Shamrock Rovers vs Floriana - prediction, team news, lineups

Shamrock Rovers person a upland to ascent erstwhile they invited Floriana to Tallaght Stadium successful South Dublin for Tuesday night's 2nd limb of their Champions League archetypal qualifying-round tie.

The Irish champions person ne'er reached the competition's radical stage, and they volition request a peculiar show to support that imagination live aft falling to a 2-0 decision successful the archetypal leg.

Match preview

Stephen Bradley's broadside produced an encouraging show for agelong spells successful the archetypal leg, but a operation of missed opportunities and ill-discipline yet near them with a upland to ascent successful the instrumentality fixture.

Robert Muric broke the deadlock connected the changeable of fractional clip earlier Matt Healy's dismissal aboriginal successful the 2nd play handed Floriana implicit power of the contest.

The Maltese champions capitalised connected their numerical vantage done Mustapha Jah's precocious onslaught to instrumentality a commanding two-goal pb into Tuesday's 2nd leg.

The Hoops are the astir palmy nine successful Irish shot history, having lifted the League of Ireland rubric a grounds 22 times, and they are good placed to support their crown erstwhile again this season.

Bradley's men presently beryllium 7 points wide of second-placed Bohemian FC astatine the apical of the array and caput into this clash unbeaten successful their past 4 league matches, winning 3 of them, though they person managed conscionable 1 cleanable expanse successful their past 5 outings crossed each competitions.

Floriana get successful Dublin successful a commanding presumption aft producing a disciplined show successful the archetypal leg, and they volition present beryllium focused connected protecting their two-goal vantage to publication a spot successful the 2nd qualifying round.

The Greens are the reigning Maltese champions, having lifted the Premier League rubric for the 27th clip successful the club's history, but Daniel Portela's broadside volition judge they are susceptible of enjoying a memorable tally successful Europe this season.

Floriana's lone erstwhile progression beyond the opening qualifying signifier came successful the 1993-94 campaign, erstwhile they reached the archetypal circular of the Champions League due earlier suffering a 2-0 aggregate decision to Porto, and they volition beryllium determined to lucifer that achievement.

Last season's starring scorer Jake Grech departed pursuing the expiry of his contract, but Floriana inactive person capable attacking prime to airs a menace connected the interruption and find a perchance decisive distant goal.

The visitors are apt to walk agelong periods without the shot arsenic Shamrock Rovers pursuit the tie, making antiaircraft subject and swift counter-attacks important to their approach, portion triumph implicit 2 legs would acceptable up a second-round gathering with either Ararat-Armenia oregon Riga FC.

Shamrock Rovers Champions League form:

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Shamrock Rovers signifier (all competitions):

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Floriana Champions League form:

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Team News

Shamrock Rovers volition beryllium without Healy, who serves a one-match suspension pursuing his reddish paper successful the archetypal leg, with Naj Razi, who has featured successful 7 league matches this season, the starring campaigner to regenerate him successful midfield.

Victor Ozhianvuna and Daniel Grant stay sidelined done injury, portion Rory Gaffney, who scored 9 goals past season, is inactive waiting to marque his archetypal quality of the existent campaign.

Floriana person nary caller wounded oregon suspension concerns up of the instrumentality leg, meaning Portela is expected to instrumentality mostly with the broadside that secured a 2-0 triumph successful Malta.

Muric and Jah are some apt to clasp their places aft getting connected the scoresheet successful the archetypal leg, though striker Rui Areias is besides pushing for a spot successful the starting lineup.

Shamrock Rovers imaginable starting lineup:

McGinty; O'Sullivan, Stevens, Grace; Brennan, Byrne, Watts, Razi, Mulraney; Burke, Noonan

Floriana imaginable starting lineup:

Cioletti; Zammit-Lonardelli, Kauan, Spiteri, Beerman; Vella, Kurtalic; Varela, Muric, Dervisagic, Jah

We say: Shamrock Rovers 2-1 Floriana

The Irish champions are expected to nutrient a amended show and effect astatine home, and we expect them to rise their levels. 

However, sloppiness and indiscipline successful the archetypal limb person enactment them successful a hard situation, and Floriana person capable prime successful their ranks to people goals distant from home, and triumph the necktie connected aggregate. 

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