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Crystal Palace vs TSG Hoffenheim

Competition – Europa League

Stadium: Selhurst Park

Date: 5th November 2026

Kick-off time – 17:45 GMT

Crystal Palace host TSG Hoffenheim at Selhurst Park on Thursday evening in the Europa League league phase, in what will be the first meeting between the two clubs. Both arrive on the back of weekend defeats, with Palace losing 2-0 at Tottenham and Hoffenheim beaten by the same scoreline at Werder Bremen. Only a point separates them in the table, with Palace 15th on four and Hoffenheim 23rd on three. Kick-off is at 5:45pm GMT.

Palace have lost three of their last five, and they failed to score in all three of those defeats. Saturday’s 2-0 loss at Tottenham was the latest, three days after a 1-0 win at Fulham that took them through in the Carabao Cup. Before that, they lost 2-0 to Newcastle at Selhurst Park and drew 2-2 away at Besiktas in the Europa League, while the oldest result is a 5-0 defeat at Brighton. That leaves three goals scored and 11 conceded across the five.

Hoffenheim have three wins and two defeats from their last five, scoring nine and conceding four, but the last two results have gone against them. Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at Werder Bremen came three days after a 1-1 draw at Holstein Kiel in the DFB-Pokal, where they went out 4-3 on penalties. Before those, they won three in a row: 3-0 at home to Bayer Leverkusen, 3-0 against Lyon in the Europa League and 2-1 away at Borussia Mönchengladbach. Hoffenheim scored at least twice in each of those three wins.

There is no previous meeting between the clubs in the head-to-head record, so Thursday’s game at Selhurst Park will be the first. With no history to draw on, recent numbers are the only guide. Palace have conceded in four of their last five games, while Hoffenheim scored three times in each of their two most recent home matches in the sample.

Crystal Palace sit 15th in the league phase on four points, one ahead of 23rd-placed Hoffenheim on three. A Palace win would take them to seven points, level with the four sides from sixth to ninth, while a Hoffenheim win would lift them to six, level with AZ, Omonia Nicosia and Olympique Lyonnais on current standings.

In the UK, the match is live on TNT Sports 1 with streaming on HBO Max. US viewers can stream it on Paramount+ or ViX, while in Canada it’s on DAZN Canada and fuboTV Canada.

Stake

Possible Lineups

Crystal Palace

3-4-2-1

HOME

TSG Hoffenheim

3-5-2

AWAY
H
Henderson
B
Baumann
C
Canvot
D
Disasi
R
Richards
R
Rots
M
Machida
K
Kabak
M
Mitchell
K
Kamada
W
Wharton
M
Mingueza
D
Daghim
B
Burger
A
Avdullahu
K
Kramaric
A
Abraha
P
Pino
M
McNeil
M
Mateta
A
Asllani
H
Hlozek

Crystal Palace — Form

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
✕ Tottenham 2-0 Crystal Palace Premier League 31.10.26
✓ Fulham 0-1 Crystal Palace EFL Cup 28.10.26
✕ Crystal Palace 0-2 Newcastle Premier League 25.10.26
= Besiktas 2-2 Crystal Palace Europa League 22.10.26
✕ Brighton 5-0 Crystal Palace Premier League 18.10.26

TSG Hoffenheim — Form

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
✕ Werder Bremen 2-0 Hoffenheim Bundesliga 31.10.26
✕ Holstein Kiel 1-1 (4-3 pens) Hoffenheim DFB-Pokal 28.10.26
✓ Hoffenheim 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen Bundesliga 25.10.26
✓ Hoffenheim 3-0 Lyon Europa League 22.10.26
✓ B. Monchengladbach 1-2 Hoffenheim Bundesliga 18.10.26

Head to Head

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
No previous meetings

Where to Watch

🇬🇧 Great Britain
TNT Sports 1HBO Max
🇮🇪 Ireland
TNT Sports 1HBO Max
🇺🇸 USA
Paramount+ViX
🇨🇦 Canada
DAZN CanadafuboTV Canada
🇪🇸 Spain
Movistar Liga de Campeones 3Movistar Liga de Campeones 5Movistar+
🇫🇷 France
Canal+ SportCanal+ Live 3myCANAL
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Canal+ SportSunrise TVBlue Sport
🇯🇵 Japan
WOWOW PrimeWOWOW
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Ziggo Sport 6Ziggo Go
🇭🇷 Croatia
Arena Sport 4 CroatiaMAXtv To Go
TV Channel Streaming Radio

Table

Europa League Standings

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

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