Overview
- Kick-off is 8pm GMT at Stade de la Meinau, live on TNT Sports 2 and streaming on discovery+, in the clubs’ first competitive meeting.
- Strasbourg remain unbeaten with seven points to Palace’s six in the league phase, with a top-eight finish offering automatic last‑16 qualification.
- Palace start 19-year-old Jaydee Canvot in a back three with Will Hughes and Jefferson Lerma in midfield, while Chris Richards is named among the substitutes.
- Strasbourg’s XI includes Valentin Barco and Julio Enciso, with Abdoul Ouattara, Saidou Sow, Maxi Oyedele, Karl-Johan Johnsson and Abakar Sylla ruled out.
- Reports based on social media footage describe disorder involving some travelling Palace fans in Strasbourg and a police escort to the stadium.