Frank de Boer was appointed as manager of Palace before the season began, only to be sacked on 11 September 2017 after losing his first four Premier League games without scoring.

As a warm-up to the season, the team took part in the Asia Trophy in Hong Kong (where they won one game and lost one), and had friendlies against Metz and Schalke 04, both of which were drawn.

Crystal Palace opened the Premier League season at home to newly promoted Huddersfield Town, a game they lost 0–3.

Following a fourth consecutive league defeat to Burnley, and with the team still goalless in the competition, Palace sacked De Boer on 11 September,[1] replacing him the next day with former England manager Roy Hodgson.

By the end of the month, Crystal Palace were four points adrift at the bottom of the Premier League table, with seven defeats and no goals scored.

After an international break at the start of the month, Crystal Palace finally won a game: defeating the reigning Premier League champions, Chelsea, at home by a score of 2–1.

Despite Luka Milivojević scoring a penalty earlier in the match, striker Christian Benteke insisted on taking it and his weak effort was saved, leading to criticism from his manager and the press.

This match marked the end of City's 18-match winning streak in the Premier League, but saw season-ending injuries to both Scott Dann and Jason Puncheon and a late penalty miss by Luka Milivojević.

Source: Premier League Win Draw Loss In the FA Cup, Crystal Palace entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Brighton & Hove Albion.

[12] Crystal Palace had five pre-season friendlies against Maidstone United,[13] Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion (2017 Premier League Asia Trophy),[14] Metz[15] and Schalke 04.