Irish Premiership: All you need to know about the European play-offs
With the Irish Premiership and Irish Cup now done and dusted, the end of season European play-offs take centre stage.
Four teams will compete for the fourth and final European place on offer to Irish Premiership sides.
The last four ties take place on Wednesday (both 19:45 BST), with Glentoran hosting Cliftonville at the Oval and Coleraine taking on Crusaders at the Showgrounds.
The BBC Sport website will provide live text updates and in-play clips for both semi-finals, while Sunday's final (14:00) will be streamed on the BBC iPlayer and website.
BBC Sport NI takes a look at how all four sides are shaping up ahead of the two semi-finals.
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