Crystal Palace tonight begin their Conference League campaign with the first leg of a group stage qualification play-off at home against Fredrikstad.Manager Oliver Glasner will aim to build on a respectable draw achieved away to Chelsea in the opening Premier League fixture,

But they are committed here and they will play a crucial part." This isn’t exactly surprising. I mean maybe a bit in that I’m not sure anyone involved in the transfer wants to run the risk of Eze getting injured in a European qualifying match,

Eberechi Eze will not play for Crystal Palace in their Europa Conference League playoff game against Fredrikstad ahead of his move to Arsenal. There had been some doubt over whether the attacking midfielder would feature for the Eagles on Thursday night.

The build-up to the match has been fraught. Crystal Palace were due to play in the Europa League this season but were demoted to the Conference League after it was deemed they had fallen foul of multi-club ownership regulations. That decision was upheld after a contentious CAS appeal, prompting widespread protests from across the footballing world.

Stefano Pioli assures Fiorentina are ‘motivated’ for tomorrow’s Conference League play-off against Ukrainian team Polissya, but confirms Lucas Beltran was left out due to transfer activity.The

Crystal Palace take on Norwegian side Fredrikstad in the first leg of their Europa Conference League play-off tonight, with Oliver Glasner’s side looking to put their Europa League demotion behind them.

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Conference USA will be the latest league to implement player availability reports, it was announced on Wednesday afternoon.

Crystal Palace are preparing for a Conference League play-off following their disappointing demotion from the Europa League. However, UK fans won't need to subscribe to any services to watch the match, as it will be broadcast on free-to-air television.