Tiernan Lynch makes three changes to his Larne side that played out a 1-1 draw with Crusaders in the Irish Premiership on Saturday.

Cian Bolger, Dylan Sloan and Benjamin Magee all return to the starting line-up.

Larne XI: Ferguson, Graham, Cosgrove, Bolger, Todd, Ives, Gallagher, Thomson, Sloan, Magee, Ryan.

Subs: Besant, Want, Seary, Randall, McEneff, Lusty, O'Neill.

Shamrock Rovers boss Glenn Cronin makes five changes from his side that won against Drogheda United in the League of Ireland last Friday.

Joshua Honohan, Markus Poom, Aaron McEneff, Graham Burke, and Johnny Kenny are all handed starts.

Shamrock Rovers XI: Pohls, Honohan, Cleary, Lopes, Grace, Burns, Poom, Mandroiu, McEneff, Burke, Kenny.

Subs: Watts, Green, Nugent, O'Neill, Clarke, Steacy, O'Sullivan, Byrne, C Noonan, A Noonan.

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Thousands of football fans from Larne and Dublin are arriving in Belfast for the Europa Conference League match at Windsor Park.

In total, more than 5,000 supporters of Larne FC and Shamrock Rovers are expected in the city for the all-island encounter.

The game brings together the reigning Irish Premiership champions and the defending League of Ireland Premier Division champions.

The match is being played in Belfast as Larne’s stadium, Inver Park, is not big enough to host Conference League matches.

Rovers fans have been arriving in Belfast since early morning by bus, train and car, plus coaches hired by supporters’ clubs.

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Neil Critchley makes four changes to his first Hearts 11 that beat St Mirren 4-0 at the weekend, with teenager Adam Forrester, Stephen Kingsley, Cammy Devlin and Alan Forrest handed starts.

James Penrice, Daniel Oyegoke and Yan Dhanda drop to the bench, but Beni Baningime misses out.

Hearts XI: Gordon, Forrester, Kent, Rowles, Kingsley, Forrest, Boateng, Devlin, Spittal, Shankland, Vargas.

Substitutes: Clark, Halkett, Oyegoke, Grant, McKay, Dhanda, Wilson, Tait, Boyce, Penrice, Sandilands, Salazar.

Omonia Nicosia XI: Fabiano, Diounkou, Coulibaly, Helander, Khammas, Charalampous, Maric, Erakovic, Simic, Stepinski, Semedo.

Substitutes: Uzoho, Kyriakidis, Kitsos, Kakoulli, Ewandro, Masouras, Lang, Panagiotou, Kousoulos, Loizou, Neophytou, Saidou.

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Yan Dhanda's 94th-minute header gave Heart of Midlothian - then managerless - an opening victory in the Europa Conference League against Dinamo Minsk.

That late winner ended a 10-game winless run which had included their worst ever start to a season.

Hearts have since appointed former Blackpool boss Neil Critchley, and the new manager got off to a winning start against St Mirren on Saturday.

Critchley, 45, succeeds Steven Naismith, who was sacked last month after a winless start, and has signed a deal at Tynecastle that runs until the end of the 2026-27 season.

Critchley said the prospect of playing in Europe was one of the key reasons he joined the club, but he will just "take one game at a time" as he aims to guide the club to the knockout stages.

It's a huge night in Belfast as the champions of Northern Ireland face the champions of the Republic of Ireland in the Europa Conference League.

The all-Ireland clash between Larne and Shamrock Rovers is taking place at Windsor Park and promises to be an intriguing affair.

Around 1,600 Rovers fans have travelled from Dublin, with a crowd of 6,000 expected for the first competitive meeting between the two sides.

Chelsea forward Joao Felix into the starting line-up this evening. He said before the match he feels it is "just a matter of time" before he is getting a place in the Blues' starting line-up on a more regular basis.

Prior to tonight, the 24-year-old has made seven appearances since his move from Atletico Madrid in the summer, but just two of those have been from the start and both in cup competitions.

He is facing tough competition with Chelsea's top goalscorer from last season Cole Palmer playing the same position, but that is something Felix was aware of when he signed.

"I spoke with Enzo [Maresca]. I like the way he thinks of football and plays football," Felix said.

"I liked what he said and I knew competition [for places] would be hard, but I am here to work.

"I know what I can do and how I can help the team. You never see me stopping working to follow my dreams. I am here to play, of course, and it is just a matter of time."

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Panathinaikos are without injured captain Fotis Ioannidis but former Manchester United winger Facundo Pellistri starts for the hosts.

Panathinaikos XI: Drqgowski, Kotsiras, Schenkeveld, Jedvaj, Mladenovic, Cerin, Maksimovic, Mancini, Ounahi, Pellistri, Jeremejeff

As expected it is a completely changed team for Chelsea, with 11 changes from the side that lost to Liverpool at the weekend.

Goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen is among those to start, along with Enzo Fernandez, Joao Felix and Mykhailo Mudryk.

Chelsea XI: Jorgensen; Cucurella, Disasi, Badiashile, Veiga; Fernandez, Dewsbury-Hall; Neto, Felix, Mudryk; Nkunku

An absolutely jam packed schedule of Europa League and Europa Conference League action this evening. We'll be focusing on the matches involving British teams but we'll keep you up to date on the big stories unfolding across the continent too.

Here's where our main bases will be:

Europa League

• Fenerbahce v Manchester United - 20:00
• Rangers v FCSB - 20:00
• Tottenham v AZ Alkmaar - 20:00

Europa Conference League

• Hearts v Omonia - 17:45
• Larne v Shamrock - 17:45
• Panathinaikos v Chelsea - 17:45
• The New Saints v Astana - 20:00

It's a very, very busy one tonight folks.

We've got SEVEN matches involving British teams taking place across Europe.

Chelsea travel to Greek side Panathinaikos before Manchester United take on Fenerbahce in Turkey and Tottenham host AZ Alkmaar.

Hearts are in action against Cypriot side Omonia while Rangers take on FCSB of Romania and Welsh side The New Saints host Astana.

And it's an all-Ireland clash at Windsor park as Larne, the champions of Northern Ireland, take on Shamrock Rovers, the champions of the Republic of Ireland.

Stick with us and we'll bring you all the latest from across the continent.

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