The day began bright and early for Oliver Glasner's side, who journeyed to Norway with a one-goal lead in our UEFA Conference League play-off round tie, won at Selhurst Park thanks to Jean-Philippe Mateta's header.

As is often popular with visiting sides in European competitions, Palace then trained at Fredrikstad Stadion on the eve of the second leg, with Glasner and Maxence Lacroix taking time to speak to the assembled press .

At the stadium, Palace's players got a feel for Fredrikstad's artificial pitch – the first time we have played on such a surface in 35 years, since our Division 1 clash with Luton Town in August 1990.

This evening, in front of a sell-out crowd, the Eagles will hope to finish the job they started in SE25 by securing qualification for the Conference League leagu

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