Palace had failed to score in their last four but found Preston's defence easy to bypass as Preston now look as if they will mis sout on the top six due to their inability to pick up any points away from Deepdale.
Preston have by far the worst away record out of the chasing play off group. Thye took the lead today thanks to Billy Jones converting a Wallace cross but within five minutes they had conceded two and never looked like getting anything from the game.