With one win from two games, the hosts are currently occupying second spot in Group A, while Fiorentina are sitting at the bottom of the four-team table, with one point.
Hearts will host Fiorentina in a Europa Conference League fixture at the Tynecastle stadium on Thursday night. With one win from two games, the hosts are currently occupying second spot in Group A, while Fiorentina are sitting at the bottom of the four-team table, with one point. Hearts are heading into the match, on the back of a 4-0 defeat to Rangers in a Scottish Premiership match on Saturday. The visitors, meanwhile, suffered a narrow 1-0 loss to Atalanta in a Serie A fixture, a day later.
⚜️ MATCHDAY ⚜️
🆚 Heart of Midlothian
🏆 UEFA Europa Conference League
⏰ 21:00 CET
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Hearts began their Europa Conference League campaign with a 4-0 defeat to Istanbul Basaksehir on September 8, before getting the better of RFS 2-0 a week later. Against the Latvian outfit, Lawrence Shankland opened the scoring from the penalty spot, on the stroke of half time, before Alan Forrest’s 93rd-minute strike sealed the win for Hearts. Meanwhile, in the domestic circuit, the Jam Tarts have won four of their opening eight games to be sitting at the seventh position in the Scottish top flight standings.
Fiorentina, on the other hand, are occupying 11th spot in the Serie A table, having recorded two wins and three draws to pocket nine points thus far. In their latest outing against Atalanta, Ademoola Lookman’s 59th-minute goal handed Viola their third league defeat of the season. Meanwhile, in the continental competition, Fiorentina started off the group stage with a 1-1 draw against RFS, before losing 3-0 against Istanbul Basaksehir, last month.
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Hearts striker Liam Boyce is sidelined with an ACL injury, while the likes of Craig Halkett, Beni Baningime and Kye Rowles are also nursing injuries. Shankland is likely to spearhead the attack, with Forrest, Halliday and McKay in support. As for Fiorentina, full-back Dodo is out with a calf issue, therefore Lorenzo Venuti is expected to start at the right-back position. Jovic, Kouame and Saponara are expected to form the front-three.
Hearts probable starting lineup: Gordon, Smith, Neilson, Kingsley, Cochrane, Devlin, Kioumourtzoglou, Forrest, Halliday, McKay, shankland
Fiorentina probable starting lineup: Gollini, Venuti, Martinez, Quarta, Igor, Biraghi, Bonaventura, Mandragora, Barak, Kouame, Jovic, Saponara
The UEFA Europa Conference League match between Hearts and Fiorentina will take place at Tynecastle stadium on Friday at 12:30 am IST.
Hearts vs Fiorentina | Key details |
Date | October 6 (Scotland) |
Venue | Tynecastle Stadium |
Kickoff time in UK | 8:00 pm (Thursday) |
Kickoff time in Italy | 9:00 pm (Thursday) |
For the football fans in India, live coverage of the UEFA Europa Conference League matches will be available on Sony Sports network. Besides, fans can live stream via Jio TV. Meanwhile, those in the UK can catch the live action on BT Sport network; and Sky Sport 253, SKY Go Italia, Sky Sport Football, NOW TV and DAZN in Italy.