Despite Barnet’s dominance of the opening 10 minutes of the second-half, their best effort came from distance via Mark Shelton, but Marcus Hill easily dealt with it.
Tayo Adaramola, returning from a successful loan spell with Bradford City, had Palace’s first attempt of note in the second-half, stinging the palms of Trialist D in the Barnet goal.
The hosts changed their entire XI on the hour-mark, and remarkably managed to keep their momentum up. Rhys Browne tested Hill, while Ryan Glover fired narrowly wide after cutting inside.
There was a golden opportunity for a fourth for Palace, as Adler Nascimento was played in behind one-on-one with the ‘keeper. He pushed forward and tried a dinking effort, though it was parried behind for a corner.
Hill was called into action once more to deny Rhys Browne once again, this time with a save low down at his near post inside the box. That proved to be the last big chance of the game as neither side came close to finding the back of the net in the final 10 minutes of the contest.
Palace take the victory and, more importantly, the crucial minutes in the legs back to south London as they continue their preparations with a clash against Bournemouth next week.
**Barnet (first-half):** Trialist A (GK), Crichlow, Kensdale, Rye, Galvin, High, Shelton, Siaw, Trialist B, Matejko, Hawkins.
**Barnet (from 60th minute)**: Trialist C (GK), Tavares, Collinge, Senior, Kanu, Osadebe, Hartigan, Glover, Brunt, R. Browne, Trialist D.
**Palace (first-half):** Trialist (GK), Imray, Walker-Smith, King, L. Browne, Reid, Benamar, Gibbard, Umolu, Agbinone, Marsh.
**Palace (second-half):** Hill (GK), Whyte, Somade, Jemide, Grante, Adaramola, Williams, Rodney, Mustapha, Ola-Adebomi, Nascimento.