David Healy wants Linfield to make their home advantage count when they take on FK Vllaznia in the first leg of the Europa Conference League qualifiers at Windsor Park.
Healy, who will take charge of the club for a 400th time tonight, has called on the Blues supporters to come out in force to help them build an advantage ahead of next week's return leg in Albania.
“We know that it’s important to take some sort of advantage into the second leg in Albania," said the Linfield boss.
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"The players and I would love a large Linfield support cheering us on at Windsor Park come Thursday evening.”
While the Irish League's other European representatives find themselves up against teams who are currently mid-season Vllaznia, like Linfield, are yet to start their new domestic campaign, and Healy is thankful both sides will be going into the tie on a level footing in terms of match sharpness.
"Their final domestic match last season was at the end of May, so when you look at it, you’re not playing a team from the likes of Norway who’d be mid-season and in such circumstances," he said.
"You’d be up against it in terms of team sharpness and proper match practice.
“We’ve had a good look at them. Similar to ourselves, they’ve moved on six or seven regular starters, so we’ve had to identify their new signings and see what way they’re going to play.
"If we need to change anything during the game or in between legs then we’ll do that, but I want to put an impetus on that it’s about us – how we approach the game and how we perform to our strengths."
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