In an ideal world, Derry City would have played their Europa Conference League third qualifying round second leg at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium but Tallaght Stadium's surface may well suit them best against FC Tobol according to former Dundalk striker David McMillan.
The Candystripes go into Thursday's match - live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player - trailing 1-0 from last week's first leg in Kazakhstan.
Due to the Brandywell not meeting UEFA requirements for the second leg, the club had looked into playing the match at Windsor Park in Belfast but saw those efforts turned down, ensuring that Tallaght Stadium would be their designated 'home' for the night.
Derry's home form has not been their strongest suit on the Brandywell's artifiicial surface, although they won well against Drogheda United on Sunday.
There has been a sense that playing on grass brings out the best in Ruaidhri Higgins' side and McMillan concurred with that view on the RTÉ Soccer Podcast.
"They're probably one of those teams who have had better away form than home form, that's something we've spoken about this year," he said.
"It was the same last year for them. The players they have, the technical ability of the likes of Patrick McEleney, Will Patching and Michael Duffy, I think they probably enjoy the grass more than they do astroturf.
"They've travelled well generally and they've got good tactical ability. It's about whether they get the crowd down (to Tallaght) and I'm sure there will be big numbers down from Derry like there was for the (FAI) Cup final last year.
"And I'm sure people like myself, other League of Ireland people, will want to be out at the game as well, so hopefully we get a good attendance for them and get behind them."
Former Drogheda United and Shamrock Rovers defender Graham Gartland said Derry are likely to maintain their front foot approach against Tobol.
"I think they approach it the same way they've been approaching most of the other games," he said.
"They have a freedom in their attack, they've been going for it in a lot of games where they've had a lot of attacking players on the pitch, game-changers in terms of people who can score goals out of nothing as well and that always gives you a chance in Europe.
"When you have somebody who's like an outlet - Duffy has been excellent and you saw his goal against Drogheda - I think the more attacking players you have on the pitch, who are also willing to go back and do a defensive role as well, once you have game-changers on the pitch you always have a chance."
Watch Derry City v Tobol Kastanay in Europa Conference League third round qualifying on Thursday at 7.45pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player and follow a live blog on RTÉ.ie/Sport and the RTÉ News app
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