Evening Standard
·22 October 2025
Crystal Palace XI vs Larnaca: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Conference League

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·22 October 2025
The Eagles are out to continue their perfect start to life in Europe
Oliver Glasner has confirmed Crystal Palace have no fresh injury concerns ahead of their Conference League meeting with AEK Larnaca.
After the chaos of Saturday’s 3-3 draw with Bournemouth, Crystal Palace will be hoping for a more routine outing as they return to Conference League action.
Glasner’s side started their first-ever European campaign with a comfortable 2-0 victory away to Dynamo Kyiv in Poland, and they will be looking to make it two wins from two as they host the Cypriot outfit Larnaca, who opened their own campaign with a statement 4-0 win over AZ Alkmaar.
Glasner is set to rotate for the match, with the Eagles set to play four games in the space of nine days.
Borna Sosa, who has started all of Palace’s Conference League games, including both legs of their play-off victory over Fredrikstad, is suspended after he was sent off against Dynamo Kyiv.
Will Hughes could come into midfield, while striker Eddie Nketiah, who is waiting for his first start of the season, scored off the bench against Dynamo Kyiv and is in line to play as one of the two No10s behind Mateta, who scored a hat-trick against Bournemouth.
There could also be rotation in defence, with 19-year-old centre-back Jaydee Canvot set to make his Palace debut.
Chadi Riad, Cheick Doucoure, and Caleb Kphora remain long-term absentees, though Glasner has said that Riad is a couple of weeks away from returning to training.
Crystal Palace predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Guehi, Lacroix, Canvot; Mitchell, Hughes, Wharton, Munoz; Nketiah, Kamada; Mateta
Injured: Riad, Doucoure, Kphora
Suspended: Sosa
Time and date: 8.00pm BST on Thursday, October 24, 2025
Venue: Selhurst Park