AEK Larnaca and Crystal Palace have confirmed their starting teams for their meeting at the AEK Arena in the second leg of the 2025/26 Conference League round of 16.
The teams shared a 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park a week ago, keeping the Cypriot club unbeaten in their seven matches in this season’s competition.
The winners of the tie will proceed to their first-ever European quarter-final and face Rakow or Fiorentina. Those sides meet again in Sosnowiec on Thursday (17:45 GMT), with La Viola 2-1 ahead from the first leg.
101GreatGoals.com has the line-up news from Larnaca vs Palace in the Conference League, as well as details on how to watch.
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AEK Larnaca confirmed starting team vs Palace
Left-back Yahav Gurfinkel, left-winger Youssef Amyn and midfielders Giorgos Naoum and Jimmy Suarez are injured.
Godswill Ekpolo and Milicevic will incur European suspensions if they are booked.
AEK Larnaca starting XI: Alomerovic, Ioannou, Godswill, Millicevic, Saborit, Garcia, Rohden, Ledes, Pons, Bajic, Ivanovic
Larnaca substitutes: Paraskevas, Demetriou, Roberg, Gurfinkel, Kyriakou, Loukaidis, Mudrazija, Cabrera, Gonzalez, Rubio
Crystal Palace full line up vs Larnaca
Wideman Daniel Munoz (shoulder), midfielder Cheick Doucoure (knee) and striker Eddie Nketiah (hamstring) are out.
Crystal Palace starting XI: Benitez, Johnson, Richards, Lacroix, Canvot, Mitchell, Wharton, Kamada, Sarr, Guessand, Strand Larsen
Palace substitutes: Matthews, Munoz, Lerma, Pino, Mateta, Clyne, Hughes, Sosa, Riad, Devenny, Izquierdo, Cardines
Where to watch Larnaca vs Palace: TV channel, live online streams
Kick-off on Thursday is at 17:45 GMT (12:45 ET / 09:45 PT). In the UK, live coverage is on TNT Sports 3 and the Discovery Plus app.
TNT Sports costs £30.99 a month, including Eurosport and entertainment and available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.
From March 26, TNT Sports streaming will switch from Discovery Plus to HBO Max.
AEK Larnaca v Crystal Palace stats
- This is the third meeting between the clubs in this season’s Conference League, both previous encounters taking place in London: Larnaca also won 1-0 on Matchday 2
- That is the only victory ever recorded by a Cypriot club against English opposition in European competition (D4 L18)
- Both clubs are aiming to reach their first European quarter-final
- Larnaca have six clean sheets in this season’s Conference League
- Their only other games against English opposition came in the 2022/23 Conference League round of 16, losing 2-0 at home and 4-0 away to West Ham
- English clubs have won all six previous two‑legged European ties contested between teams from the two countries
- Aside from their matches against Larnaca, Palace have never faced another Cypriot club
- Palace have won their two previous European two-legged ties this season
- They have not scored in more than 225 minutes in all competitions
- The Eagles have clean sheets in four of their last six matches and have conceded more than one goal in only one of their last seven
