But in contrast to the relative novelty of continental football, Palace are in fact somewhat veterans of the two-legged match-up, having participated in half-a-century of them, at our last count.
Statistics are there to be challenged, so we gratefully accept any corrections – but, by our last count, **over the last 51 seasons** and across **five different competitions**, Palace have played **50 two-legged ties**.
And – whisper it quietly, lest we tempt fate ahead of the remainder of our European campaign – Palace's record is an impressive one, with the Eagles progressing on **35 occasions** (a **70%** win rate).
Along the way, Palace have scored a whopping **153** goals across two-legged encounters – 100 matches, so an average of **1.53 goals per game** – and conceded **106.**
Two of our wins have been via the away goals rule – now defunct in European competition, of course – and one of them via penalty kicks: the 5-4 shoot-out victory in the Division One play-off semi-final against Sunderland, back in 2003/04.