Crystal Palace vs Fiorentina Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Conference League | Quarter-Final
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Perhaps the two pre-season favourites, one of Crystal Palace and Fiorentina will exit the UEFA Europa Conference League at the quarter-final stage this season.
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- This is the first UEFA meeting between the two sides, and it also marks Crystal Palace’s first encounter with Italian opposition.
- This is only Crystal Palace’s second season in UEFA competition, following their 1998 Intertoto Cup campaign, and they are in a major UEFA quarter‑final for the first time.
- Crystal Palace are the fifth English club to reach the UEFA Conference League quarter‑finals, after Leicester (2021/22), West Ham (2022/23), Aston Villa (2023/24) and Chelsea (2024/25) — all of whom won their quarter‑final ties.
- Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last six UEFA Conference League matches (W3 D3).
- Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last four UEFA Conference League home matches (W2 D2).
- Crystal Palace have won their last three UEFA two-legged ties.
- This is Fiorentina’s first UEFA match against an English club since their 2-1 defeat to West Ham in the 2022/23 UEFA Conference League final.
- Fiorentina have won two of their previous three UEFA two‑legged ties against English opposition.
- Fiorentina have won only one of their last five UEFA away games in England (D1 L3).
- This is Fiorentina’s fourth successive UEFA Europa Conference League quarter‑final, having won each of the previous three.
- Fiorentina have won ten of their 11 previous UEFA competition quarter‑final ties, the only exception a 3–1 aggregate defeat to Celtic (0-3 away, 1-0 home) in the 1969/70 European Cup.
- Fiorentina have lost only four of their 22 UEFA competition quarter‑final matches overall (W13 D5).
- Fiorentina have won 15 of their last 16 UEFA competition two-legged ties.
- In the round of 16 second leg, Fiorentina became the first team to reach the milestone of 50 matches played in the UEFA Conference League proper.
- Fiorentina have won the away leg in each of their two knockout‑phase ties in this season’s UEFA Conference League.
Crystal Palace vs Fiorentina prediction
Crystal Palace have had some much-needed time off after what has been a hectic 12 months or so. The Eagles did begin to find some form ahead of the March international break, too, with just one defeat in their last eight matches across all competitions.
They now face a Fiorentina side that were runners' up in this competition in 2023 and 2024, as well as semi-finalists in 2025. I Viola do have other things to worry about for the time being, though, as they remain firmly involved in the relegation battle down at the bottom end of Serie A.
Fiorentina will likely suit Palace's intentions with the Italians to play more on the front foot and therefore present the Londoners with a bit more space that they crave.
Crystal Palace vs Fiorentina tip: Double chance - Crystal Palace to win or draw
