Crystal Palace take on Norwegian side Fredrikstad in the first leg of their Europa Conference League play-off tonight, with Oliver Glasner’s side looking to put their Europa League demotion behind them.

Crystal Palace qualified for the Europa League after winning the FA Cup final in May, the first trophy in their history. But they were punished by Uefa for breaching multi-club ownership rules. John Textor owned a 43% stake in Palace and is also the majority owner of Lyon, who qualified for the Europa League.

Jean-Philippe Mateta’s second-half header made all the difference on Thursday as Crystal Palace edged a narrow win over Fredrikstad to open their Conference League campaign. With Eberechi Eze out of the squad - ill according to Oliver Glasner but set to join Arsenal according to others - the south London outfit were devoid of attacking creativity,