Records tumble: Every Palace milestone from an incredible week

Club

7 Apr 2025

At full-time on Saturday afternoon at Selhurst, a special week had built to an unforgettable finale: 12 added minutes, nine men, three incredible points.

As Oliver Glasner himself put it, we were witnessing Crystal Palace history being written – but for more reasons than one.

A first-ever top-flight league double over our rivals was far from the only club record or major milestone which the Eagles surpassed last week – so for the stats enthusiasts among us, here’s why it was quite the special eight days to be supporting the Palace…

Goalscoring glee

This Palace team always seem to find a way.

Having scored against both Southampton and Brighton last week, Palace set a new club record for consecutive Premier League games we’ve found the back of the net in: 12, a run stretching back to our 2-1 win over Southampton on 29th December.

Prior to that, Palace’s longest run was 11 games – a record set between January and March 2019.

What’s more, with his first Crystal Palace goal – away at Southampton in midweek – Matheus França became the 100th player to score for Palace in the Premier League.

But more on that later…

Unbeaten on the road

Dialling back to before the draw at Southampton, and our 3-0 win at Fulham in the FA Cup quarter-finals was another record-breaker: our sixth away win in a row in all competitions without conceding a single goal.

Our previous away win had also been at Fulham the month prior – an occasion which saw us become just the fifth club in English top-flight history to win 5+ successive away league matches without conceding, after Newcastle (5 in February 1909), Chelsea twice (5 in February 2005, 6 in December 2008), Man Utd (5 in December 2011), and Man City (5 in August 2024).

The draw at Southampton also saw Palace match our previous club-record of 10 away league games unbeaten – a best in the top-flight, but achieved on four previous occasions in lower divisions.

Avoid defeat at Manchester City, and it would be 11 league games unbeaten on the road – an outright club record irrespective of competition.

Before that, our next-longest streak in the Premier League was five matches, attained on four previous occasions.

Half-a-century for Glasner

Okay, so it didn’t quite yield the result to match the milestone – but Palace’s 1-1 draw at Southampton certainly typified the fight, character and unity which the Eagles have demonstrated time and time again under their manager.

Fitting, then, that the midweek trip to St. Mary’s Stadium marked Palace’s 50th competitive game of Glasner’s reign.

The Austrian possesses the highest-ever win percentage of any manager leading the Eagles in solely the top-flight (having won 25 of his matches – 49.02% - after Saturday’s win over Brighton).

His record in total now stands at: Played 51, Won 25, Drawn 13, Lost 13, Goals For 87, Goals Against 55 – a goal difference of +32.

Sensational.

Brilliant birthdays

As if there weren’t enough to celebrate, three senior Palace players celebrated their birthdays last week – and they all did so in style.

On Tuesday (1st April), França – a week after celebrating the birth of his first child – hit a personal landmark of turning 21-years-old.

The following day, he was Palace’s hero on the South Coast, scoring his first senior Palace and Premier League goal in the most dramatic of circumstances.

Four days later, Nathaniel Clyne – impressive in that draw against his former club – celebrated his 34th birthday with Palace’s win over Brighton.

And on Sunday, the day after putting in another incredible defensive display, Maxence Lacroix – so impressive himself against the Seagulls – turned 25.

Many happy returns, one and all!

We only needed nine

And finally, the dramatic circumstances of Saturday’s win over Brighton meant that Palace became the first team in Premier League history to win a home game having received two red cards.

A spot of trivia you’re not likely to forget in a hurry…

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