Hearts face one of their toughest games of the season tonight as they come up against Danish giants FC Copenhagen.
Neil Critchley’s side understand the challenge ahead of them, but the Hearts manager insists his team will play to get a positive result out of the game.
That means not parking the bus or sitting off Copenhagen. They will do their all to use the ball better and make it as difficult for their high-flying hosts as possible.
Copenhagen haven’t lost a game since the start of October, but sit behind Hearts in the Europa Conference League table by a point.
The Jambos can reach the knockout play-off round tonight with a victory, although many believe that task will roll over to next week’s Tynecastle encounter against Petrocub.
Hearts have been written off but it’s up to Critchley and his players to prove the doubters wrong. Below, Not The Old Firm deliver the confirmed Hearts team news.
Hearts starting XI
- Gordon, Kent, Oyegoke, Forrester, Rowles, Boateng, Devlin, Spittal, Forrest, Vargas, Shankland (C)
Substitutes
- Clark, Halkett, Grant, McKay, Dhanda, Wilson, Tait, Boyce, Salazar, Sandilands, Forrester, Oda
FC Copenhagen starting XI
- Trott, Diks, Gabriel, Hatzidiakos, Claesson, Elyounoussi, Lopez, Robert, Chiakha, Delaney, Clem
Substitutes
- Sander, Runarsson, Garananga, Mattsson, Larsson, Lerager, Huescas, Cornelius, Froholdt, Gocholeishvili, Meling, Hojer