Under-pressure Oliver Glasner watched his Crystal Palace beat Bosnian side Zrinjski Mostar 2-0 to secure a 3-1 aggregate win at Selhurst Park in the UEFA Conference League and secure passage into the last 16.
Thanks to a Maxence Lacroix header and another late Evann Guessand goal, Palace now look forward to Friday's draw, where they will find out whether they take on Mainz or AEK Larnaca in the next round.
Back-to-back wins for Palace for the first time since December may now guarantee that Glasner remains in position for Palace's trip to Manchester United this weekend after he fanned the flames of speculation around a premature exit this week.
Palace laboured in the early exchanges as they looked to open the scoring and Lacroix's 36th-minute header from a set-piece was their only effort on goal in the first period, the goal lifting an otherwise lacklustre Selhurst atmosphere with spots of empty seats reflective of a collective apathy in south London.
While quality was lacking, Palace continued to push a Zrinjski side who had failed to score and therefore win in any of their Conference League games away from home this season.
Guessand, the weekend match-winner against Wolves, missed a decent opportunity and Ismaila Sarr was denied by opposition goalkeeper Goran Karacic in a one on one as he spurned one of his several chances.
However, after Tomi Juric had Palace hearts in their mouths late on, Guessand ran through and wrapped up the victory in injury time.
What's happening in Friday's draw?
The Conference League last-16 draw will take place on Friday at 1pm UK time in Nyon, Switzerland.
The draw will confirm the last-16 ties and also allocate a side of the bracket for every team so they know who they could potentially meet in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
Each of the play-off winners face the sides that finished in the top eight (seeded teams) in the league phase.
Palace will play the second leg of the tie against either Larnaca or Mainz away from home.
What's coming up for Palace?