Overview
- Selhurst Park stages the second leg on Thursday at 20:00 BST, with Palace carrying a 3–1 aggregate edge from last week’s win in Poland.
- Oliver Glasner warned against complacency and signaled his priorities after rotating for Sunday’s 3–0 Premier League defeat at Bournemouth.
- Palace expect Will Hughes to be available after illness, while Evann Guessand is not in the squad as Shakhtar deal with Yukhym Konoplya’s season-ending absence and a major doubt over Marlon.
- Shakhtar must chase the game, which suits Palace’s counter-attacking threat led by Ismaïla Sarr, who struck a record-fast Conference League goal after about 21–22 seconds in the first leg.
- UK coverage is on TNT Sports 2 with streaming via HBO Max, and the tie will decide who reaches the May 27 final in Leipzig, where Palace seek a first major European final as Shakhtar look to end a winless record in England.