Larne vs Tre Fiori - prediction, team news, lineups

Larne volition invited Tre Fiori to Inver Park for the 2nd limb of the archetypal circular of Champions League qualifying. 

The Northern Irish broadside boast a constrictive vantage up of Tuesday's fixture aft claiming a 1-0 triumph successful San Marino. 

Match preview

Larne are competing successful Champions League qualifying for the 3rd clip successful 4 seasons aft lifting the NIFL Premiership rubric past term. 

They experienced disappointing results successful their archetypal 2 experiences of Champions League qualifying, losing 3-2 to HJK aft other clip successful 2023-24 earlier suffering a dense 7-0 decision to RFS successful 2024-25.

However, 2 seasons later, Larne are successful a beardown presumption to triumph their archetypal Champions League qualifying necktie aft enjoying a palmy travel to San Marino past Tuesday.

Matthew Lusty's 45th-minute effort proved capable to occurrence Larne to a constrictive 1-0 victory, conscionable days aft they bushed Coleraine connected penalties successful the Charity Shield.

Another affirmative effect connected Tuesday would see Gary Haveron's broadside acceptable up a second-round clash against Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade.

However, Larne volition beryllium alert that the occupation is acold from done, particularly arsenic they person mislaid six of their past 10 location games successful European competition.

Tre Fiori, meanwhile, are participating successful Champions League qualifying aft winning the Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio by a constrictive one-point borderline past term, their archetypal league rubric since the 2019-20 season. 

They person antecedently made 4 appearances successful qualifying of UEFA's elite nine competition, losing successful the archetypal circular successful 2009, 2010, and 2010 earlier being beaten 2-0 by Northern Irish outfit Linfield successful the preliminary circular successful 2020. 

Those results person contributed to a mediocre grounds that has seen them suffer 9 of their 11 qualifying ties successful European competition.

Tre Fiori volition request to overturn a one-goal shortage if they are to triumph their archetypal European necktie since beating Fola Esch 4-1 successful the archetypal circular of Conference League qualifying successful 2022-23. 

The San Marino outfit recorded a 1-0 triumph successful Luxembourg successful that peculiar tie, representing their 1 and lone distant triumph successful European football, highlighting the size of the task that awaits them connected Tuesday.

If they are incapable to combat backmost from a extremity down, Tre Fiori volition beryllium transferred into the 3rd circular of Conference League qualifying. 

Larne Champions League form:

W

Larne signifier (all competitions):

W W 

Tre Fiori Champions League form:

L

Team News

Defender Sam McClelland volition person to beryllium assessed aft being withdrawn astatine the interval successful San Marino.

Dan Bent could driblet into the backline if McClelland does not feature, which would unfastened the doorway for Jordan McEneff to commencement successful midfield.

Gary Haveron is expected to instrumentality with Montel Gibson and Lusty arsenic his front-two pairing. 

As for the visitors, Federico Pesaresi is successful contention to commencement if Danilo Girolomoni decides to change his backline for Tuesday's fixture. 

Guilio Ponticelli is besides pushing to diagnostic arsenic Tre Fiori's left-back aft coming disconnected the seat to play implicit fractional an hr successful the archetypal leg. 

Captain Matteo Prandelli is apt to beryllium 1 of the main attacking threats aft scoring 24 goals successful 36 competitory appearances past season. 

Larne imaginable starting lineup:

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

Tre Fiori imaginable starting lineup:

Nardi; Siku, Pesaresi, Sirri; D'Addario, Sami, Bertani, Ponticelli; Benedettini; Bernardi, Prandelli

We say: Larne 2-0 Tre Fiori (Larne to triumph 3-0 connected aggregate)

After completing fractional the occupation successful San Marino, we deliberation Larne volition backmost up that beardown distant show by making afloat usage of location vantage successful the 2nd leg, particularly arsenic Tre Fiori thin to conflict connected their travels successful European competition. 

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