Palace teams report, Friday...

Casuals got the draw against the Group leaders they required to progress to the Champions League knockout stage, Valentin Ndjengue playing right-wing and finishing off a move started by striker Anthony Petrovski in a 1-1 draw. Midfielder Emrah Topalan made his 50th appearance in Red-and-Blue.

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In the League, Casuals played away and earned their fifth draw of the season. Emrah Topalan opened the scoring in the 4th minute, heading home a Liam Cashman cross, and four minutes from time a Cashman one man show produced the equaliser for 2-2, heading home a corner from Johan Shaqiri after forcing the 'keeper to concede the corner from a long-range shot. Midfielder Michael Muscroft picked up a Groin strain injury.

Terriers had an early away League match and won 5-1, despite conceding an early opener from the home side. Ruben Gorrono, Ondrej Kadlec, Julien van der Plas, Aad Roemgens and Ben Atkins scored the goals which kept Terriers up with the League leaders. Needing a win to ensure progression in the Champions League, Terriers left it to the last minute of the match to get the result. Conceding an early goal, Ben Atkins equalised and there the game deadlocked. Despite a formation change early in the second-half, the visitors still maintained their resistance, but right-back Aad Roemgens headed home a Nathan Masegela corner to send the home support home happy with the 2-1 win.

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Desert Rats FC suffered a 0-1 home defeat to take a knock to their League aspirations.