Shamrock Rovers lead 3-1 from the first leg in Dublin
Egnatia Rrogozhine have never made it to the main draw of any European competition
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A place in the Europa League play-off round is at stake at Egnatia Arena on Thursday evening, when Egnatia Rrogozhine look to overturn a two-goal deficit against Shamrock Rovers.
League of Ireland Premier Division champions Shamrock won the first leg in Dublin 3-1 and they will fancy their chances of progressing to the next round, where Lillestrom await.
Egnatia will not have given up hope of turning this tie around, though, and they are unbeaten in their last four home matches, scoring 13 goals during this period.
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Team news
Egnatia Rrogozhine remain without the services of forward Soumaila Bakayoko, who suffered a cruciate ligament tear in the first leg of the Champions League qualifier against Celje in July.
Rovers could welcome back Connor Malley, who has trained all week and is pushing to be part of the matchday squad, but Dan Cleary, John McGovern and Danny Grant are still sidelined through injury.
Victor Ozhianvuna is still another four weeks away from returning to the first-team fold and Cian Barrett, who was taken to hospital after the win over Dundalk on Friday, is doubtful as the club waits to find out the full extent of his injury.
Gary O'Neill continued his comeback with another appearance for the Under-20s but he will not be involved in this clash.
The stats
Egnatia are unbeaten in their last four home games (W3 D1) and the Albanian champions have scored in 11 matches in a row, netting twice or more in nine of those contests.
Shamrock made it three wins from four after beating Dundalk 3-2 on Friday and Rovers have scored at least twice in all three of those victories.
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Prediction
This will be no easy trip to Albania for Shamrock and if they show any complacency during the second leg, they could be caught out by an Egnatia side eyeing a fifth win in a row at home.
Egnatia know they need to put some early pressure on the Irish visitors and there looks to be a strong chance the hosts can score in the opening 45 minutes.
Nevil Dede's side have managed to find the back of the net in the first half in their last eight competitive matches and they can punish a Shamrock defence that has failed to keep a clean sheet in 11 European games.
But Rovers also offer a scoring threat, evidenced by the fact they have netted six times in their last two outings, and they can also notch in the first half at Egnatia Arena, just as they have done in three of their last four fixtures.
Score prediction: Egnatia Rrogozhine 2-2 Shamrock Rovers
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