A peep of the whistle from Swedish referee Glenn Nyberg and off we go in Austria.

The home side are not in their home stadium this evening, with the game being played in Klagenfurt – a three hour drive away from Linz.

A lack of atmosphere did not hinder them in the last round as they smashed Vojvodina 6-1 after winning the first leg 1-0 in Serbia.

St Johnstone did not have long to recover from their exertions against Galatasaray since they started their League Cup defence away to Arbroath on Sunday.

The part-time Championship side led twice at Gayfield but Saints hit back each time and eventually squeezed through on penalty kicks.

Will they regret that period of extra-time this evening?

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St Johnstone's Europa League adventure proved short-lived but the Perth side certainly packed a lot in.

Saints pulled off a huge shock drawing 1-1 with Galatasaray in Istanbul but the Turkish giants, who had dropped out of Champions League qualifying, showed their class at a full McDiarmid Park.

Galatasaray knocked in four goals in last week's return leg but Callum Davidson's men went down swinging, scoring twice themselves, much to the delight of the noisy crowd.

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The Dons trail and will be feeling a bit frustrated since the goal was eminently avoidable.

Joe Lewis was caught out at his near post and Jonny Hayes probably could have done more to make it difficult for Jaime Romero.

Losing Andrew Considine so early was a blow but the home side haven't really come close to a second goal despite having most of the ball.

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The Qarabag keeper gets in a bit of a mess as he comes out to punch clear from a free kick. Aberdeen can't profit but they must be thinking Mahammadaliyev is quite a bit shorter than your average goalie.

We'll get five minutes of stoppage time before the interval.

There was a lengthy delay due to Andrew Considine's unfortunate injury.

An opportunity for Aberdeen to get men forwards as Jonny Hayes skips away down the left. However, his dinked cross in nodded away emphatically by Kevin Medina.

Ross McCrorie is booked as he blocks off a run from Borges Malinowski. Qarabag have a free kick 10 metres outside the penalty box.

The defensive wall stands firm.

Aberdeen just can't going as an attacking force as Qarabag win their second corner of the game. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas is back helping out his defence as he leaps to head clear.

Last year, LASK were up against Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane, drawing at home with the London club in the Europa League group stage and losing away.

Now they prepare to face St Johnstone's Chris Kane, who hasn't had quite as much coverage over the summer.

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Qarabag have got their tails up now as they press for a second goal. This could be a sticky spell for the Dons.

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It looks like Jonny Hayes is playing in front of Jack McKenzie, with Aberdeen shifting to a back four in the absence of the injured Andrew Considine.

Both teams take a minute to take on water.

Judging by the number of 'taps aff' fans inside the stadium, it's a hot night in Baku.

The home side fashion a shooting chance but Garayev's effort from 25 yards or so flies well wide.

Both sides are struggling to find any fluency on the atrocious pitch but so far so good for Aberdeen, who have not been troubled since that early Joe Lewis save.

St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson has reverted back a more familiar XI in Austria after a narrow penalty shootout victory in the last-16 of the League Cup against Championship Arbroath.

Zander Clark replaces Elliot Parish between the sticks

Liam Gordon is back in his three-man defence with Shaun Rooney and Callum Booth occupying the wing-back roles.

Experienced midfielder Murray Davidson returns to the engine room and Michael O'Halloran takes up an attacking position

Parish drops to the bench alongside James Brown, Reece Devine, Liam Craig and Callum Hendry. David Wotherspoon is still unvailable.

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