PAOK Salonika v Shamrock Rovers: How to watch, TV channel, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

PAOK Salonika and Shamrock Rovers meet in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League play-off round on Thursday.

Shamrock overcame Celje 3-2 on aggregate in the last round to reach this stage of the tournament, while PAOK have dropped into this competition after failing to qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

How to watch PAOK Salonika v Shamrock Rovers and TV channel

PAOK Salonika against Shamrock Rovers is available to watch on LOITV.

PAOK Salonika v Shamrock Rovers kick-off time, date and venue

The game will take place at Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece on Thursday 22nd August, with kick-off scheduled for 18:30 (BST).

PAOK Salonika v Shamrock Rovers stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

This will be the third meeting between PAOK and Shamrock and the first since November 2011.

PAOK and Shamrock were drawn in Group A of the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League, with the Greek side winning 2-1 at home before triumphing 3-1 in Dublin.

PAOK Salonika v Shamrock Rovers head-to-head record (H2H)

PAOK Salonika wins	2
Draws	0
Shamrock Rovers wins	0

*H2H stats refer to all competitions

PAOK Salonika v Shamrock Rovers team news

PAOK Salonika team news

PAOK will be without centre-back Konstantinos Koulierakis, who recently signed for Wolfsburg, but Jonny Otto, Baba Rahman and Taison have all returned to training and are in contention to play.

Shamrock Rovers team news

Aaron Greene and Roberto Lopes are both struggling with knocks and will be assessed ahead of kick-off, while Johnny Kenny and Rory Gaffney remain on the sidelines due to injury.