UEFA Europa League · League Stage - 4 
Our pick Home win Missed
Crystal Palace and Hoffenheim meet with just one point between them
Crystal Palace sit one point and eight places above 1899 Hoffenheim after three Europa League matches. Both need a result to strengthen their position in a tightly packed early league-stage table.
📍 Selhurst Park
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Match report
Final result: Crystal Palace 1-1 1899 Hoffenheim.
Match statistics (home team first). Shots: 13–15; Shots on target: 5–5; Corners: 5–5; Expected goals: 1.1–1.25.
Goals
- 7' Alexander Prass · Tim Lemperle · 1899 Hoffenheim
- 90+1' Daichi Kamada · Crystal Palace
Cards
- 6' Ozan Kabak · 1899 Hoffenheim
- 25' Wouter Burger · 1899 Hoffenheim
- 32' Jaydee Canvot · Crystal Palace
- 58' Adam Wharton · Crystal Palace
- 60' Honest Ahanor · Crystal Palace
- 62' Yeremy Pino · Crystal Palace
- 65' Eddie Nketiah · Crystal Palace
- 68' Andrej Kramarić · 1899 Hoffenheim
- 77' Adam Wharton · Crystal Palace
Match stats
⭐ Top-rated player: A. Prass (1899 Hoffenheim) 8
Ratings and statistics: API-Football.
Confirmed lineups
Crystal Palace · 3-4-3
- 1D. HendersonG
- 6J. CanvotD
- 26C. RichardsD
- 21H. AhanorD
- 25A. KhalailiM
- 23Q. TimberM
- 20A. WhartonM
- 3T. MitchellM
- 18D. KamadaF
- 14J. MatetaF
- 10Yeremy PinoF
Coach: P. Sage
1899 Hoffenheim · 4-4-2
- 1O. BaumannG
- 29Natnael AbrahaD
- 5O. KabakD
- 28K. MachidaD
- 39M. RotsD
- 27A. KramarićM
- 18W. BurgerM
- 7L. AvdullahuM
- 22A. PrassM
- 11F. AsllaniF
- 19T. LemperleF
Coach: C. Ilzer
Match facts
Recent form
Last 5 league games, latest on the right
Goals per game
| · | Scored | Conceded |
|---|---|---|
| Crystal Palace | 2.7 | 1.7 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 1.7 | 1.7 |
League position
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| 23 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Absences
Crystal Palace
- Out C. Doucoure · Off the roster
- Out Z. Gozo · Off the roster
- Out E. Guessand · Off the roster
- Out J. Lerma · Off the roster
- Out C. Riad · Knee Injury
- Out T. Tomiyasu · Calf Injury
- Doubtful J. Larsen · Ankle Injury
- Doubtful I. Sarr · Groin Injury
- Doubtful Q. Timber · Hamstring Injury
1899 Hoffenheim
- Out B. Conte · Groin Injury
- Out N. De Cat · Knee Injury
- Out L. Engelns · Off the roster
- Out V. Gendrey · Ankle Injury
- Out A. Hajdari · Foot Injury
- Out R. Hranac · Knee Injury
- Out P. Wimmer · Thigh Injury
- Doubtful V. Coufal · Muscle Injury
PreviaXI model
Model confidence: Medium
- Expected goals (model)
- 1.80 – 1.25
- Double chance
- 12 · 76%1X 74% · X2 50%
- Over 2.5 goals
- 59%Over 1.5: 81% · Over 3.5: 37%
- Both teams score
- 60%
- Clean sheet
- 29% – 16%Crystal Palace–1899 Hoffenheim
- Half-time result
- 1 · 38%X 38% · 2 24%
- Half-time / full-time
- 1/1 · 31%X/1 16% · 2/2 15%
- Expected corners
- 10.25.1 – 5.1 · Over 9.5: 55%
- Expected cards
- 4.01.6 – 2.4 · Over 3.5: 55%
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG), results and match statistics from the last two seasons. For information only. How our model works →
One point, eight places
Only one point separates Crystal Palace and 1899 Hoffenheim in the Europa League standings, making their fourth league-stage match an important chance to gain ground. Palace are 15th of 36 with four points and a +3 goal difference; Hoffenheim are 23rd with three points and a level goal difference. The eight-place gap is wider than the points difference suggests, so a win for either side could reshape their position.
Contrasting European starts
In this competition, across three matches, Palace have recorded a win, a draw and a defeat, scoring eight goals and conceding five. Their most recent Europa League match ended in a draw. At Selhurst Park, they won their only home match in the competition, scoring four and conceding none.
Hoffenheim’s three-match European record is a win and two defeats, with five goals scored and five conceded. Their latest match was a victory, but their only away game in the competition ended in defeat, with no goal scored and two conceded. Both teams have scored five goals against them across their three Europa League outings, while Palace have found the net more often.
Team availability
Palace have several players unavailable: C. Riad and T. Tomiyasu are listed with knee and calf injuries respectively, while C. Doucoure, Z. Gozo, E. Guessand and J. Lerma are off the roster. J. Larsen, I. Sarr and Q. Timber are questionable with ankle, groin and hamstring injuries.
Hoffenheim are without B. Conte, N. De Cat, V. Gendrey, A. Hajdari, R. Hranac and P. Wimmer through injuries, while L. Engelns is off the roster. V. Coufal is questionable with a muscle injury.
Palace’s home edge
Palace’s clean sheet and four goals in their sole home Europa League appearance provide a platform to build on, while Hoffenheim have yet to score away in the competition. The visitors’ latest win should give them confidence, but Palace’s greater goal output across the three-match European sample points to a more potent attacking threat.
Our prediction
Palace’s home performance gives them a slight edge in a meeting between sides separated by just one point. PreviaXI’s model favours the hosts, with the expectation that both teams can score.
Crystal Palace 2-1 1899 Hoffenheim
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