The Premier League table shows them in ninth position, but they are just five points behind Manchester City in second place.
Mateta is another Palace success story
With a recent, first-ever FA Cup win and Charity Shield victory to boot, it's been a great time to be affiliated with the South Londoners.
One player who's also played a huge part in their successes over the past few years is rampaging centre-forward, Jean-Philippe Mateta.
The 28-year-old Frenchman is a 'throwback' type of attacker. Physical, difficult to shake off the ball and dominant aerially, what he might lack in elegance, he more than makes up for in goals.
Mateta already has seven in 13 league matches this season, and has also contributed to the scoresheet in one of Palace's European games; another first for the club.
Commitment isn't in question
Since joining from Mainz five years ago, the striker has plundered 45 league goals, nine more in domestic cup competitions and once in the Europa Conference League.
Though that may not sound overly impressive to some, it's what else he brings to the party that has to be taken into account when forming an opinion as to just how important he remains to his club.
One should also look at his commitment to the cause, given his horrific injury against Millwall in last season's FA Cup run. Despite needing 25 stitches, Mateta was back playing within a few weeks, using a water polo-style headband, adapted to enable him to play without too much of a hindrance.
Indeed, that the Eagles are already looking to extend his current contract should speak volumes; however, things might not go as smoothly as the South Londoners hope.
World Cup performance could determine Mateta's future
Despite initial discussions apparently going well, Mateta is yet to fully commit to Palace and, it's believed, will now wait and see how well he does for France at next year's World Cup before assessing his options.
After recently breaking into Didier Deschamps' side, he's scored two goals in three games and offers Les Bleus something completely different.
It's also been reported that the player is potentially eyeing a move to Serie A, with AC Milan a possible destination.
Palace manager, Oliver Glasner, doesn't have a contract after the end of the 2025/26 campaign, and perhaps that might influence Mateta's viewpoint too.
Glasner unhappy with transfer policy
Though the Austrian hasn't made any noises to suggest that he too is willing to move on, his words earlier in the season might well have stung Palace chairman, Steve Parish.
"We missed a couple of chances in July and August, in the transfer window, to make it easier for us, but again we will stick together and make it better," he was quoted as saying.
"If you play European football for the first time in your history, you should invest and not save. I think January is too late. We will have played more than 50% of our games by then.
"Everything was pretty clear, and I didn't say anything, but I think it is also time to speak about it, that we missed the chance to play an even better season in the summer."
Coupled with the losses of key players, it's almost as if Palace are moving one step forward before taking two back.
Palace could force Mateta to see where his loyalties lie
At 28 years of age, Mateta is supposedly in his footballing prime and arguably has one more big transfer left in his career.
With Milan currently atop the Italian top flight and having just lost once in the league all season, the cachet is obvious.
The player can also look at recent examples: Scott McTominay, Kevin De Bruyne and Rasmus Hojlund, of Premier League players that have moved to Italy and seen a significant uplift in their game - (De Bruyne's injury notwithstanding).
Mateta also only needs to look at how well a player of similar stature, Romelu Lukaku, has done since plying his trade there.
It's a testament to how well Palace do things that when their big players leave, they do so with the goodwill of the club behind them. Moreover, as has been shown with Olise and Eze, their stars continue to shine bright, despite an evident step up in quality in terms of squad depth and talent.
Perhaps the Frenchman will take the view that the train only stops once at the station, and if he misses the chance this time, he may not get another.
Parish and his board members could, at the very least, match any potential contract offers from elsewhere to see just where Mateta's loyalties lie thereafter.
Even if that isn't enough, both parties can be happy in the knowledge that, whilst it lasted, their football story was a happy and successful one.
