There's certainly no lack of experience as the two captains come together to shake hands.

Jamie Mulgrew, at the age of 39, is already the club's record appearance holder in European competition and he extends that sequence further tonight as he makes his 63rd appearance in continental competition.

But he is almost a youngster in comparison to his counterpart Atli Gregersen, who skippers Vikingur at the age of 43!

Linfield will be feeling good following their 2-0 win against Zalgiris after the scoreless draw in the first leg in Lithuania.

They will seek to build upon that when they take on Vikingur Gota from the Faroe Islands in round three of qualifying, but their opposition have had their moments in European qualifying in the past.

Vikingur won a third league title in their history in 2024 to take their place in the Champions League qualifiers, but lost out to Gilbralter's Lincoln Red Imps which saw them drop into round three of the Conference League qualifiers.

Last year, they beat Latvia's FK Liepaja over two legs in qualifying before bowing out against Belgium's Gent, while their best European run occurred in the 2014-15 season when beating Latvia's FC Daugava and Norway's Tromso before falling to HNK Rijeka of Croatia.

Domestically, this season has not gone to plan as they currently sit in fourth place in the Faroe Islands Premier League, 19 points behind leaders Kl Klaksvik.

The first leg takes place in Torshavn tonight with the return leg at Windsor Park next Thursday.

The winner will move into a final play-off against the loser of the Europa League tie between Shelbourne and Croatia's HNK Rijeka.

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A reminder of the kick-off times and venues for tonight's two Conference League fixtures involving Irish Premiership sides.

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Linfield boss David Healy names an unchanged line-up from the side which saw off Zalgiris a week ago, with midfielder Josh Archer having recovered from an injury which forced him off in that game.

There are personal milestones for Blues duo Jamie Mulgrew, who plays his 800th game for the club, and Kirk Millar, whose 37th appearance in European competition sees him move above the legendary Noel Bailie and into third position on Linfield's all-time list of appearances in continental competition.

Vikingur: Armgrimsson, Olsen, Gregersen, Svensson, Jonhardsson, Kallsberg, Ellingsgaard, Atlason, Skala, Vatnhamer, Johansen.

Subs: Reynatreo, Nielson, Brandsson, Djurhuus, Radlsavlevic, Jarnskor, Bjarkhamar, Olavsson, Hansen, Arngrimasson, Joensen.

Linfield: Johns, Orr, Hall, Rose-Byrne, McGee, Shields, Mulgrew, Archer, Millar, Offord Fitzpatrick.

Subs: Walsh, Whiteside, McClean, Allen, McKee, Brown, Annett, McKay.

Hello and welcome to our coverage of tonight's two Uefa Conference League third qualifying round first leg games.

First, at 19:00 BST, Irish Premiership champions Linfield are in the Faroe Islands to take on Vikingur.

Then at 20:00 BST, Larne, who reached the league stage of this competition last season, host Portuguese side Santa Clara at the Ballymena Showgrounds.

We will have live text commentary of both games as well as reports and reaction.

Thanks for joining us - enjoy!

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