Ian Holloway has warned Albion they face a nervous night at The Amex.

He wants his Crystal Palace side to play on that by showing what they can do on the counter-attack.

Palace were unable to forge a lead at Selhurst Park but Holloway – a play-off semi-final winner in 2012 and 2010 – reckons the tie can still be nicely set up for them.

The Eagles manager said: “Now we’ve got to go there and they will have to watch us because we are not bad on the counter-attack.

“Obviously we will have to stop them at their own ground and they have been doing well but this is where the pressure happens. This is where it all starts building.

“It only takes one thing from us that can upset everything and that’s what I believe in.

“The lads gained some belief (on Friday) and we more than matched them, at least in the second half.”

Albion will be widely seen as having the advantage in the tie having drawn away from home.

But Holloway was keen to point out the score sheet is still blank.

He said: “It’s 0-0, nobody is ahead.

“We would have liked a lead but we didn’t get one but they have got to stop us scoring as well.

“I don’t think we are a bad team.

“I think we have had some bad results in recent weeks but I don’t think we have deserved them.

“There were one or two strange passes in the first half, a little bit nervy, but I felt in the second half you saw the threat of Wilf (Zaha) and Jonny (Williams) and some of the things we did.

“In the first half they had the best chance, a clear header on our goal which I wasn’t happy with, but in the second half we gained in confidence and looked not bad at all.

“Let’s see if we can reproduce that at their place. They have come to our place and I am sure they will be happy with it being level but we have both got about 95 or 96 minutes to play.

“We will have to wait and see but it is a fantastic opportunity for us.

“It’s all level. We have got to do a lot better than we did at their ground last time and I am confident we can do that.”