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title: "Numerous absences hit Beşiktaş and Crystal Palace ahead of Europa League clash"
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# Numerous absences hit Beşiktaş and Crystal Palace ahead of Europa League clash

Beşiktaş meet Crystal Palace in the third round of the league phase of the Europa League, amid the absence of a number of players from both sides, on Thursday 22 October at 22:00 Saudi time.

[Youssef Darwish](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/youssef-darwish-4) Editor Published 21 October 2026، 10:17 Saudi time

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Numerous absences hit Beşiktaş and Crystal Palace ahead of Europa League clash

[Beşiktaş](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/be%C5%9Fikta%C5%9F-180) host [Crystal Palace](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/crystal-palace-198) in a meeting between the two sides as part of the third round of the league phase in the Europa League tournament, on 22 October 2026 at 22:00 Saudi time (the same as Damascus time).

Beşiktaş go into the match missing three players, with [Milot Rashica](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/milot-rashica-5074) set to miss out due to injury, in addition to the absence of [Can Keles](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/can-keles-17059) and Orkun Kökçü for other reasons.

On the other hand, Crystal Palace are suffering wider absences, as Dean Henderson, Chadi Riad, [Takehiro Tomiyasu](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/takehiro-tomiyasu-5620) and Benjamin Chilwell will all be absent due to injury.

Crystal Palace will also be without [Cheick Oumar Doucouré](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/cheick-oumar-doucour%C3%A9-5621), [Zavier Gozo](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/zavier-gozo-5630), [Evann Guessand](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/evann-guessand-5631) and [Jefferson Andrés Lerma Solís](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/jefferson-andr%C3%A9s-lerma-sol%C3%ADs-5625) for other reasons.

beIN SPORTS will broadcast the match live for Europa League followers.

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