Hearts boss Robbie Neilson has named his starting XI to face Istanbul Basaksehir.
The Jambos kick off their Europa Conference League campaign tonight as they play host to the Turkish outfit on matchday one. The Gorgie side lost out in the Europa League play-off round and parachuted to this stage of the third tier competition with Fiorentina and RFS making up the remaining teams in the section.
Hearts have been on a poor run of form of late but they will be looking to put the domestic woes to one side and put on a show and pick up a historic result in front of a packed out Tynecastle crowd. The atmosphere is set to be electric once again and boss Neilson will be hoping his troops can tap into that energy to pick up a stunning result.
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Ever-present skipper and Scotland No1 Craig Gordon is the man between the sticks while Lawrence Shankland continues to lead the line following his summer switch to Tynecastle with Liam Boyce ruled out long-term.
Stephen Humphrys - signed on deadline day from Wigan Athletic on a loan deal - is on the bench alongside fellow new recruit Zander Clark.
Hearts XI: Gordon, Smith, Kingsley, Cochrane, Atkinson, Haring, Devlin, Halliday, Forrest, Shankland, McKay
Subs: Stewart, Clark, Mackay-Steven, Neilson, Sibbick, Henderson, Smith, Humphrys, Ginnelly, Pollock
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