Speroni continued to remain as Crystal Palace's second choice goalkeeper behind Hennessey. He made his first appearance of the season against Ipswich Town in the second round of the League Cup and helped the club win 2–1 to advance to the next round. Speroni captained Crystal Palace for the first time in his career against Huddersfield Town in the third round of the League Cup and helped the club keep a clean sheet, in a 1–0 win to advance to the next round. Following the injury of Hennessey, Speroni was named a starter in Crystal Palace's match day squad again, helping the club win 2–1 over the defending champions Chelsea on 14 October 2017. After the match, Speroni said he was happy to make his return to the pitch. Following this, Speroni received a handful of first team football despite competing with Hennessey, who returned from injury. He made his 400th appearance for Crystal Palace, in a 2–1 win against Watford on 12 December 2017. Following this, Speroni said: "I am only 38 and for a goalkeeper that is not too bad and I must say that at this time I feel better than ever so I want to play as much as I can. I want to be enjoying it as long as I can compete at this level but you can never put a time limit on it because you never know what is around the corner but if I keep feeling like I am at the moment then I will be looking to play for a few more years yet." By late–December, he was dropped from the substitute bench, with Hennessey preferred as the club's first choice goalkeeper for the rest of the 2017–18 season. Speroni also faced his own injury concern after he suffering a knee injury that saw him out for two months. At the end of the 2017–18 season, he went on to make thirteen appearances in all competitions. After months of speculation over his future at Crystal Palace, Speroni signed a one–year contract extension with the club on 4 July 2018. At the start of the 2018–19 season, he continued to remain the pecking order behind Hennessey and Vicente Guaita and was Crystal Palace's third choice goalkeeper. Following the injuries of Hennessey and Guaita, Speroni made his first appearance of the season against Liverpool on 19 January 2019 and was at fault when