Crystal Palace beat Lech Poznan 4-0 at Selhurst Park on Thursday evening in the first matchday of the UEFA Europa League league stage, leading 3-0 at the break and adding a fourth in the closing minutes.
Yeremy Pino got Palace off the mark in the tenth minute, and the home side were not finished there. C. Richards doubled the advantage in the 27th minute, and J. Strand Larsen converted from the penalty spot seven minutes later to make it three before half-time.
The second half produced a fourth goal, with E. Nketiah rounding off the scoring in the 89th minute to complete a 4-0 victory. R. Murawski of Lech Poznan had been shown a red card two minutes prior, in the 87th minute.
Following the result, Crystal Palace sit second in the 34-team league stage table with three points from their opening game, placing them in the top two. Lech Poznan, meanwhile, are in the bottom two, occupying 35th position with no points from their solitary fixture. The gap between the two sides in the table stands at three points after this first round of matches.