Fa Cup: how Oliver Glasner has transformed the crystal palace into contenders for the England Cup

Now Crystal Palace has obtained their place in the last four of the FA Cup, it is difficult to believe that they did not win their first game of the Premier League season until the end of October.

The Eagles had won two games in the Carabao Cup against the opposition of the championship, but the tension was starting to build around Selhurst Park before that necessary victory over Tottenham in the ninth game of the season.

The memories of those struggles are far away in the past now as supporters and those around the club start looking with impatience a trip to Wembley after an impressive 3-0 victory in Fulham, after reaching the semifinals in 2022.

The Eagles have never won the Cup of England and lost twice in the final, in 1990 and 2016, but they can dream of lifting the first large trophy in their history, which dates back to 1861 depending on which historian you think.

Their turnaround was managed by manager Oliver Glasner and since the beginning of 2025, only Liverpool (11) has won several games in all the competitions between the Premier League teams compared to Glasner’s Palace (10).

The Eagles, with eight, have also recorded multiple clean sheets of any other English tip side at that moment.

Glasner has always said he knew that the beginning of the season would be complicated after a summer in which Star Michael Olise player against Bayern Munich lost, he had much of their team involved in the main tournaments and made four players sign on the day of the deadline.

It took time for all these factors to deposit, but in the trusted formation of 3-4-2-1 of Glasner, the eagles are highly organized and have built a real momentum while approaching the end of the season.

Palace has lost only twice in the last 15 games, which is all the more impressive when in some way they managed to win three games in the house in the championship throughout the season.

The back of the Eagles of Chris Richards, Maxence Lacroix and Marc Guehi are a solid unit as you will find in the Premier League.