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The club had a pre-season tour to Scandinavia to play FC Helsingør and Halmstads BK,[3] first-team friendlies away against Oxford United and Reading,[4][5] and at home to Toulouse,[6] as well as Palace XI (mixture of first-team and Under-23s) fixtures against Bromley, Stevenage, Boreham Wood and Kingstonian.

Source: [citation needed] On 14 June 2018, the Premier League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

[8][9] In the third round draw, made on 3 December 2018, Palace were drawn at home to League Two team Grimsby Town.

[10] They won through a late Jordan Ayew goal after Grimsby had a man sent off, and in the draw for the next round were paired with fellow Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur.