Crystal Palace vs Lech Poznan Preview

Crystal Palace host Lech Poznan at Selhurst Park on Thursday evening, with the Eagles having found some cup form domestically and the visitors arriving in excellent shape.

Palace have won 2 of their last 5, losing three, and go into this one on the back of a disappointing league run. Most recently, they lost 2-3 at home to Ipswich. Prior to that, they beat Middlesbrough 3-0 away in the EFL Cup,  won 3-2 away at Fulham, lost 4:1 to Manchester City home. Furthest back, Everton beat them 2-0 away.

Lech Poznan have won 3 of their last 5, drawing one and losing one, and arrive on the back of a rare defeat. Most recently, they lost 2-1 away at Gornik Zabrze. Prior to that, they beat Rakow 1-0 and Jagiellonia 2-1 at home. Earlier in this run, they won 3-2 away at Widzew Lodz, and before that they drew 2-2 at home with Thun in the Europa League.

There is no head-to-head history between these two clubs so a first meeting will be penned into the history books on Thursday night.

Both sides sit level on zero points from zero games at the top of this table, with the league phase yet to get underway for either club — Thursday’s meeting will be the first result on the board for both. A win here would put either side among the early pacesetters, though with 36 teams still to play, this single fixture is only the opening entry on a table that will take shape over the coming months.

In Great Britain, the match is live on TNT Sports 1 and HBO Max, with the same channels extending to Ireland Republic. In the United States, viewers can catch the action on Paramount+ or ViX. The game is also available in France on Canal+ Foot and myCANAL, and in Spain via Movistar+ and Movistar Liga de Campeones 5.

Possible Lineups

Crystal Palace (3-4-2-1)
Benitez, Disasi, Ahanor, Timber, Mitchell, Wharton, Pino, Kamada, Larsen, Khalaili, Richards

Lech Poznan (4-4-2)
Lis, Pereira, Berggren, Monka, Rodriguez, Walemark, Skrzypczak, Murawski, Gurgul, Ishak, Sayyadmanesh

Crystal Palace Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
❌	Crystal Palace	2-3	Ipswich	PL	12.09.26
✅	Crystal Palace	3-0	Middlesbrough	EFL	08.09.26
✅	Fulham	2-3	Crystal Palace	PL	05.09.26
❌	Crystal Palace	1-4	Manchester City	PL	28.08.26
❌	Everton	2-0	Crystal Palace	PL	22.08.26

Lech Poznan Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
❌	Gornik Zabrze	2-1	Lech Poznan	EKS	12.09.26
✅	Lech Poznan	1-0	Rakow	EKS	06.09.26
✅	Lech Poznan	2-1	Jagiellonia	EKS	03.09.26
✅	Widzew Lodz	2-3	Lech Poznan	EKS	30.08.26
🤝	Thun	2-2	Lech Poznan	EL	27.08.26

TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Channel
Great Britain	TNT Sports 1 / HBO Max
Ireland Republic	TNT Sports 1 / HBO Max
USA	Paramount+ / ViX
France	Canal+ Foot / myCANAL
Spain	Movistar+ / Movistar Liga de Campeones 5
Canada	DAZN Canada / fuboTV Canada
Portugal	DAZN Portugal
Netherlands	Ziggo Go / Ziggo Sport 5
Argentina	ESPN2 Argentina / Disney+ Premium Argentina
New Zealand	DAZN New Zealand

Table

POS.	TEAM	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
1	Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Crystal Palace	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	AFC Bournemouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Real Sociedad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Celta de Vigo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Salzburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Sturm Graz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Viktoria Plzeň	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Sparta Praha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Anderlecht	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Union Saint-Gilloise	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Olympique Marseille	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Rennes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Olympique Lyonnais	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Bayer Leverkusen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Hoffenheim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Juventus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Milan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	NEC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Torreense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Levski Sofia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Dinamo Zagreb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Omonia Nicosia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	OFI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Olympiakos Piraeus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Hapoel Be’er Sheva	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Lillestrøm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Jagiellonia Białystok	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Lech Poznań	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Benfica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Celtic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Celje	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Beşiktaş	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Ferencváros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Ararat-Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0