If Lawrence Shankland had listened to room-mate Alan Forrest’s pre- match prediction, he’d have known it would be all right on the night in Riga.
The Hearts striker revealed his team-mate had called it spot on with his fortune telling ahead of their Europa Conference League 2-0 win over Rigas FS and had needlessly worried about missing a sitter. An evening of high anxiety in the Latvian capital was settled by Shankland’s nerveless penalty and a late Forrest strike.
And the Scotland cap admitted it had all been foretold by the winger. Shankland said: “My wee room-mate, he kind of called it before the game. He said ‘the two of us are going to notch’ on the way out the door. I said, ‘I hope so’ ... and it proved to be right. It’s a great three points for us. We knew it was going to be a tough game going over there. It was a good away performance.
