Overview
- Crystal Palace play the first leg at Selhurst Park in what is the club’s first European quarter-final.
- Pre-match views make Palace slight favorites due to home edge, a deeper available roster, and extra rest after a postponed league game.
- Fiorentina face selection doubts with Moise Kean nursing a shin and ankle issue, several others flagged as injury questions, and Albert Guðmundsson suspended for two games.
- Palace’s recent results have improved with only two losses in 11 matches, though their home form has been patchy despite a run of clean sheets.
- Fiorentina bring pedigree from three straight Conference League semi-finals and strong current away form, which sets up a clash between Palace’s fast transitions and an opponent seasoned in knockout ties.