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The Irish Sun
18-07-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Big TV boost for Shelbourne fans ahead of Champions League second round qualifier against Qarabag
SHELBOURNE fans will be delighted to hear that their first leg with Qarabağ will be shown on Premier Sports having been stuck on Wednesday with no TV coverage. Shelbourne face Qarabag in the next round of the Champions League qualifiers having overcome Linfield. 2 This is Shels' first Champions League campaign in 20 years 2 Qarabağ by-passed the first qualifying round for the second year in a row due to seeding The Reds A Chris Shields' penalty halved the deficit but it wasn't enough for the Belfast side as the champions of Ireland progressed. Joey O'Brien's side will now face Qarabag in Tolka Park on Wednesday July 23 for the first leg. The tie will be shown live on Read more on League of Ireland Coverage starts at 7:15pm for the 7:45pm kick-off with Aisling O'Reilly set to present alongside Kenny Cunningham and Dave Rodgers. Premier Sports is available as a part of a 'Sports Extra' pack on Sky and Now TV but is available to all Virgin Media members for free. Premier Sports founder and owner Mickey O'Rourke is a majority shareholder in Shelbourne FC, taking over the shares of Acun Media in November 2023. This coverage is a far cry from Wednesday night's Champions League clash when Shels fans who couldn't travel to Belfast were forced to fork out €15 to watch the match on a Linfield-run stream. Most read in Football It is not confirmed as of yet how the Auld Reds supporters will be able to watch the July 30 encounter with the Azerbaijani outfit as it appears no local channels will be showing it. This is not the first time Qarabağ have faced an Irish team in the second Champions League qualifying round with the side knocking Celtic star Daizen Maeda spotted doing press-ups in technical area after being subbed-off against Sporting Lisbon A The Azerbaijan League winners in 11 out of the last 12 seasons are no strangers to Champions League qualifiers. Qarabağ even qualified for the group stages of the competition - something an Irish team has never achieved - in 2017. They finished bottom of their group behind Roma, Chelsea and Athletico Madrid. In the 2023/24 season, Qarabağ reached the Round of 16 in the Europa League - the furthest they've ever got in Europe - facing Bayer Leverkusen. A 2-2 home draw was followed by a heartbreaking 3-2 away loss to end their Europa League campaign. The Karabakh based side qualified for the Europa League, league phase last year but could only record one win in eight games and finished in 36th place.
The Irish Sun
16-07-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
What TV channel is Shelbourne vs Linfield on? Stream, kick-off time and odds for Champions League clash
THERE'S Champions League action in Ireland this evening as European qualifiers continue. 2 Mipo Odubeko was the Auld Reds' first leg hero last week 2 Linfield have an uphill task ahead of them this evening The Reds go into the fixture 1-0 up on aggregate thanks to Linfield will have former Dundalk midfielder Chris Shields available tonight having missed last week's clash through suspension. Here is everything you need to know about this evening's match-up: WHAT IS THE KICK-OFF TIME? The Champions League qualifier kicks-off at 7:45pm tonight. Read more on Irish football WHAT TV CHANNEL IS IT ON? The match is available to stream live on a Linfield-run stream on Coverage of the European crunch fixture will start at 7:30pm on SolidSport TV for the 7:45pm kick-off. Despite RTÉ showing the first leg live on RTÉ Two, tonight's clash will not be shown. BBC Northern Ireland have retained the exclusive UK television rights having shown the first leg as well. Most read in Football WHAT ARE THE ODDS? The bookmakers have the home side as slight favourites to win the match over 90 minutes at 7/4. A rare Shelbourne away win is set at 17/10 while a draw is 23/10. Donald Trump reveals he's keeping Club World Cup trophy after gatecrashing Chelsea celebrations as Blues get replica The north Dublin side are still, however, favourites to advance to round two of the Champions League qualifiers at 3/10 while the Blues are 13/5. WHAT'S BEEN SAID IN THE BUILD-UP Both sets of managers have spoken about the possibility of penalties with the match so tight after the first leg. "We will have a look and know the goalkeeper and as a staff we're aware of previous penalty takers for Shelbourne. Hopefully it doesn't come to penalties. "For both clubs, with the level of finance and the importance and magnitude of the game, (hopefully) it's not decided by a poor decision. Hopefully it goes to plan.' O'Brien's men are also practising their spot kicks as the former West Ham player reflected on his own penalty experiences. He said: 'I always think but it's mad that in most shootouts I've been involved in I've ended up taking one because you're on the pitch at the end of the game. 'If it goes to 120 minutes, it's attacking players, they're the ones who get taken off. "So when you're going around to your five, it's probably not your first five. I think with the pressure at that moment, whether you practise them or not doesn't have any bearing.' The match is set to be refereed by English Premier League referee Andrew Madley. It is set to be his third Champions League qualifier game having refereed BK Häcken vs KÍ Klaksvík in 2023 and Qarabağ FK vs Lech Poznan in 2022.
