With a Premier League game at Leeds just 48 hours away, it’s all change at Selhurst Park as Oliver Glasner makes 11 changes to his Crystal Palace starting XI.
Sixteen-year-old defender Joel Drakes-Thomas makes his first senior appearance for the Eagles in a back-line that also includes Dean Benamar, 17, and 18-year-old George King.
Both Benamar and King are also making their senior debuts for the club.
Palace’s bench is packed with first-team regulars.
Crystal Palace XI: Benitez, Benamar, Canvot, Lerma, King, Sosa, Rodney, Devenny, Esse, Drake-Thomas, Uche.
Substitutes: Henderson, Mitchell, Lacroix, Guehi, Nketiah, Pino, Mateta, Hughes, Wharton, Richards, Matthews, Casey.
Finnish champions KuPS are managed by Jarkko Wiss, whose playing career included spells at Stockport County and Hibernian.
His starting XI includes Polish forward Piotr Parzyszek, who was once on the books of Charlton Athletic.
Ex-Brentford midfielder Jaakko Oksanen also starts, while former Yeovil midfielder Paulius Golubickas is on the bench.
KuPS starting XI: Kreidl, Antwi, Miettinen, Cisse, Hamalainen, Arifi, Oksanen, Pennanen, Ruoppi, Savolainen, Parzyszek.
Substitutes: Armah, Paulo Ricardo, Golubickas, Hakala, Konate, Luyeye-Lutumba, Lotjonen, Pitkanen, Sadiku, Toure, Voutilainen.
