Wilfred Zaha showed his intentions in the first minute with a wicked flick to get past three Derby defenders. Fortunately the attack amounted to nothing.
Minutes later a Jacobs cross was flicked wide by Sammon.
Crystal Palace took the lead after twelve minutes when a corner found the head of an unmarked Murray who nodded it home with ease.
Eleven minutes later Zaha again found Murray from a corner, this time the striker hit the ball wide. Derby were struggling to handle the home sides set pieces.
After twenty eight minutes Derby produced their best attack of the game up to that point. Bryson played a nice ball into the box, but Ramage beat Sammon to the ball to head behind for a corner.
Ten minutes before the break saw another chance for Crystal Palace with a great strike by Moritz, however Legzdins pulled off a great save to deny him.
Late in the first half saw a real chance for the Rams when a Buxton header went across the box, however Hendrick was unable to get a touch on it.
Palace led at the break, And deservedly so. They looked the most dangerous going forward and Derby seemed to lack any great creativity up front.
Immediately after the restart Zaha crossed in from the right and Moritz fired a shot over from only six yards out.
Will Hughes saw an effort easily saved by Speroni minutes later and despite looking second best for most of the game, Derby were starting to look a little stronger. However, immediately after the Hughes effort Zaha squandered a chance for Crystal Palace.
Palace looked to have sealed all three points after fifty eight minutes. Murray headed down a long cross into the box for Moritz to knock in.
It was inevitable that the home side would get another goal and the Rams just seemed incapable of creating a scoring opportunity.
Moritz nearly made it 3-0 after seventy five minutes but his effort just went wide.
Murray did add a third after a long run and slotted the ball past Legzdins after eighty two minutes. Nothing more than the league leaders deserved.
A very inept performance from Derby who will now need to regroup ahead of next Saturdays tea time clash at home to Birmingham. Crystal Palace are a side who look good enough to go for promotion with or without Zaha.
Crystal Palace - Speroni, Ward, Delaney, Ramage, Parr, Bolasie (Easter 89), Dikgacoi, Jedinak, Moritz (Garvan 76), Zaha, Murray (Wilbraham 89) Subs not used - Price, Blake, Moxey, O'Keefe.
Derby - Legzdins, Brayford, Keogh, Buxton, Roberts, Coutts (Tyson 80), Bryson, Hendrick, Hughes, Jacobs, Sammon (Robinson 74) Subs not used - Fielding, Gjokak, O'Connor, O'Brien, Hogansson.
Attendance - 16,211 (1,005 Away fans)
Man of the match - Andre Moritz
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