Larne vs Saburtalo Tbilisi - prediction, team news, lineups

Dropped into the Europa League qualifying rounds aft a dense Champions League exit astatine the hands of Red Star Belgrade, Larne present look a Georgian broadside successful likewise bruised circumstances erstwhile Saburtalo Tbilisi sojourn Inver Park connected Tuesday evening successful the archetypal limb of the 3rd qualifying round.

Both clubs get having been eliminated from Champions League qualifying successful the 2nd round, and with Europa League group-stage shot the prize for whichever broadside progresses, Tuesday’s archetypal limb carries tremendous value for some clubs.

Match preview

Larne’s Champions League run ended heavily, with a 4-0 first-leg defeat astatine location to Red Star Belgrade followed by a 5-0 nonaccomplishment connected the roadworthy in the 2nd limb - a 9-0 aggregate hammering that near Gary Haveron with important antiaircraft questions to code earlier Thursday’s archetypal leg.

The Northern Irish broadside did amusement resilience successful the earlier rounds, however, defeating Tre Fiori crossed some legs of the archetypal qualifying circular - winning 1-0 distant and 2-1 astatine location - their lone wins crossed 90 minutes successful their past 8 European fixtures.

Larne won the Irish Premiership past play and volition beryllium anxious to harvester a palmy home rubric defence with a meaningful European run, and the Europa League 3rd qualifying circular represents the deepest they person ever progressed successful this peculiar competition.

Tuesday’s lucifer volition beryllium the first-ever gathering betwixt Larne and Saburtalo, and some managers volition walk sizeable clip preparing their squad since their respective Champions League exits.

Saburtalo get having besides been eliminated from the Champions League successful the 2nd qualifying round, losing 3-1 connected aggregate to Slovan Bratislava - a effect that dropped them into the Europa League way and acceptable up Tuesday’s archetypal limb successful Northern Ireland.

Andrey Demchenko’s broadside are successful beardown home form, sitting apical of the Erovnuli Liga with 34 points from 19 matches - 2 points wide of second-placed Rustavi, and having won the Georgian apical formation successful each of the past 2 seasons, they get successful Larne targeting a 3rd consecutive rubric alongside a heavy European run.

Their caller signifier crossed each competitions has been inconsistent, with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 decision from their past 5 outings, their astir caller effect being a 1-1 gully with Slovan Bratislava successful the 2nd leg.

The past clip Saburtalo competed successful the Europa League qualifying rounds was successful the 2020-21 season, erstwhile they were eliminated astatine the archetypal circular signifier by Apollon Limassol, losing 5-1 connected aggregate.

With Haveron expected to marque adjustments to a antiaircraft setup that was exposed heavy against Red Star Belgrade, Larne volition beryllium looking to found a much organised and compact operation astatine Inver Park.

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Team News

Haveron is expected to marque changes to his setup pursuing the 2 dense defeats against Red Star Belgrade.

Tomas Cosgrove, Dan Bent, Matt Ridley and Aaron Donnelly are each successful contention to commencement astatine the back.

Ronan Doherty, Christopher Gallagher and Sean Graham are acceptable to diagnostic successful midfield, providing a competitory and energetic motor country for the hosts.

Montel Gibson, Jordan McEneff and Matthew Lusty are expected to pb the Larne attack, with the trio carrying the superior goalscoring work for Haveron’s broadside connected Tuesday evening.

For Saburtalo, Giorgi Makaridze is expected to commencement successful goal, with Aleksandre Amisulashvili and Vahid Selimovic forming the cardinal antiaircraft partnership.

Bakar Kardava and Giorgi Kutsia are acceptable to diagnostic successful midfield, providing the originative nexus betwixt defence and onslaught for Demchenko’s side.

Nika Sikharulashvili, Lucas Cafe and Zviad Nachkebia are expected to supply the attacking menace for the visitors.

Larne imaginable starting lineup:

Ferguson; Cosgrove, Bent, Ridley, Donnelly; Doherty, Gallagher, Graham; McEneff, Gibson, Lusty

Saburtalo Tbilisi imaginable starting lineup:

Makaridze; Kobuladze, Amisulashvili, Selimovic, Jinjolava; Dadiani, Kardava, Kutsia; Sikharulashvili, Nachkebia, Cafe

We say: Larne 1-1 Saburtalo Tbilisi

Both sides get successful Northern Ireland having endured bruising Champions League exits, and that shared consciousness of wounded pridefulness could nutrient a tight, competitory archetypal limb successful which neither broadside is consenting to overcommit. 

Larne volition instrumentality assurance from their location grounds and the value of the occasion, portion Saburtalo person prime to threaten; Demchenko’s broadside whitethorn besides beryllium cautious fixed the value of the 2nd limb connected location soil, and a goal-scoring gully looks the astir apt result connected Tuesday evening.

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