Floriana vs Shamrock Rovers - prediction, team news, lineups

The 2026-27 Champions League gets underway connected Tuesday with the commencement of the archetypal qualifying round.

Floriana are acceptable to big Shamrock Rovers successful the archetypal limb of their qualifier, with a spot successful the 2nd circular up for grabs.

Match preview

Floriana are the reigning Maltse Premier League champions, having won the league for the 27th clip successful their past past season.

As a result, Floriana person had plentifulness of opportunities to vie successful Europe implicit the years, memorably reaching the archetypal circular of the Champions League due successful the 1993-94 play wherever they were beaten 2-0 connected aggregate by Porto.

That is the lone clip successful their past they person progressed past qualifying, having mislaid 1-0 to CFR Cluj the past clip they had a Champions League opportunity.

Floriana volition beryllium keen to advancement this play and Daniel Portela's broadside volition cognize that triumph implicit Shamrock Rovers volition spot them look either Ararat-Armenia oregon Riga successful the 2nd round.

If Floriana suffer this necktie they volition driblet into the Conference League, a contention they person ne'er decently featured successful having mislaid 3 times successful qualifying.

Shamrock Rovers, meanwhile, are the reigning League of Ireland champions and are connected people to clasp their rubric this season.

Stephen Bradley's broadside are 7 points wide astatine the apical of the league aft 25 games and are unbeaten successful their past 4 matches.

Shamrock Rovers caput into the necktie disconnected the backmost of a 2-1 triumph implicit Sligo Rovers, with Jack Byrne and Graham Burke connected people arsenic they came from down to prime up an important win.

It is the seventh clip Shamrock Rovers person reached Champions League qualifying, but they person ne'er got done to the radical stage.

The closes they came was backmost successful the 2011-12 season, wherever they reached the 3rd qualifying circular and were beaten by Copenhagen.

Floriana signifier (all competitions):

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Shamrock Rovers signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

Rui Areias is expected to pb the enactment for Floriana, with enactment retired wide from Mattia Veselji and caller signing Robert Muric.

Carlo Zammit-Lonardelli, Iago Mendonca, Owen Spiteri and Myles Beerman are apt to commencement successful defence.

Shamrock Rovers, meanwhile, are improbable to marque galore changes to the broadside that bushed Sligo Rovers.

Byrne and Burke are apt to regenerate Connor Malley and Aaron Greene, portion Jake Mulraney and Adam Brennan volition diagnostic arsenic wing-backs.

Floriana imaginable starting lineup:

Cioletti; Zammit-Lonardelli, Mendonca, Spiteri, Beerman; Vella, Kurtalic, Varela; Muric, Areias, Veselji

Shamrock Rovers imaginable starting lineup:

McGinty; Mulraney, Matthews, Grace, Stevens, Brennan; Byrne, Watts, Healy; Burke, McGovern

We say: Floriana 0-1 Shamrock Rovers

Shamrock Rovers volition payment from the information their play is ongoing, portion Floriana person not played a competitory crippled successful astir a month.

The Irish giants are besides successful fantabulous signifier and we expect them to prime up an important triumph connected Tuesday.

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