There are three alterations to the starting XI from Zalgiris’ dramatic Champions League qualifying defeat against Hamrun with Dino Salcinovic, Machop Chol and Mohamed Youla replacing Giedrius Matulevicius, KassimHadji and the suspended Vasilije Radenovic.

David Healy makes two changes to the side who began the second leg of the Champions League qualification against Shelbourne.

Sam Roscoe starts in the middle of defence with Kieran Offord coming into the side and starting upfront.

Callumn Morrison drops to the bench with Ben Hall suspended after being sent off during the 1-1 draw at Windsor Park.

Zalgiris: Olses, Youla, Kendysh, Dumancic, Bruno Tavares, Moutachy, Salcinovic, Ofori, Verbickas, Chol, Antal.

Subs: Tordai, Abiam, Hadji, Jarusevicius, Devens, Setkus, Matulevicius, Pavilonis, Bicka, Lukasevic, Matyzonok, Mihajlovic.

Linfield: Johns, McGee, East, Roscoe-Byrne, Orr, Archer, Mulgrew, Shields, Offord, Fitzpatrick, Millar.

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

Linfield have only had a week to prepare for their Conference League game against Lithuanian side Zalgiris.

They will be looking to bounce back from the Shelbourne defeat, but it will be a difficult game against a side who have some pedigree in Europe.

Zalgiris became the first Lithuanian club to qualify for the group stages of a European club competition when they reached the Conference League group stage in 2022.

They finished bottom of their group but managed five points including a win from their six games.

Last season's A Lyga champions have struggled this campaign, they currently sit fifth in their domestic league with 20 games played.

The second leg of the tie is at Windsor Park next Thursday night.

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Linfield, Larne and Dungannon Swifts have found out their potential third round opponents in Uefa Conference League qualifying after the draw was made on Tuesday.

Irish Premiership champions Linfield have dropped into the Conference League after their defeat by Shelbourne in Champions League qualifying.

They take on Lithuanian side Zalgris away in the first leg of their second qualifying tie on Thursday and if they win over the two legs, the Blues could face Vikingur from the Faroe Islands in the next round.

Larne required penalties to overcome Auda in the first qualifying round and take on FC Prishtina of Kosovo in the second qualifying round with the first leg at the Ballymena Showgrounds also taking place on Thursday.

Should they progress, they will come up against the winner of the tie involving Portuguese side CD Santa Clara and Croatian outfit NK Varazdin.

Irish Cup winners Dungannon enter the competition at the second qualifying round after their cup win and take on FC Vaduz with the away first leg taking place in Liechenstein on Thursday.

They will take on Dutch giants AZ Alkmaar or Finnish side Ilves if they overcome Vaduz.

The two legs of the third-round ties are set to take place on 7 August and 14 August.

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Good afternoon and welcome to our live text coverage of the three Europa Conference League second qualifying round first-leg games involving Irish Premiership sides.

First up with a 17:00 BST kick-off is Linfield's trip to Lithuania to play Zalgiris in Vilnius.

David Healy's Premiership champions take their place in the competition after losing to Shelbourne in their Champions League qualifier.

Dungannon Swifts begin their continental campaign, their first European campaign for 18 years, against Vaduz of Liechtenstein at 18:30.

The Irish Cup winners enter the competition at the second qualifying round stage.

Larne, who made history by becoming the first Irish League club to reach the league or group stage of a major European competition last season, are in action at home to Kosovan outfit Prishtina at Ballymena Showgrounds at 20:00.

We'll have text updates from all three matches as the Premiership representatives try to establish a firm foundation for the second legs of their ties next Thursday.

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