FC Zurich warmed up for the visit of Hearts with a bottom of the table clash with Winterthur.
Robbie Neilson's men face off against the Swiss side in a two-legged Europa League play-off with a spot in the competition proper up for grabs to the winner. The duo have the benefit of knowing that whoever tastes defeat will compete in the Europa Conference League group stages meaning at least eight more European fixtures.
But it's the second tier competition both will be targeting and after one draw and three defeats in their opening four league encounters, FC Zurich are now without a without a league win in five and sit in last place with just two points after this latest draw. They won twice against Linfield in their third qualifying round clash but they continue to struggle domestically and will go into the Hearts showdown without that confidence boosting first league win.
