Oliver Glasner's Crystal Palace side have a slender goal advantage coming into the second leg in Norway, and despite only being a goal up, they should have enough in their squad quality to dispatch of a Fredrikstad side who are not in the greatest of form.
Frederikstad are coming into this fixture with three straight defeats and no wins in their last four matches, including the first leg of this tie. The reverse fixture between the two sides was dominated mainly by Crystal Palace as the Eagles recorded 25 shots and possessed 74% of the ball against their opponents from Norway. Jean-Philippe Mateta scored the only goal in the 54th minute, but this second leg should still be a formality regardless of the single goal separating the sides.
The Eagles are in good form heading into this game, having begun their Premier League campaign with two draws from two games, following their Community Shield victory against Liverpool at the start of the month. Ismaila Sarr's role in the team has now taken on a new sense of responsibility, given the departure of Eberechi Eze to Arsenal. The Senegalese forward is already off the mark for Crystal Palace this season, having scored at the weekend against Nottingham Forest and against Liverpool at Wembley.
We are predicting that Crystal Palace will double their goal tally from last week and walk away with a 2-0 win in the second leg in Norway. Under 2.5 goals have been scored in five of the previous seven matches involving the home side and in four of the last five matches involving Crystal Palace so that we can see a similar pattern here.
Frederikstad 0-2 Crystal Palace
