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Oliver Glasner's Palace contract runs out next summer Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner says he will field two different starting line-ups for their next two matches to protect player welfare. Palace host Finnish side Ku PS in the Europa Conference League on Thursday (20: 00 GMT), and visit Leeds in the Premier League 48 hours later (Saturday, 20: 00 GMT). The Leeds game was moved by the Premier League from the Sunday as Palace then face Arsenal in the EFL Cup quarter-final on Tuesday 23 December. Glasner, who also confirmed Japan midfielder Daichi Kamada faces up to 10 weeks out with a hamstring injury, said it would be "irresponsible" to play the same team twice in three days. Palace, fifth in the Premier League, are ninth in the Conference League, just outside the automatic qualification spots for the last 16. "No player will start against [both] Ku Ps and Leeds, " said Glasner. "I and we all feel responsible for the players' welfare. "I just spoke to Will [Hughes] and he experienced it a few years ago - when it was on Boxing Day [26 December] and the 28th [December], sometimes there were games, and he played it - but I just think now the intensity of the game has increased. "Maybe you can do it once, but it's our 27th game now [this season], and we have to think further, because we play on the 18, 20, 23 and 28 [December], and 1, 4, 7 and 10 January. Therefore, it's just irresponsible if we do this. "We will start with two completely different teams, but of course the minutes will be shared a little bit if this is possible. "I always want to play the best team from the first until the last minute, but this game demands this from us, so that is why we will do it. " Kamada came off after 67 minutes during Sunday's 3-0 home defeat by Manchester City. "It is how it looked when he walked off the pitch, " said Glasner. "It's a serious hamstring injury, and he will be out for at least eight to 10 weeks. "It's not what we want, but on the other side, it's part of football - it's part of sports - when you play so many games that things can happen. "It's not a normal muscle injury, it was just an incident with his landing and body position - he overstretched everything, the full weight on the front, and that's why it happens. "He usually never has muscle injuries. But unfortunately it's part of our game. " Glasner, whose contract expires at the end of the season, says talks over a new deal are on hold because of the congested fixture list. "When should I talk about my contract? " he said. "And that's why we said, 'OK, let's push it backwards when we have time' because it's not between three meetings which take 10 minutes. "We want to do it in a relaxed atmosphere, and right at the moment there is no relaxed atmosphere. That's why we pushed it back. " Latest Crystal Palace news, analysis and fan views Ask about Crystal Palace - what do you want to know? EFL Cup quarter-finals: Fulham equalise at Newcastle as Man City see off Brentford Women's Champions League: Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea leading Man City beat Brentford to reach EFL Cup semis Unseen film footage from the making of 'Do They Know It’s Christmas? ' The good, the bad, and the baffling online reviews Your first look at Amanda and Alan's big fat Greek renovation An exploration of murder in fact and fiction, live from the Hay Festival 'Felt like humiliation' - Egypt reacts to Salah's Liverpool row A 'throwback' to Man Utd's past, defensive chaos and a classic Where does Old Trafford thriller rank among best Premier League games? Innovation, evolution, revolution - golf's new faces championing change Rohl's Rangers roll on - should Celtic & Hearts be worried? What fans, insiders and stats say about embattled Frank Vote for your Sports Personality Team of the Year Chiefs miss out & Packers' Parsons pain - NFL week 15 round-up Mount purring for Man Utd but does he have World Cup chance? 'Helping daddy regrow' - how Hoy family found strength amid cancer diagnosis. Video'Helping daddy regrow' - how Hoy family found strength amid cancer diagnosis Man City favourites and Liverpool in trouble - how WSL stands at winter break Palmer & Foden on target - but Rogers 'has to start' at World Cup 'Anger and disappointment' as fans priced out of World Cup 'There can only be one singer' - my secrets of successful man-management BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 contenders. Video BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 contenders 'Mine was for social change, this is not' - King on Battle of the Sexes The man behind the headlines - Salah, by Klopp, Diaz and more Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.