 3 points shy of fifth-placed Braga successful the Portuguese apical flight.

Looking to propulsion on, the Famalicenses person enjoyed a beardown tally during their preparatory friendlies, including a 1-0 triumph implicit Tondela connected Saturday.

That triumph extended Carvalhal's side's undefeated streak to 5 matches - a agelong that features a commendable 3 wins alongside goalless stalemates with Arouca and Penafiel earlier this month.

Adding to Famalicao's assurance up of Tuesday's affable is the club's antiaircraft record, which has seen them impressively support 5 consecutive cleanable sheets anterior to footwear off.

That being said, portion the Portuguese squad person scored 7 goals successful pre-season truthful far, 5 of those were against their ain Under-23s, and it remains to beryllium seen whether they tin muster the spot to interruption Palace down.

Meanwhile, Palace are inactive getting to grips with the demands of caller manager Pierre Sage, and this 2nd fixture of Tuesday evening volition springiness the brag a accidental to instrumentality a look astatine his squad successful much detail.

The Eagles were shockingly beaten 3-0 by League One Bromley connected Saturday, and portion results are mostly insignificant successful pre-season, everyone astatine the nine volition beryllium hoping to debar a repetition of that dire performance.

To that end, Sage is definite to request the benignant of showing that led to his squad demolishing Swindon Town 5-1 connected July 18, a crippled that saw Eddie Nketiah container a first-half brace, earlier Matheus Franca netted a second-period hat-trick.

Given that Tuesday's Como Cup matches are conscionable 45 minutes apiece, the Londoners whitethorn payment from the information that their forwards person proven susceptible of taking power of a lucifer successful conscionable 1 half.

Additionally, Palace person not been capable to support a cleanable expanse successful pre-season truthful acold - contempt playing against lower-tier absorption successful some affable outings - but Famalicao's well-documented attacking struggles could spot Sage's broadside alteration that successful midweek.

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Team News

Palace volition fastener horns with Ligue 1 opponents Lens earlier this match, and they could commencement a weaker XI for this 2nd affable arsenic a result.

Midfielder Cheick Doucoure and striker Eddie Nketiah returned from semipermanent injuries this summer, and if they commencement against Lens, past they are apt to beryllium rested for this 2nd fixture.

With that successful mind, expect to spot Matheus Franca pb the line, supported up apical by Joel Drakes-Thomas and Jesuran Rak-Sakyi.

As for Famalicao, this lucifer is their archetypal of the evening, and they could sanction a beardown lineup to commencement the Como Cup.

Twenty-year-old Umar Abubakar whitethorn commencement astatine the extremity of the Famalicenses' attack, backed up by a trio of Gil Dias, Gustavo Sa and Sorriso.

At the other extremity of the pitch, Leo Realpe whitethorn beryllium joined by Finn van Breemen astatine the bosom of Carvalhal's defence, flanked by full-backs Rodrigo Pinheiro and Leny Meyer.

Famalicao imaginable starting lineup:

Carevic; Pinheiro, Realpe, Van Breemen, Meyer; Van de Looi, De Amorim; Gil Dias, Sa, Sorriso; Abubakar

Crystal Palace imaginable starting lineup:

Whitworth; King, Jemide, Canvot; Cardines, Devenny, Ozoh, Sosa; Drakes-Thomas, Franca, Ray-Sakyi

We say: Famalicao 1-2 Crystal Palace

Famalicao person not conceded truthful acold during pre-season, but they person besides struggled to find the backmost of the nett this summer.

Palace person proven lacklustre defensively successful their friendlies, but the Premier League broadside could person capable to flooded their opponents successful a constrictive victory.