The Eagles were looking to win a second London derby of the week, having been taken all the way to penalties by South London rivals Millwall in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday. Manager Oliver Glasner duly shuffled his pack at London Stadium, with Dean Henderson, Chris Richards, Tyrick Mitchell and Adam Wharton all returning to start – the latter after having missed our previous two games through injury. Unbeaten in our previous 16 matches in all competitions, Palace were also undefeated in their last six visits to the London Stadium, including a 2-0 win on the ground back in January. But as with that victory earlier in the year, the first-half was a cagey affair of few chances, as two similarly-shaped sides by-and-large cancelled each other out. That was as close as either side would come inside the opening half-an-hour – with Palace getting into a number of promising positions, Yeremy Pino and Kamada both heavily involved, without much incident of note at either end.