The Eagles kicked off the league phase of the Conference League with an accomplished victory over Dynamo Kyiv in Poland in front of an impressive vociferous following, as Palace made it a record 19 games unbeaten.
MATCH INFORMATION
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2 October 2025 – 5.45pm |
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Dynamo Kyiv 0-2 Crystal Palace |
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Conference League |
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Motor Arena Lublin |
PLAYER RATINGS
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1 |
Dean HENDERSON |
6.6 |
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2 |
Daniel MUNOZ (59 Rio CARDINES 88 mins) |
7.1 (6.0) |
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6 |
Marc GUEHI © |
7.0 |
|
5 |
Maxence LACROIX |
7.0 |
|
26 |
Chris RICHARDS |
7.2 |
|
24 |
Borna SOSA |
6.4 |
|
19 |
Will HUGHES (8 Jefferson LERMA 52 mins) |
6.6 (6.2) |
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20 |
Adam WHARTON |
6.8 |
|
18 |
Daichi KAMADA (55 Justin DEVENNY 69 mins) |
7.1 (6.3) |
|
10 |
Yeremy PINO (7 Ismaila SARR 69 mins) |
7.3 (6.4) |
|
14 |
Jean-Philippe MATETA (9 Eddie NKETIAH 46) |
6.9 (7.1) |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 3 Tyrick MITCHELL, 12 Christantus UCHE, 17 Nathaniel CLYNE, 22 Romain ESSE, 23 Jaydee CANVOT, 31 Remi MATTHEWS, 44 Walter BENITEZ
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35 |
Ruslan NESHCHERET |
6.0 |
|
66 |
Alio THIARE |
6.2 |
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40 |
Kristian BILOVAR |
6.0 |
|
18 |
Oleksandr TYMCHYK (20 Oleksandr KARAVAIEV 81 mins) |
5.9 (6.0) |
|
32 |
Taras MYKHAVKO (9 Nazar VOLOSHYN 33 mins) |
6.2 (6.0) |
|
7 |
Andrii YARMOLENKO © (16 Shola OGUNDANA 67 mins) |
6.1 (6.0) |
|
10 |
Mykola SHAPARENKO (77 Vladislav BLANUTA 81 mins) |
6.0 (6.0) |
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5 |
Oleksandr YATSYK (8 Oleksandr PIKHALYONOK 67 mins) |
6.1 (5.9) |
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44 |
Vladyslav DUBINCHAK |
6.2 |
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6 |
Volodymyr BRAZHKO |
6.0 |
|
39 |
Eduardo GUERRERO |
6.0 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 2 VIVCHARENKO, 14 BURTNYK, 15 RUBCHYNSKYI, 29 BUIALSKYI, 34 ZAKHARCHECNKO, 51 MORHUN, 74 IHNATENKO
POST GAME QUOTES
OLIVER GLASNER
“They are so hungry to succeed, and so ambitious, and of course we want to keep them pushing, and it is really easy to keep the focus high. We have huge respect for Dynamo Kyiv, so playing away, starting with a win with three points in the Conference League, is very positive. Every single competition is the same, it is as important as the other one, and this is how we want to continue, game by game, and doing the best every single game.”
MATCH STATISTICS
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Star Man |
Yeremy PINO (7.3) |
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Goals |
Daniel MUNOZ (31), Eddie NKETIAH (58) |
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Assists |
Yeremy PINO (31, 58) |
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Total shots |
9 – 14 |
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Shots on target |
1 – 7 |
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Yellow cards |
Aliou THIARE (33), Will HUGHES (38), Borna SOSA (74) |
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Red cards |
Borna SOSA (76) |
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Possession |
46.2% – 53.8% |
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Pass success |
79.8% – 81.3% |
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Passes |
401 – 465 |
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Tackles |
8 – 14 |
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Fouls |
7 – 14 |
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Corners |
3 – 5 |
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Saves |
5 – 1 |
TEB VERDICT
The incredible unbeaten run stretches to 19 games in Poland where the Eagles saw off Kyiv with relative ease.
It had been quite a build up to kick off with Palace fans arriving in Lublin by several different methods just to see the Eagles take their bow in the league stage of the competition, and they were not disappointed.
Oliver Glasner elected to make some changes to the starting line up from the side that defeated champions Liverpool at the weekend, and they did the job to secure an opening three points to get off the mark at the first time of asking.
This was certainly not a perfect performance, and while Borna Sosa was extremely unlucky to be shown a red card in the second half, this game was surrounded by the emotion of the location and the fact that Palace were competing in their first proper European competition.
Lublin were the perfect hosts for a game and a few days that fans will always look back on very fondly indeed, and with lots of positive emotion.
LEAGUE POSITION
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P |
W |
D |
L |
GD |
PTS |
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6 |
Celje |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
+2 |
3 |
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7 |
Crystal Palace |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
+2 |
3 |
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8 |
Fiorentina |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
+2 |
3 |
UPCOMING FIXTURES
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DATE |
TEAM |
LOCATION |
COMPETITION |
KICK OFF TIME |
|
05/10/2025 |
Everton |
Away |
Premier League |
2pm |
|
18/10/2025 |
Bournemouth |
Home |
Premier League |
3pm |
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23/10/2025 |
AEK Larnaca |
Home |
Conference League |
8pm |
