Fiorentina vs Crystal Palace Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Conference League | Quarter-Final

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It does look as though Fiorentina are slowly regressing with their UEFA Europa Conference League campaigns as I Viola welcome Crystal Palace to Florence.

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Key stats

• The first leg was the first UEFA meeting between the two sides, and it also marked Crystal Palace’s first encounter with Italian opposition.
• Fiorentina have won two of their previous three UEFA two‑legged ties against English opposition.
• Fiorentina have lost their last three UEFA matches against English teams.
• Fiorentina are unbeaten in their six previous UEFA home matches against English teams, recording four wins and two draws and conceding only one goal.
• 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 won 15 of their last 16 UEFA competition two-legged ties.
• Fiorentina have lost only two of their last 20 UEFA home matches (W13 D5).
• Fiorentina have lost their three previous UEFA two-legged ties after losing the first leg by a three-goal margin.
• 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 seven UEFA Conference League matches (W4 D3).
• Crystal Palace have kept four clean sheets in their last seven UEFA Conference League matches.
• Crystal Palace have lost only one of their six previous UEFA away matches this season (W3 D2).
• Crystal Palace have won their last three UEFA two-legged ties.
• This is the first UEFA two‑legged tie in which Crystal Palace have carried a three‑goal lead into the second leg.

Fiorentina vs Crystal Palace prediction

After being runners’ up in back-to-back UEFA Europa Conference League seasons, Fiorentina were knocked out in the semi-finals last season and now do look set to exit at the quarter-final stage.

That is because they were hammered 3-0 by Crystal Palace in the first-leg of this quarter-final tie due to goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta, Tyrick Mitchell and Ismaila Sarr.

Fiorentina have other priorities with a focus on ensuring they avoid Serie A relegation, which does now appear to be close, while Palace head to the Artemio Franchi on the back of some excellent form of late, which they will be expected to continue with Oliver Glasner’s efficient and effective, counter-attacking style of play.

Fiorentina vs Crystal Palace tip: Double chance – Crystal Palace to win or draw