How to watch Crystal Palace v Fiorentina, team news, predicted line-ups and more

Crystal Palace take on Fiorentina in the first leg of their Conference League quarter final on Thursday.

This will be Oliver Glasner’s side’s first competitive match since confirming their spot in the final eight of the competition after beating AEK Larnaca 2-1 on aggregate.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Thursday’s clash…

Kick-off time in the UK

8pm, Thursday April 9

How to watch in the UK

TNT Sports 3

Streaming on HBO Max

Injuries and suspensions

Crystal Palace: Nketiah (out), Strand Larsen (supsended), Doucoure (out).

Fiorentina: Kean (out), Solomon (out), Parisi (out), Mandragora (out), Fortini (out)

Predicted line-ups

Crystal Palace (3-5-2): Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Canvot; Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Sarr, Mateta, Guessand.

Fiorentina (4-2-3-1): Christensen; Dodo, Comuzzo, Ranieri, Gosens; Fagioli, Ndour; Harrison, Fazzini, Fabbian; Gudmundsson.

Recent form

Palace have only lost once in their previous eight matches, with their 2-1 win against AEK Larnaca before the international break being their most recent outing.

Fiorentina have lost two of their previous 12 matches in all competitions, beating Verona 1-0 in their latest game.

What’s been said?

Crystal Palace’s Oliver Glasner: “It’s how football is, because it looked like everybody was available for tomorrow’s until two minutes before the end of the session [today].

“Eddie [Nketiah] unfortunately injured his hamstring again and had to leave the pitch two minutes before the end of the game. He won’t make tomorrow’s squad. He will have a scan again, but it doesn’t really look good for him.

Fiorentina manager Paolo Vanoli: “I think so [Palace being favourites for Conference League], they are coming off an FA Cup victory. We must play with personality and lucidity. It is a beautiful test and we will measure our growth as a team.”