UEFA Conference League Shamrock Rovers v APOEL Nicosia: Stalemate at Tallaght Stadium so far as Hoops weather early storm

Dan McDonnell has been taking a look the opposition, while he also has info on why Rovers are missing one of their big players tonight:

There’s always a heavy international flavour to any APOEL Nicosia dressing room. They’ve got a Slovenian goalkeeper, a Bosnian, a Serb and a Spaniard in their back four, a Bulgarian, a Ghanaian and another Spaniard in midfield and an attacking line with a  Congolese international, a Brazilian and a Moroccan. There’s one Cypriot in their XI, the defender Konstantinos Laifis

They have eight full internationals in their starting XI, with over 200 appearances between them.

Tallaght’s top international Robbie Keane is in the house tonight, a man who wasn’t far off 200 international appearances himself. 

Meanwhile, Graham Burke’s absence from the teamsheet has been explained – his partner has gone into labour.