Crystal Palace vs Rayo Vallecano: Conference League final prediction, kick-off time, TV, live stream, team news, odds

Palace, meanwhile, lost 2-1 to Arsenal in their last game of term, but they had their eyes fully on this week’s prize, while the Gunners also rested many of their key players for this weekend’s Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain.

Oliver Glasner kept most of his stars in reserve at Selhurst Park on Sunday, but he called them into action in the dying embers, with Jean-Philippe Mateta notching what would prove to be just a consolation as the south Londoners’ league season ended in defeat.

Vallecano are fresh off an eighth-placed finish in La Liga, just pipped to a place in this competition once more by Getafe, who eked them out by a single point.

Managed by Inigo Perez, they saw off BlueCo side Strasbourg in the last four to book their place in Leipzig.

Crystal Palace vs Rayo Vallecano is scheduled for an 8pm BST kick-off on Wednesday, May 28, 2026.

The match will take place at the Red Bull Arena.

TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on TNT Sports 1, with coverage starting at 6.30pm.

Live stream: TNT Sports subscribers can also catch the contest live online via the HBO Max app and website.

Live blog: You can follow all the action on matchday via Standard Sport’s live blog.

For the Eagles, there are five injury concerns.

Both Wharton and Richards have returned to training and Glasner has confirmed the pair are available for the final, but it remains to be seen whether they will be fit to start.

Eddie Nketiah is out for the season with a hamstring problem, while Borna Sosa is another who is touch-and-go for this game after missing the Arsenal defeat.

Cheick Doucoure is also out after another injury-hit campaign.

As for Vallecano, they have no injury concerns.

This should be a game that Palace know and believe they can win.

Just one game stands between them and a maiden European honour, and it would cement Glasner’s place in the club’s history books forever.

They have the firepower, they have the quality, and they have the belief.

Crystal Palace to win, 3-1.

This will be the first meeting between these two clubs.

Crystal Palace to lift the trophy: 9/20

Vallecano to lift the trophy: 7/4

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