Crystal Palace boosted their hopes of automatic progress to the Conference League knockout phase with a straightforward 3-0 win away to Shelbourne in Dublin.
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Christantus Uche, Eddie Nketiah and Yeremy Pino all scored as Palace completely outclassed their hosts in the first half. The only surprise was they didn't add more in the second, with sub Romain Esse hitting both posts with one shot, Jefferson Lerma heading onto the roof of the net and Uche firing a good opening over.
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The win lifts Oliver Glasner's side up to ninth, meaning they are just one point off a coveted top-eight finish and need only a point at home to KuPS next Thursday in their final league-phase game to guarantee a play-off spot for the last-16.
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Palace were missing injured Jean-Philippe Mateta on Thursday but Uche seized his opportunity, clinically converting from Nketiah's low cross to open the scoring. The pair linked up well throughout the game, with Nketiah benefiting for Palace's second when Uche saw a shot come back off the post.
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Pino had played Uche in for that chance and the Spaniard had the Shelbourne defence back-tracking again before rifling in a goal of his own before the end of a first half in which Marc Guehi failed to score from close range and Chris Richards headed against the bar.
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With the game virtually won at that point, Glasner took the chance to rest key players, making a triple change at the break. But Palace retained their threat, with Nketiah's near-post shot well saved, Lerma looping a header over from a corner and Chris Richards steering another just off target.
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Sub Esse has been short on game-time opportunity at Palace and looked determined to have an impact - but he was cruelly denied when his shot somehow struck both uprights before Uche missed the chance to grab his second of the night.
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The only real disappointment for the visitors, though, was an injury which forced Justin Devenny to hobble off - although that did allow 17-year-old Benji Casey to make his debut.
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Stand-in keeper Walter Benitez denied Daniel Kelly with the final kick of the game, meaning Shelbourne are still yet to score in this phase of the competition. But for Palace, their prospects are looking good, ahead of an extremely busy run of games which will test their resources.