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What TV channel is St Patrick's Athletic vs Besiktas on? Stream, kick-off time and odds for glamour Euro tie
The game won't be played at The Saints' usual home ground
GUNNAR DO IT? What TV channel is St Patrick's Athletic vs Besiktas on? Stream, kick-off time and odds for glamour Euro tie
OLE Gunnar Solskjaer and Besiktas are in Dublin for tonight's third round qualifier for the Europa Conference League.
St Patrick's Athletic secured this glamour tie with the Turkish giants by completing an epic comeback against Nõmme Kalju of Estonia.
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Here's everything you need to know about this evening's first leg:
WHAT STREAM IS ST PATRICK'S ATHLETIC VS BESIKTAS ON?
The match won't be televised anywhere but you can stream it through Solidsport.
Purchasing the stream doesn't come cheap, however, as it'll set you back €13.
WHAT TIME IS KICK-OFF?
The action will get under way at 7:45pm. It will be played at Tallaght Stadium due to Richmond Park not meeting UEFA criteria for this stage of the competition.
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WHAT ARE THE ODDS?
The home side are massive underdogs at 12/1 while Besiktas are 2/9 to win on the night. A draw is set at 5/1.
WHAT'S BEEN SAID IN THE BUILD-UP?
Stephen Kenny believes beating Besiktas would be one of the greatest ever League of Ireland results.
The former Ireland gaffer did not try to down play the scale of the task facing his St Patrick's Athletic outfit.
He admitted: 'It would be one of the great victories in Irish football history if we could do it. It's a big challenge and Besiktas have a tremendous tradition and are an institution in Turkey, a big club.
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'To win over two legs is the challenge, not just the game tomorrow, but the game in Istanbul of course.
'But first and foremost is tomorrow. You have to prepare well because you can lose it in the first ten minutes if you're not psychologically tuned in.'
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But the Saints boss believes his side are ready having already knocked out Latvians Hegelmann and Estonians Kalju in the opening two rounds.
And he pointed to last season's run to the Conference League play-off round where they were beaten by Turks Basaksehir.
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Kenny said: 'We've had to get through games in Lithuania and Estonia. You have to draw on all your experiences.
'We obviously did play Istanbul Basaksehir last year so the players have experience of playing a top Turkish team.'
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Kenny's side are bolstered for today's game by the arrival of Jamaican winger Jordon Garrick who has plenty of lower league experience in England with Oldham and Forest Green Rovers.
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He arrives until the end of the season as a replacement for winger Zack Elbouzedi who is ruled out for the rest of the campaign.
