Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish insists the Eagles have “put forward a very compelling case” in their bid to be reinstated to the Europa League.
And he believes "common sense should prevail", with their appeal verdict expected to be delivered on Monday.
Palace were demoted from the Europa League to the Conference League after being judged to have breached UEFA’s multi-club ownership rules, with Nottingham Forest expected to be promoted from the Conference League to take their place in the Europa League.
The Eagles have appealed the decision via the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.
And speaking on Sunday, as Palace beat Liverpool at Wembley to win the Community Shield, Parish said: "It should do. If there’s any justice in the world, it will do.
“I haven’t spoken to anybody yet who really thinks that we shouldn’t have our Europa League place.
"We have put forward a very compelling case across a number of issues, I trust the Court of Arbitration comes to the right decision.
“It’s a strange process but one that very weirdly pits clubs against each other in some way.
"But I think we should be in the Europa League. I think everybody outside of a very few people think we should be in the Europa League.
“Common sense should prevail and that’s where we should be. Let’s hope that’s the decision."
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