Fiorentina 2-1 Crystal Palace: result and report

Europa Conference League · Thursday 16 April 2026

Result

Fiorentina 2-1 Crystal Palace

Europa Conference League · Thursday 16 April 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Fiorentina 2-1 Crystal Palace: match report

Fiorentina won against Crystal Palace 2-1 in the Europa Conference League on Thursday 16 April 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Ismaïla Sarr opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Albert Gudmundsson (30', penalty) and Cher Ndour (53'). Crystal Palace scored through Ismaïla Sarr (17').

Discipline: Fiorentina received 5 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fiorentina were 9th on 24 points from 13 and Crystal Palace 12th on 23 points from 13. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa Conference League season and is kept for reference.

Fiorentina lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Crystal Palace in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Rolando Mandragora of Fiorentina (8.0), ahead of Manor Solomon (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Fiorentina wins, 0 draws and 1 for Crystal Palace.

Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Crystal Palace's W-D-D-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Ismaïla SarrCrystal Palace · 0-1
  • 30'Penalty goal · Albert GudmundssonFiorentina · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Yéremy PinoCrystal Palace
  • 40'Yellow card · Marin PongracicFiorentina
  • 45+5'Yellow card · Pietro ComuzzoFiorentina
  • 53'Goal · Cher NdourFiorentina · 2-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Ismaïla SarrCrystal Palace
  • 67'Yellow card · Luca RanieriFiorentina
  • 76'Yellow card · Chadi RiadCrystal Palace
  • 87'Yellow card · Cher NdourFiorentina
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Roberto PiccoliFiorentina

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Fiorentina 0, draws 0, Crystal Palace 1.

Team news

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Fiorentina line-up (3-4-2-1)

David de Gea, Marin Pongracic, Pietro Comuzzo, Luca Ranieri, Jack Harrison, Rolando Mandragora, Nicolò Fagioli, Robin Gosens, Albert Gudmundsson, Manor Solomon, Roberto Piccoli

Crystal Palace line-up (3-4-3)

Dean Henderson, Chris Richards, Maxence Lacroix, Jaydee Canvot, Daniel Muñoz, Adam Wharton, Daichi Kamada, Tyrick Mitchell, Ismaïla Sarr, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Yéremy Pino