Regan Charles-Cook is free through the middle as he runs on to a lofted pass from Ibrahim Said.

He's one-on-one with the goalkeeper but can only bash a shot against Bjarti Mork.

That was a huge chance.

Motherwell are taking a few more touches now as they try to settle into the game.

Regan Charles-Cook gallops in behind the HB defence but an offside flag is soon fluttering.

An early scare for the visitors as a long diagonal pass splits the Motherwell centre-backs but a headed knock-down forces the HB forward wide and Dylan Williams gets across to block.

The following corner comes to nothing.

And we're off.

Motherwell will have the backing of a few hardy fans in the Faroe Islands.

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Motherwell manager Alfred Johansson is certainly expecting a challenge, telling his players to "eat barbed wire" to toughen up.

"To think that you're just going to go there and grab a victory real simple, then you fool yourself," he said on Tuesday.

"So I told the guys to go home and eat some barbed wire and prepare for the battle because it’s going to be a battle and you’re going to have to be strong and brave to play our way.

"The intensity is going to have to be there. Otherwise, there’s no need to travel."

HB are European regulars, although they have made a habit of falling in the first or second round of qualifying.

However, they do have a decent home record in these games.

In the past two seasons they have drawn with Bondby and Hadjuk Split and there was a win over Maccabi Haifa in 2021.

While Motherwell kick-off their latest Premiership adventure on Sunday, Havnar Boltfelag are 16 games into their Faroe Islands Premier League campaign, but are just preparing to return to domestic duty after a month off.

The host side sit fifth in the table, with seven wins, after finishing second last term.

Motherwell enjoy a comfortable cushion thanks to cracking goals from Martin Moormann and Lukas Fadinger.

Centre-half Moormann thundered in a strike from distance on his debut after 15 minutes, with Fadinger smacking in another beauty early in the second half.

Alfred Johansson's side were in control for long spells and should probably have scored one or two more, although there were a couple of scares at the back.

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One change from the first leg, with winger Regan Charles-Cook taking over from full-back Ewan Wilson.

We reckon that means Dylan Williams will slot into the back four, having made his debut in a more advanced position.

Emmanuel Longelo remains on the bench, where he is joined by last season's top scorer Tawanda Maswanhise. The Zimbabwe forward is recovering from a jaw injury and has been fitted out with a protective mask.

Teenager Mikey Booth continues up front.

Former Rangers midfielder Alex Lowry, signed on loan from Wycombe Wanderers at the weekend, has not been registered to play.

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Motherwell: Paulsen, Sparrow, Moormann, Girdwood-Reich, Williams, Priestman, Fadinger, Said, Vogt, Booth, Charles-Cook.

Substitutes: Buchanan, Connelly, Maswanhise, Wilson, Longelo, McAllister, Ross, Thomson, Weir, Whyte.

Motherwell and Hibernian continue their quests to reach the Conference League group phase this evening.

The former take a 2-0 lead to the Faroe Islands, with the latter trailing by the same scoreline after an embarrassing display in Kosovo last week.

Both Scottish sides were strongly fancied to progress to the the third round of qualifying, so will they get the job done?

We have radio commentary of the matches, with Havnar Boltfelag v Motherwell kicking off at 18:00 BST and Malisheva's visit to Easter Road starting at 20:00.

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