Sparta Prague v Shamrock Rovers: All you need to know

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND SECOND LEG

Sparta Prague v Shamrock Rovers, epet Arena, 6pm

TV

The game will be broadcast on LOITV.ie for €10.

ONLINE

A live blog can be followed on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app.

WEATHER

It'll be a warm one with temperatues about 27 degrees at kick-off time from a high of 30 earlier in the afternoon.

VENUE

Stadion Letna, now known as the epet Arena, has a capacity of over 18,000.

The Republic of Ireland played at the venue during the Steve Staunton era.

Up to 600 Hoops fans are expected to be present and enjoying what Prague has to offer.

OUTCLASSED BUT THEIR OWN MISTAKES

Stephen Bradley hailed one of the best Shamrock Rovers performances of the season in the first leg, yet the game ended in a defeat likely to make this leg near redundant.

That may seem harsh, but the quality of the Czech side was very apparent.

Most frustratingly it was errors in defence which proved costly and when chances arrived the Tallaght side oculd not take them.

Dylan Watts flicked to Dan Cleary without looking while close to their own goal, and it was intercepted inside the box by the advanced Garcia De Albeniz.

Veljko Birmancevic went on to score and in the second half Leon Pohls will feel he could have done better when Tomas Wiesner came in at the back post to double the lead.

Birmancevic is their star player, scoring 16 goals last year, and featured for Serbia this summer at Euro 2024.

Qazim Laci was in Albania's squad and he really showed his quality in the centre of the park.

Sparta, 38 times league winners, have just begun their league season.

They recorded a victory before coming to Dublin and followed it up with a foul-goal salvo against Teplice.

It is fair to say they are a class above and makes