STUART O'KEEFE believes victory at Cardiff City will give Palace a fantastic chance of staying in the Premier League for another year.
Having surprised the whole country with a deserved 1-0 win over Chelsea last Saturday, the midfielder and his team-mates' attentions turned immediately to their trip to south Wales.
And O'Keefe is hoping Palace can score more than one this weekend, with Cardiff having conceded 17 goals in their past six games.
"The gaffer was over the moon but this weekend is even bigger, to be honest," O'Keefe said.
"We can take the performance into the game there and we'll be OK.
"Cardiff drew last weekend and are conceding a lot of goals. If we can go there and stay strong again, maybe hit them on the break then there is no reason we can't win.
"The table will then look magnificent for us."
Reflecting on the big win against Chelsea, O'Keefe claimed the performance was "one of the best" in their Premier League campaign.
John Terry's own goal gave the Eagles all three points, but it was their resilience to keep the Blues out and then go close on three or four further occasions that earned the three points.
"Going into the game, no one gave us a chance," said O'Keefe.
"It was one of those ones where anything you get was just a bonus, but I thought our performance was one of the best this season.
"We created more chances when we went 1-0 up and it could have been more, it could have been two or three.
"We worked hard all week on the gameplan and we knew what we were going to come up against.
"It was just about being organised, disciplined and hitting them on the break. It definitely worked.
"People may look and think we scraped a 1-0 win. It was anything but that, we had a fair amount of chances and on another day it could have been two or three."
O'Keefe played a starring role in the away game in December, when Palace narrowly lost 2-1, but then he got injured.
But he was delighted to help Palace hold on to their winning goal for the remaining 20 minutes or so last Saturday.
"I played in the game at Stamford Bridge then I got injured, but then the gaffer has put me on to shore up the midfield and get close to Chelsea.
"I was pleased with what I did but obviously it was just pleasing to be involved in a game like that."
And the ball-winner says the Palace fans "could be the difference" in the Eagles' quest to stay in the Premier League.
"The fans are massive at Selhurst Park," he said. "They will do what they can to help us stay in the league and they help us. When you're blowing and up against it, they are the 12th man.
"They have been excellent for us this year and I'm sure they will be until the end of the season.
"They could be the difference."
