Conference League Matchday 3 highlights and round-up: Crystal Palace prosper, Mainz edge Fiorentina

Crystal Palace atoned for a Matchday 2 defeat against AEK Larnaca with a comfortable win against AZ Alkmaar, while Mainz snatched victory at home against Fiorentina in the UEFA Conference League.

UEFA.com wraps up the Matchday 3 action.

Crystal Palace 3-1 AZ Alkmaar

Crystal Palace rediscovered their goalscoring form after a blank against AEK Larnaca last time out, securing a first league phase home win. Maxence Lacroix and Ismaïla Sarr struck in the first half after AZ keeper Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro had saved a Jean-Philippe Mateta penalty and denied Sarr from close range. Sven Mijnans halved the lead, but Sarr finished a defence-splitting Mateta pass to secure three points and leave AZ with just one win from three games.

Mainz 2-1 Fiorentina

Simon Sohm converted Fiorentina's first meaningful chance on 16 minutes, and the side under the temporary leadership of Daniele Galloppa should have extended their lead by the break before a run of second-half substitutions revived Bo Henriksen's Mainz. Benedict Hollerbach levelled three minutes after coming off the bench and Kaishu Sano set up fellow replacement Jaesung Lee for a last-gasp headed winner to maintain the Carnival Club's 100% start.

Best of the rest

• Mainz's three wins have put them at third in the league phase table at the midway point, but they trail Slovenia's Celje on goal difference while Samsunspor are top, a 3-0 win against Malta's Hamrun Spartans meaning the Turkish league phase debutants have yet to concede.
• Alvaro Garcia hit an added-time winner as Rayo Vallecano battled back from 2-0 down against Lech Poznań. The Polish champions' half-time advantage was cancelled out by goals from Isi Palazón and Jorge De Frutos, Garcia deciding the game with the last meaningful action in Madrid.
• After draws in their opening games, Finland's KuPS Kuopio celebrated their first-ever league phase win, 3-1 against Slovan Bratislava. It was also a good night for Ukrainian clubs, Shakhtar winning 2-0 against Breidablik before Dynamo Kyiv earned a 6-0 success against Zrinjski.