Molde manager Per-Mathias Hogmo is not concerned by facing a new Shamrock Rovers attack as two sides in pre-season clash in the UEFA Conference League knockout phase play-offs on Thursday evening.
The Hoops go into the game without two of their best players from 2024 in Johnny Kenny and Neil Farrugia.
Kenny could be on the bench for Celtic in the Champions League against Bayern Munich tonight, while the latter joined Barnsley after the expiration of his contract.
Stephen Bradley is in the market for new players with the window open until later in the month, having failed to land his targets so far.
Long-serving Aaron Greene and Graham Burke remain some of their options in attack, while Danny Mandroiu could play in a more advanced role.
Hogmo feels the long tenure of his counterpart Bradley ensures there will be little to shock him, especially given they are familiar with Irish teams.
"If you look at the games in Europe, I think they have been performing quite well," he said.
"They play in 3-5-2 or 5-3-2, defending well, strong on the counter-attack. Especially with the two strikers they had before Christmas. Of course a physical strong team who play very directly.
"Stephen Bradley has been there for nine years. So I believe that the principle will be a lot of the same which we have been seeing, even if they're changing two or three or four players in the starting XI.
"We are prepared on what we have been seeing. And it's an interesting team in terms of that they also try to play when they get space. I see in the way they attack. They use the strength of two central forwards. But I don't know who they're going to start tomorrow, if it's Greene or Burke or anyone, but we are prepared.
"This is at home, this is at Aker Stadium. We want to dictate the game from the start and play on our strength. And it's a very fast pitch. We want to use that and to attack in different ways, going straight behind, coming through them, coming on the side with crosses, and to be strong in the way we are when we are attacking."
The Norwegian side played St Patrick's Athletic in a friendly in Spain last month as preparation for the new season and this game in particular.
Asked if he felt it was a worthwhile exercise, Hogmo explained: "Yes, it was, because if you look at the identity of Irish football, it's in one way very, very typical.
"And St Patrick’s is a good team, playing much on the same way. So it was a good learning for us. Of course, that was on a pitch, which was very slow.
"But anyway, we took with us some good points from that game.
"We think we can beat any team at home so it doesn't matter who we play."
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