Crystal Palace vs Sparta Praha prediction and preview

Europa League · Thursday 21 January 2027, 20:00 UTC

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Crystal Palace vs Sparta Praha

Europa League · Thursday 21 January 2027, 20:00 UTC · Selhurst Park, London

Crystal Palace · Sparta Praha · Europa League predictions

Crystal Palace vs Sparta Praha preview

Crystal Palace welcome Sparta Praha at Selhurst Park in London on Thursday 21 January 2027 (20:00 UTC) in the Europa League. Crystal Palace go into the round 15th, on 4 points from 3 games, while Sparta Praha are 16th in the table with 4 points from 3.

Recent form: Crystal Palace L-L-D-L-L, Sparta Praha L-D-W-L-W (most recent first). Over their last 6, Crystal Palace have scored 1.2 and conceded 2.5 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Sparta Praha average 1.4 scored and 1.4 conceded across their last 5, with 0 clean sheets.

At home this season Crystal Palace have 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats from 5 matches; on the road Sparta Praha have 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats from 3.

Across the Europa League this season, 134 matches have produced 2.8 goals per game; home sides have won 47% and 21% have been drawn.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

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15Crystal Palace311185+34WLD
16Sparta Praha311153+24WDL

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Crystal Palace expected line-up (3-4-2-1)

Chris Richards, Jaydee Canvot, Axel Disasi, Tyrick Mitchell, Adam Wharton, Daichi Kamada, Yéremy Pino, Dwight McNeil, Jean-Philippe Mateta

Sparta Praha expected line-up (4-3-3)

Jakub Surovcik, Martin Suchomel, Tobias Guddal, Roman Macek, Matej Rynes, Adam Karabec, Hugo Sochurek, Josimar Alcócer, John Mercado

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