Michael Smith is looking for Hearts to get their season back on track when they host RFS in the Europa Conference League on Thursday.
The Jam Tarts haven't won in six matches and were on the wrong end of a 4-3 thriller to Celtic at the weekend. But Smith reckons there's enough character in the squad to get out of the "rut" that they are currently in when RFS arrive at Tynecastle on Thursday with the Scottish Premiership side winning the reverse fixture 2-0 in Riga. Hearts also sit a point above the Latvians in Group A and a win could put them in touching distance of Fiorentina, should they lose to Istanbul Basaksehir.
"We will be looking to do that but it’s not going to be an easy game,” Smith told the Edinburgh Evening News. “We beat them over in Latvia but they have shown they can get results against good teams. At Tynecastle, if we show the same energy, desire and bravery we showed against Celtic, I think we can come away with a result.
