Dynamo Kyiv — Crystal Palace : Match Preview and Prediction for October 02,2025

While Dynamo Kyiv has successfully challenged Shakhtar for the championship title in recent years, this domestic success hasn’t translated into consistent Champions League qualification. This season, Shovkovskyi’s squad finds themselves competing in the Europa Conference League.In the Premier League, Dynamo trails Arde Turan’s team by two points, largely due to their inability to secure a win against Karpaty Lviv (3-3). Despite quickly overturning a 0-2 deficit to lead 3-2 in that match last weekend, they ultimately dropped points again. Key players like Shaparenko, Karavaev, and Pikhalyonok are set to face Crystal Palace in Lublin, Poland. Although there will likely be more home support than for the English visitors, it’s still Poland, not their home stadium. Dynamo is expected to have a full squad available for this fixture against the “Eagles.”

Crystal Palace continues to impress with their unbeaten run this season. The FA Cup winners find themselves in the Europa Conference League due to technical reasons (a conflict of ownership with another club, Lyon, which performed better in its own league and qualified for the Europa League).Undeterred, the “Eagles” under Oliver Glasner have transformed into a remarkably robust and reliable unit over the past nine months. They are currently enjoying an eighteen-game unbeaten streak, spanning both this season (ten matches) and the tail end of the previous campaign (eight matches).Last weekend, the red-and-blues faced a significant challenge against Liverpool at home, a game that could have ended their impressive run. However, Crystal Palace secured a decisive 2-1 victory, with the winning goal scored by Eddie Nketiah, assisted by Marc Guéhi (who was linked with a move to Liverpool in the summer but instead helped defeat the “Reds”). The team travels to Lublin with high spirits, though they will be without Riyad Mahrez, Abdoulaye Doucouré, and recently injured reserve goalkeeper Walter Benítez.