St Pats are set for a full house tonight as they take on Norrkoping of Sweden in the first leg of their first round qualifier in the Europa League.
The Saints are back in Europe for the first time since 2016.
Manager, Harry Kenny, has been assessing the opposition.
"I don't think they're a typical European side," he said.
"They're an aggressive side, they have a good game plan, they play pretty direct football.
"They've very good individual players."
“It’s Over To The Players Now” - The Manager is delighted with how preparations have gone for tomorrow’s Europa League game vs IFK Norrkoping. Having watched our Swedish opposition, Harry says plans are ready to pick up a good home result. KO at 7.45 #SaintsInEurope 🔴⚪️⚽️ pic.twitter.com/Uckw68bzrK
— St Patrick's Athletic FC (@stpatsfc) July 10, 2019
"They've plenty of internationals throughout their team. They've Costa Rican internationals, they've lots of Swedish internationals
"It's going to be a very, very tough game.
"They're very experienced in this sort of setting in European football, so we don't expect anything other than a tough game."
That game kicks off at 7.45pm, as does the meeting of Cork City and Progres Niederkorn.
First up at 6pm is the meeting of Shamrock Rovers and Brann in Norway.
The Hoops opponents are currently 4th in the top tier of Norwegian football, the Eliteserien
