Crystal Palace arrange a gathering with Championship aspect Millwall within the FA Cup fifth spherical after beating Doncaster Rovers 2-0 on the Eco-Energy Stadium on Tuesday.

Daniel Munoz and Justin Devenny scored both aspect of half-time to make sure the Eagles’ development in a sport that threatened to trigger an upset for Oliver Glasner’s aspect.

Although the guests dominated possession within the opening exchanges, it will be Doncaster who registered the primary effort on the right track, with Ethan Ennis testing Matt Turner.

However Palace edged forward within the thirty first minute when Daichi Kamada’s intelligent free-kick noticed Jean-Philippe Mateta hit the submit, with Munoz following as much as end on the rebound.

Doncaster, nonetheless, began the second-half strongly, with Luke Molyneux allowed area to chop inside from the right-hand aspect however firing his effort huge of the mark.

And simply because the League Two aspect had performed their win into the competition, Palace hit them with a sucker punch on the break with an actual second of high quality from Devenny.

The Northern Irishman raced on to Will Hughes’s deft move in behind the Doncaster defence earlier than lofting the ball over Teddy Sharman-Lowe 10 minutes after the interval.

Grant McCann’s aspect continued to push for a purpose, however Molyneux’s curled effort cleared the crossbar earlier than Turner acquired down low to avoid wasting Owen Bailey’s close-range effort late on.

Information Debrief: Devenny helps Eagles soar into fifth spherical

Palace are by means of to the fifth spherical of the FA Cup for the primary time since 2021-22, with their development sealed by an impressed show from promising expertise Devenny.

Devenny ended the competition having registered a team-high anticipated targets (xG) complete of 1.03, whereas he additionally recorded the joint-most pictures (three, degree with Mateta) for Palace.

And at 21 years and 122 days outdated, Devenny grew to become the youngest participant to attain for Palace within the FA Cup since Michael Olise (20yrs 55d) towards Hartlepool United in February 2022.

However Glasner’s aspect had been made to work for his or her win. Doncaster had 15 pictures within the sport, their most in an FA Cup encounter with out scoring since their 2-0 defeat to the Eagles within the fifth spherical in February 2019.