Crystal Palace vs Lech Poznań prediction, odds and how to watch

Middlesbrough travel to Selhurst Park on Tuesday night with two wins from their last three Carabao Cup outings. Crystal Palace have a point to prove on their own patch.

Crystal Palace welcome Lech Poznań to south London on Thursday night in the UEFA Europa League, and the visitors arrive in serious form. The question is whether that form means anything against Premier League opposition at Selhurst Park.

Lech Poznań host a Radomiak Radom side that has conceded 12 goals in five league matches this season, and the structural problems that explain that number should concern the visitors far more than the scorelines alone.

Leeds carry genuine home advantage into Saturday's clash with Crystal Palace, but their away form tells a different story entirely. The structural questions around both sides make this one worth watching carefully.

Lech Poznań arrive at Górnik Zabrze on Saturday with a perfect defensive record in away fixtures and a pattern of controlled, possession-based football that could expose a home side still searching for its best structure.

Crystal Palace have been quietly building something at Selhurst Park this season, winning all three home matches and conceding just once. Ipswich arrive having won their opening Premier League game, but the question is whether they have the structure to break down a defence that is becoming increasingly difficult to breach.

Ismaïla Sarr's agent, Diomansy Kamara, has accused clubs of treating African players as commodities after Crystal Palace blocked a Liverpool bid for Sarr and Monaco reneged on a deal that would have sent Lamine Camara to Chelsea. Both players are Senegalese internationals now left in limbo after chaotic deadline-day breakdowns.

Fulham have agreed a reported €25m deal for Eintracht Frankfurt's Hugo Larsson and a separate move for Real Madrid graduate Manuel Angel, hijacking Crystal Palace's pursuit of the Swedish midfielder just a day after reports had the Eagles closing in.