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Confirmed line-ups for Conference League clash as Glasner names strong line-up
Crystal Palace are in Dublin tonight. Get the team news from their clash with Shelbourne here…
Crystal Palace will look to kick-start their push for a top-eight finish in the Conference League tonight when they take on Shelbourne.
Oliver Glasner’s side are fourth in the Premier League after back-to-back wins over Burnley and Fulham but have yet to bring their domestic form to the European stage.
Palace are 18th in the Conference League table with two wins and two defeats from their four games. That would only be good enough for a play-off spot and Glasner will be hoping they can progress automatically and not have to play two extra games in the new year.
Irish side Shelbourne are in between seasons with the last domestic campaign finishing last month.
Their last two fixtures have been in the Conference League, losing 1-0 to Drita and 2-0 to AZ Alkmaar to slip to 34th.
SHELBOURNE TEAM NEWS
Shelbourne: Speel, Mbeng, Coyle, Barrett, Ledwidge, Caffrey, Francis, McInroy, Wood, Boyd, Martin
CRYSTAL PALACE TEAM NEWS
Crystal Palace remain without Daniel Munoz, who continues his recovery from a knee issue. Ismaila Sarr is unavailable due to an ankle injury ahead of his Africa Cup of Nations duties, while Cheick Doucoure, Caleb Kporha, Rio Cardines and Chadi Riad are also ruled out.
Crystal Palace: Benitez, Devenny, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Sosa, Wharton, Kamada, Nketiah, Pino, Uche
How to watch Shelbourne v Crystal Palace: TV channel, online live streams
Kick-off on Thursday is at 20:00 GMT (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on TNT Sports 2 and the discovery+ app.
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Shelbourne v Crystal Palace stats
- There had been 173 goals in this season’s Conference League before Thursday’s matches, with fans most likely to see the ball hit the back of the net during the 15 minutes immediately after half-time (33 goals)
- Including qualifying, Shelbourne have played 69 European matches
- Shelbourne have never previously faced an English team but have faced Scottish clubs Kilmarnock and Rangers in the Cup Winners’ Cup, as well as the Gers in the UEFA Cup preliminary round and first qualifying during the early 1960s
- Manager Joey O’Brien came through Bolton Wanderers’ academy and spent more than 10 years in the Premier Leagueand Championship as a defender and midfielder for the club and West Ham
- Forward Mipo Odubeko, 23, was at Manchester City, Manchester United and West Ham and had loan spells at Huddersfield Town, Doncaster Rovers and Port Vale
- Only four clubs in this season’s league phase have had more attempts at goal than Palace (65)
- Shakhtar (21) are the only side to have had more attempts blocked than the Eagles (20)
- Three players have had more attempts blocked than Palace forward Jean-Philippe Mateta (4)
- Only Strasbourg’s Martial Godo (3) has more assists than Palace’s Yeremy Pino (2) in this season’s competition
- Palace have won four successive domestic away matches either side of their 2-1 defeat at Strasbourg last time out in the Conference League
